A community empowerment-based response to HIV is a process by which sex workers take
collective ownership of programmes to achieve the most effective HIV outcomes and …

Recognition that social, economic, political, and environmental factors directly affect HIV risk
and vulnerability has stimulated interest in structural approaches to HIV prevention …

This is a Health Evidence Network ( HEN) synthesis report on the effectiveness of
empowerment strategies to improve health and reduce health disparities. The report shows …

Peer education for HIV prevention has been widely implemented in developing countries,
yet the effectiveness of this intervention has not been systematically evaluated. We …

Sex work occurs in many forms and sex workers of all genders have been affected by HIV
epidemics worldwide. The determinants of HIV risk associated with sex work occur at …

Social marketing is a commonly used strategy in global health. Social marketing
programmes may sell subsidized products through commercial sector outlets, distribute …

Structural interventions refer to public health interventions that promote health by altering the
structural context within which health is produced and reproduced. They draw on concepts …

Inequities in accessing health care persist among sex workers. The purpose of the review is
to understand the health-seeking behaviours of sex workers and their access to health care …

Background Peer education has become a strategy for health promotion among high-risk
groups for HIV infection worldwide. However, the extent to which peer education could have …

We reviewed 25 randomized clinical trials that assessed the effect of peer-based
interventions on health-related behaviors in adults. Effect sizes were calculated as odds …