Public Health and Implementation Research for HIV Prevention Interventions
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Infectious Diseases, Chronic Diseases, and Disease Prevention".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 30
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Health Studies, University of South Africa, Pretoria 0003, South Africa
Interests: implementation research; behavioral and social aspects of HIV/AIDS/STI and TB; health policy; epidemiology and global health issues
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The ultimate goal of HIV prevention is to eliminate HIV transmission and end the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by reducing new HIV infections, AIDS-related deaths, and ensuring the sustainability of the HIV response. Public health and implementation research plays crucial roles in HIV prevention by identifying effective interventions and strategies to scale them up and ensure they reach the populations most affected by the epidemic. We are seeking research that focuses on bridging the gap between research findings and real-world application, addressing factors that affect intervention delivery and uptake.
This includes public health and implementation research that identifies and evaluates various HIV prevention interventions, including biomedical approaches like PrEP and male circumcision, behavioural strategies like condom promotion and patient navigation, and structural interventions that address social and environmental factors.
As Guest Editor of a Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH), I invite you to submit high-quality papers for publication. In this Special Issue, “Public Health and Implementation Research for HIV Prevention Interventions”, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Biomedical HIV prevention approaches like PrEP, male circumcision, antiretroviral treatment (ART) for prevention (TasP), and prevention of mother-to-child transmission.
- Behavioral HIV prevention strategies that focus on promoting safer sexual practices, encouraging regular HIV testing, and reducing substance use like condom promotion, patient navigation, peer education, counselling, and support.
- Structural HIV prevention interventions that address social and environmental factors like policy and legal changes, environmental changes, shifting harmful social norms, and stigma mitigation.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Prof. Dr. Geoffrey Setswe
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- HIV
- prevention
- interventions
- biomedical
- behavioral
- environmental
- structural
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