Abstract
Effective community-level HIV prevention strategies have the potential to reach large numbers of at-risk individuals at relatively small per-capita costs, and therefore to be highly cost-effective. We review the published literature on the cost-effectiveness of community-level HIV prevention interventions, including five studies of sexual behavior change interventions and seven risk reduction programs for injection drug users. Overall, these studies indicate that community-level strategies can be very cost-effective, and in many cases, actually save society money by averting the need for costly HIV/AIDS medical care.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 175-198 |
Number of pages | 24 |
Journal | Journal of Primary Prevention |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2002 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Cost analysis
- Cost-effectiveness
- HIV/AIDS
- Interventions
- Prevention
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health