The Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS) has published a special supplement sponsored by the Health Communication Capacity Collaborative devoted to health communication and its role in and impact on HIV prevention and care.
This is an important collection of Open Access articles; a first of its kind in the field of health communication as several of the articles in the compilation provide evidence of health communication’s impact on HIV prevention.
Thirteen articles explore how the biomedical community can benefit from a more effective integration of evidence-based health communication in HIV prevention and care programs. Strategic health communication programs are essential when tackling the human behaviors so closely linked to the success of biomedical interventions, such as voluntary medical male circumcision, HIV counseling and testing, and treatment compliance.
Read the press release: New JAIDS Supplement Highlights Health Communication’s Essential Role in HIV Prevention and Care
Individual Articles in the Supplement:
What Is Health Communication and How Does It Affect the HIV/AIDS Continuum of Care? A Brief Primer and Case Study From New York City 
First Author: J. Douglas Storey, PhD; Assistant Professor Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, @JohnsHopkinsSPH and @HealthCommCap
Additional Authors:
Kim Seifert-Ahanda, MPH; Office of HIV/AIDS USAID, @USAID
Adriana Andaluz, MPH; Bureau of HIV/AIDS, NYC Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene, @nycHealthy
Blayne Cutler, MD, PhD; Assistant Commissioner, NYC Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene, @nycHealthy
Strategic Roles for Health Communication in Combination HIV Prevention and Care Programs
First Author: Sten H. Vermund, MD, PhD; Vanderbilt University School of Medicine @VUSM
Additional Authors:
Lynn Van Lith; Senior Technical Advisor Health Communication Capacity Collaborative @HealthCommCap
David Holtgrave, PhD; Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health @JohnsHopkinsSPH
Health Behavior Change Models for HIV Prevention and AIDS Care: Practical Recommendations for a Multi-Level Approach
First Author: Michelle R. Kaufman, PhD; Associate Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, @JohnsHopkinsSPH and @HealthCommCap
Additional Authors: Flora Cornish, PhD; London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Methodology, @LSEnews
Rick Zimmerman, PhD; College of Nursing, University of Missouri – St. Louis @umsl
Blair T. Johnson, PhD, MS; Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut @UConn
Effects of Behavioral Intervention Content on HIV Prevention Outcomes: A Meta-Review of Meta-Analyses 
First Author:
Blair T. Johnson, PhD, MS; Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut @UConn
Additional Authors:
Susan Michie, DPhil; University College of London @UoLondon
Leslie Snyder, PhD; Center for Health Communication and Marketing, University of Connecticut @UConn
Strengthening Non-Randomized Studies of Health Communication Strategies for HIV Prevention
First Author: Calum Davey; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine @CalumDavey @LSHTMpress
Additional Authors:
Marc G. Boulay, PhD; (Former) Senior Program Evaluation Officer, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs @HealthCommCap
James Hargreaves, PhD; Center for Evaluation, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, @LSHTMpress
HIV communication programs, condom use at sexual debut, and protection from HIV in South Africa 2005
First Author: D. Larry Kincaid PhD; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs @HealthCommCap
Additional Authors:
Stella Babalola PhD; Associate Professor, Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, @JohnsHopkinsSPH
Maria Elena Figueroa PhD; Assistant Scientist Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, @JohnsHopkinsSPH
Validity of Behavioral Measures as Proxies for HIV-related Outcomes
First Author: Rick Zimmerman, PhD; College of Nursing, University of Missouri – St. Louis, @umsl
Additional Authors:Donald Morisky, ScD, ScM, MSPH; Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, @UCLAFSPH
Lana Harrision, PhD; University of Delaware, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice and Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies, @UDelaware
Hayley Mark, PhD, MPH, RN; Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, @JHUNursing
Enhancing Reporting of Behavior Change Intervention Evaluations
First Author: Charles Abraham, D.Phil;University of Exeter Medical School, @UniofExeter
Additional Authors: Blair T. Johnson, PhD, MS; Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut @UConn
Marijn de Bruin, PhD; Health Psychology Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, @aberdeenuni
Aleksandra Luszczynska, PhD; University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland, and Trauma, health, and Hazards Center, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, CO, @UCCS
HIV Communication Capacity Strengthening: A Critical Review
First Author: Cheryl Lettenmaier, BSN, MPH; Chief of Party, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs Uganda @JohnsHopkinsCCP
Additional Authors:
Joan Kraft, PhD; USAID, CDC, @USAID, @CDCgov
Keris Raisanen, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Health Communication Capacity Collaborative @HealthCommCap
Elizabeth Serlemitsos, Advisor for Capacity Building – Tanzania Capacity and Communication Project @JohnsHopkinsCCP
A Role for Health Communication in the Continuum of HIV Care, Treatment, and Prevention
First Author: Cecilia Tomori, PhD; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, @JohnsHopkinsSPH
Additional Authors:
Kathryn Risher, MHS; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health @JohnsHopkinsSPH
Rupali Limaye PhD;Director, HIV/AIDS Global Program, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs @JohnsHopkinsCCP
Lynn van Lith, MPA; Senior Technical Advisor, Health Communication Capacity Collaborative @HealthCommCap
Susannah Gibbs, MSPH; Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, University of California, San Francisco @UCSF
Marina Smelyanskaya, Research Associate, Health Communication Capacity Collaborative @HealthCommCap
David Celentano, MHS, Sc.D; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health @JohnsHopkinsSPH
The Role of Community-Level Factors Across the Treatment Cascade: A Critical Review
First Author: Carol Underwood, PhD; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs @JohnsHopkinsCCP
Additional Authors:
Zoé Hendrickson, PhD Candidate; Department of Health Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health @JohnsHopkinsSPH
Lynn van Lith, MPA; Senior Technical Advisor, Health Communication Capacity Collaborative @HealthCommCap
John Eudes Lengwe Kunda, PhD; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Elizabeth Mallalieu, MPH; Program Officer; Health Communication Capacity Collaborative @HealthCommCap
Enhancing Benefits or Increasing Harms: Community Responses for HIV among MSM, Transgender Women, Female Sex Workers, IV drug users
First Author: Stefan Baral, MD; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health @JohnsHopkinsSPH
Additional Authors:
Claire Holland, Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health @JohnsHopkinsSPH
Kate Shannon, Carmen Logie, PhD, Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto
Paul Semugoma, MD, Bhekie Sithole, Health Communication Capacity Collaborative Swaziland @HealthCommCap
Erin Papworth, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health @JohnsHopkinsSPH
Chris Beyrer, MD, Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health & Human Rights; CFAR; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health @JohnsHopkinsSPH
Effectiveness of Mass Media Interventions for HIV Prevention, 1986-2013: A Meta-Analysis
First Author: Jessica M. LaCroix, MS; University of Connecticut @UConn
Additional Authors:
Leslie Snyder, PhD; Center for Health Communication and Marketing, University of Connecticut @UConn
Tania Huedo-Medina, PhD; University of Connecticut @UConn
Blair T. Johnson, PhD, MS; Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut @UConn
