Contextual and culturally adapted interventions to improve HIV outcomes: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antiretroviral therapy is widely available, yet structural, social, and cultural barriers still limit human immunodeficiency virus prevention and care. Prevention tools such as consistent condom use and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) remain essential. Interventions that ignore local context and culture often have low uptake, especially among adolescents, Indigenous communities, and sexual minorities.

Objective

To map and synthesize contextually and culturally adapted interventions that aim to improve outcomes related to human immunodeficiency virus.

Method

This scoping review followed the Arksey and O Malley framework and the PRISMA ScR guideline. We searched Scopus, PubMed, and CINAHL used keywords for human immunodeficiency virus, contextual delivery, an

SUBMITTER: Witdiawati W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12752318 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature