Open AccessAbility of HIV Advocacy to Modify Behavioral Norms and Treatment Impact: A Systematic Review
Author(s) -
Bruno F. Sunguya,
Murallitharan Munisamy,
Sathirakorn Pongpanich,
Junko Yasuoka,
Masamine Jimba
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2016.303179
Subject(s) - human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , environmental health , medline , medicine , psychology , gerontology , psychiatry , political science , family medicine , law
HIV advocacy programs are partly responsible for the global community's success in reducing the burden of HIV. The rising wave of the global burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) has prompted the World Health Organization to espouse NCD advocacy efforts as a possible preventive strategy. HIV and NCDs share some similarities in their chronicity and risky behaviors, which are their associated etiology. Therefore, pooled evidence on the effectiveness of HIV advocacy programs and ideas shared could be replicated and applied during the conceptualization of NCD advocacy programs. Such evidence, however, has not been systematically reviewed to address the effectiveness of HIV advocacy programs, particularly programs that aimed at changing public behaviors deemed as risk factors.