Jeffrey H. Herbst

TL;DR: This systematic review of the US-based HIV behavioral prevention literature identified 29 studies focusing on male-to-female (MTF) transgender women and found prevalence rates of HIV and risk behaviors were low among FTMs, while higher HIV infection rates were found among African-American MTFs.

TL;DR: Most of the best-evidence interventions are directly applicable for populations in greatest need of effective prevention programs; however, important gaps still exist.

TL;DR: Interventions targeting PWLH are efficacious in reducing unprotected sex and acquisition of sexually transmitted diseases and should be incorporated into community HIV prevention efforts and further evaluated for effectiveness.

TL;DR: Results form the basis for recommendations by the Task Force on Community Preventive Services on the use of these interventions, which concluded that group- and community-level HIV behavioral interventions for adult MSM are not only cost effective but also result in actual cost savings.

TL;DR: Group-based comprehensive risk reduction was found to be an effective strategy to reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV, and STIs and no conclusions could be drawn on the effectiveness of group-based abstinence education.