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Interventions to modify sexual risk behaviours for preventing HIV in homeless youth

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD007501.pub2Copy DOI
Database:
  1. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Version published:
  1. 19 January 2011see what's new
Type:
  1. Intervention
Stage:
  1. Review
Cochrane Editorial Group:

  1. Cochrane HIV/AIDS Group

Copyright:
  1. Copyright © 2011 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Authors

  • Vivek Naranbhai

    Correspondence to: Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, Durban, South Africa

    [email protected]

  • Quarraisha Abdool Karim

    Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, Durban, South Africa

  • Anna Meyer‐Weitz

    School of Psychology, Howard College, University of KwaZulu‐Natal, Durban, South Africa

Contributions of authors

VN designed and coordinated the conduct of this review.

VN and AM performed the data collection, abstraction and entry for the review with the assistance of the South African Cochrane centre and were responsible for the writing of this review.

QAK and NS secured funding for the review, provided general advice for the review and a methodological perspective, and critically read and appraised the final review.

Sources of support

Internal sources

  • Center for the AIDS Program of Research In South Africa, South Africa.

  • HIV/AIDS Mentoring Programme, South African Cochrane Centre, South Africa.

External sources

  • LIFELab Merit scholarship, South Africa.

    Vivek Naranbhai was supported by a LIFELab Merit award, 2009‐10

  • Columbia University‐Southern African Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP) funded by the Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, South Africa.

    Vivek Naranbhai was supported by the CU‐SA Fogarty AITRP, (grant # D43TW00231), 2007‐9.

  • National Institute of Allergy and infectious Disease (NIAID), National Institutes of Health, Not specified.

    Financial support for CAPRISA from NIAID/NIH (grant# AI51794) is gratefully acknowledged.

Declarations of interest

None.

Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the staff of the South African Cochrane centre and the HIV/AIDS Review group. In particular we acknowledge the assistance of Joy Olivier and Tara Horvath in assisting with searches, Elizabeth Pienaar, Vicki Badenhorst and Babalwa Zani for their technical support and Nandi Siegfried for her mentorship and guidance during the conduct of this review. We thank Regina El Dib for her translations of the non‐English titled abstracts from LILACS for this review.

Funding: VN is supported through a fellowship jointly funded by LIFELab, a South African Department of Science and Technology platform, and the Columbia University‐South Africa Fogarty AITRP

Financial support for CAPRISA from the National Institute of Allergy and infectious Disease (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH) (grant# AI51794) is gratefully acknowledged.

Version history

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2011 Jan 19

Interventions to modify sexual risk behaviours for preventing HIV in homeless youth

Review

Vivek Naranbhai, Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Anna Meyer‐Weitz

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD007501.pub2

2008 Oct 08

Interventions to modify sexual risk behaviours for preventing HIV in homeless youth

Protocol

Vivek Naranbhai, Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Anna Meyer‐Weitz

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD007501

Differences between protocol and review

We modified the age of participants for eligible trials from 15‐24 years(inclusive) to 12‐24 years (inclusive).