JAIDS Supplement: Health Communication in HIV Prevention and Care

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

Fatou Drame

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