General study characteristics (n=39 articles)
Characteristic | N (%) |
Location | |
USA | 7 (18) |
Haiti | 32 (82) |
Dominican Republic | 2 (5) |
Other* | 7 (18) |
Sample size | |
<50 | 5 (13) |
50–300 | 12 (31) |
>300 | 19 (49) |
Other† | 2 (5) |
Not specified | 1 (3) |
Gender included | |
Male | 14 (36) |
Female | 23 (59) |
Not specified | 2 (5) |
Age of participants | |
Adolescents (<18) | 9 (23) |
Adults (≥18) | 32 (82) |
Not specified | 4 (10) |
Intervention type | |
HIV prevention | 14 (36) |
HIV treatment | 23 (59) |
HIV prevention and treatment | 2 (5) |
Method of recruitment | |
Clinic patients | 29 (74) |
Other‡ | 12 (31) |
Not specified | 2 (39) |
Note: some categories add up to more than the total (n=39) due to addressing multiple levels within a construct.
*Countries including: Argentina, Eswatini, Botswana Brazil, China, Côte d'Ivoire, India, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Peru, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
†Articles discussed clinic sites (n=9 and n=415 clinics).
‡Phone, social marketing campaign, passive recruitment at meetings/parks/bus stops and door-to-door.