Risk perception and the influence on uptake and use of biomedical prevention interventions for HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic literature review

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The uptake of biomedical HIV prevention interventions in sub-Saharan Africa is heavily influenced by the perceived personal, relational, and economic risks of using them, which individuals often weigh as more consequential than the biological risk of HIV infection. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Emily Warren; Pauline Paterson; W Schulz; Shelley Lees; Robyn Eakle; Jonathan Stadler; Heidi J. Larson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0198680

June 14, 2018PLoS ONEOpen Access

Risk perception and the influence on uptake and use of biomedical prevention interventions for HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic literature review

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This review aims to explore how risk perception impacts the uptake and use of HIV prevention interventions in sub-Saharan Africa.
Searched multiple databases for qualitative peer-reviewed literature since 2003.
Included publications were quality assessed and thematically coded.
Focused on studies examining risk perception related to medically regulated interventions.
Identified 29 relevant papers from an initial 10,318 screened.
Highlighted themes such as the relational and economic impacts of using HIV prevention interventions.
Found that personal and emotional costs often overshadow biological risks in decision-making.

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Systematic review examines how risk perceptions affect HIV intervention use in adults, highlighting social and emotional implications.

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Warren et al. (2018) studied this question.

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