The effectiveness of interventions to involve men living with HIV positive pregnant women in low-income countries: a systematic review of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Male involvement (MI) along the continuum of HIV healthcare services has been promoted as a critical intervention in low-income countries and represents one of the reasons for dropout and low retention of women along the cascade of care. The present review aims to identify interventions adopted to improve MI across Antenatal Clinics (ANCs).

Methods

For this systematic review, we searched electronic databases, including Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science (from 2008 to 2018) in English language. We included all interventions explicitly aimed at involving partners in pregnant women's HIV continuum of care and we excluded studies performed in developed countries, not involving pregnant women. We followed the PRISMA checklist.

Results

We identified a total of 1694 r

SUBMITTER: Triulzi I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6902537 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature