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Barriers and Facilitators to HIV Prevention Interventions for Reducing Risky Sexual Behavior Among Youth Worldwide

This open-access, mixed methods systematic review synthesizes global evidence on barriers and facilitators to HIV prevention interventions for reducing risky sexual behavior among youth based on peer-reviewed quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods studies.

The review indentified 13 relevant studies published between January 2010 and April 2022.

Barriers

It found that "most of the barriers fell under the characteristics of the context domain (e.g., gender-biased norms). The next important group of barriers emerged within the characteristics of the end users domain (e.g., fear of relationship breakdown)."

Facilitators

"In terms of facilitators, the majority fell under the characteristics of the strategy of facilitating implementation domain (e.g., implementation of intervention with fidelity) and characteristics of the end users domain (e.g., fear of pregnancy or sexually transmitted infections). The next common set of facilitators appeared within the characteristics of the context domain (e.g., family support)."