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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

HIV: Interventions to Reduce Sexual Risk Behaviors or Increase Protective Behaviors to Prevent Acquisition of HIV in Men Who Have Sex with Men – Community-Level Interventions

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Systematic Review

Source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services

Last Reviewed: June 2005

Workgroups: HIV Workgroup

The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends community-level HIV behavioral interventions for adult men who have sex with men to reduce unprotected anal intercourse and prevent HIV. These interventions are designed to influence individual risk behavior by changing knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs in a defined community.

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Objectives related to this resource (2)

Reduce the number of new HIV infections — HIV‑01
Improving
Reduce the number of new HIV diagnoses — HIV‑03
Little or no detectable change

Suggested Citation

1.

Guide to Community Preventive Services. (2005).HIV: Interventions to Reduce Sexual Risk Behaviors or Increase Protective Behaviors to Prevent Acquisition of HIV in Men Who Have Sex with Men – Group-Level Interventions. Retrieved from https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/hivaids-interventions-reduce-sexual-risk-behaviors-or-increase-protective-behaviors-preven-1