Intervening for HIV prevention and mental health: a review of global literature.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Numerous effective HIV prevention options exist, including behaviour change interventions, condom promotion and biomedical interventions, like voluntary medical male circumcision and pre-exposure prophylaxis. However, populations at risk of HIV also face overlapping vulnerabilities to common mental disorders and severe mental illness. Mental health status can affect engagement in HIV risk behaviours and HIV prevention programmes. We conducted a narrative review of the literature on HIV prevention among key populations and other groups vulnerable to HIV infection to understand the relationship between mental health conditions and HIV prevention outcomes and summarize existing evidence on integrated approaches to HIV prevention and mental healthcare.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Collins PY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8222838 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature