Abstinence-only programs for HIV infection prevention in high-income countries.

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BACKGROUND: Abstinence-only interventions promote sexual abstinence as the only means of preventing sexual acquisition of HIV; they do not promote safer-sex strategies (e.g., condom use). Although abstinence-only programs are widespread, there has been no internationally focused review of their effectiveness for HIV prevention in high-income countries. OBJECTIVES: To assess the effects of abstinence-only programs for HIV prevention in high-income countries. SEARCH STRATEGY: We searched 30 el...

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Authors: Underhill, K; Operario, D; Montgomery, P

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Cochrane database of systematic reviews
• Issue: 4
• Pages: CD005421
• Publication date: 2007-01-01
• DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd005421.pub2
• EISSN: 1469-493X
• ISSN: 1469-493X
• Language: English
• Keywords: Program Evaluation; Disease Outbreaks; United States; Safe Sex; Humans; Developed Countries; Sexual Abstinence; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; HIV Infections