Document 0266
 DOCN  M95B0266
 TI    An overview of the effectiveness and efficiency of HIV prevention
       programs.
 DT    9511
 AU    Holtgrave DR; Qualls NL; Curran JW; Valdiserri RO; Guinan ME; Parra WC;
       Office of the Associate Director for HIV/AIDS, Centers for; Disease
       Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, USA.
 SO    Public Health Rep. 1995 Mar-Apr;110(2):134-46. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/95357460
 AB    Because of the enormity of the HIV-AIDS epidemic and the urgency for
       preventing transmission, HIV prevention programs are a high priority for
       careful and timely evaluations. Information on program effectiveness and
       efficiency is needed for decision-making about future HIV prevention
       priorities. General characteristics of successful HIV prevention
       programs, programs empirically evaluated and found to change (or not
       change) high-risk behaviors or in need of further empirical study, and
       economic evaluations of certain programs are described and summarized
       with attention limited to programs that have a behavioral basis. HIV
       prevention programs have an impact on averting or reducing risk
       behaviors, particularly when they are delivered with sufficient
       resources, intensity, and cultural competency and are based on a firm
       foundation of behavioral and social science theory and past research.
       Economic evaluations have found that some of these behaviorally based
       programs yield net economic benefits to society, and others are likely
       cost-effective (even if not cost-saving) relative to other health
       programs. Still, specific improvements should be made in certain HIV
       prevention programs.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  Efficiency, Organizational  Female  Human  HIV
       Infections/ECONOMICS/*PREVENTION & CONTROL  *HIV-1  Male  Preventive
       Health Services/*STANDARDS  Program Evaluation  Risk-Taking  United
       States  JOURNAL ARTICLE  REVIEW  REVIEW, ACADEMIC

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