Table 1

General study characteristics (n=39 articles)

CharacteristicN (%)
Location
USA7 (18)
Haiti32 (82)
Dominican Republic2 (5)
Other*7 (18)
Sample size
<505 (13)
50–30012 (31)
>30019 (49)
Other†2 (5)
Not specified1 (3)
Gender included
Male14 (36)
Female23 (59)
Not specified2 (5)
Age of participants
Adolescents (<18)9 (23)
Adults (≥18)32 (82)
Not specified4 (10)
Intervention type
HIV prevention14 (36)
HIV treatment23 (59)
HIV prevention and treatment2 (5)
Method of recruitment
Clinic patients29 (74)
Other‡12 (31)
Not specified2 (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.