Rodriguez-García, RosalíaBonnel, RenéWilson, DavidN'Jie, N'Della2013-01-302013-01-302013-01978-0-8213-9741-1https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12223The overview summarizes the evaluation of community responses (15 studies, including 11 evaluations carried out in 8 countries). It presents the evaluation questions, the methodology, the key results achieved by community responses along the continuum of prevention, treatment, care and support, and the resulting policy and programmatic implications. Before the scale-up of the international response to the AIDS pandemic, community responses in developing countries played a crucial role in providing services and care for those affected. This study is the first comprehensive, mixed-method evaluation of the impact of that response. The evaluation finds that community response can be effective at increasing knowledge of HIV, promoting social empowerment, increasing access to and use of HIV services, and even decreasing HIV incidence, all through the effective mobilization of limited resources. By effectively engaging with this powerful community structure, future HIV and AIDS programs can ensure that communities continue to contribute to the global response to HIV and AIDS.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABSTINENCEACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICESACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMEACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROMEADHERENCE TO TREATMENTAIDAIDS EPIDEMICAIDS ORPHANSAIDS PANDEMICAIDS PREVENTIONAIDS PROGRAMSAIDS RELIEFAIDS SPENDINGAIDS TREATMENTALLOCATION OF RESOURCESALTERNATIVE MODELSBEHAVIOR CHANGEBEHAVIORAL CHANGEBEHAVIORAL CHANGESBEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONSBEHAVIOUR CHANGEBIOLOGICAL OUTCOMESBIOMEDICAL RESEARCHCAREGIVERSCHARITIESCHLAMYDIACIVIL SOCIETY GROUPSCIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONSCLINICAL TRIALSCLINICSCOERCIONCOMMERCIAL SEXCOMMERCIAL SEX WORKCOMMUNITIESCOMMUNITY ACTIONCOMMUNITY ACTIVITIESCOMMUNITY HEALTHCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCONDOMCONDOM DISTRIBUTIONCONDOM PROMOTIONCONDOM USECONDOMSDECISION MAKINGDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDISADVANTAGED GROUPSDISEASEDISEASE CONTROLDISSEMINATIONDOMESTIC ABUSEDOMESTIC VIOLENCEDRUG USEREFFECTIVE PREVENTIONEMERGENCY PLANEPIDEMICEPIDEMICSEPIDEMIOLOGISTSFAMILIESFAMILY PLANNINGFATIGUEFEMALE SEX WORKERSGENDERGENDER NORMSGLOBAL AIDS EPIDEMICGLOBAL AIDS RESPONSEGLOBAL HEALTHGONORRHEAGOVERNMENT AGENCIESGOVERNMENT PROGRAMSHEALTH AUTHORITIESHEALTH CAREHEALTH EDUCATIONHEALTH INTERVENTIONSHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH PROMOTIONHEALTH SECTORHEALTH SERVICESHIGH-RISK GROUPSHIVHIV INFECTIONHIV INFECTIONSHIV PREVENTIONHIV TESTINGHIV TRANSMISSIONHIV/AIDSHOSPITALHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUSIMMUNE DEFICIENCYIMMUNODEFICIENCYINCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIESINJECTING DRUG USERSINTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCEINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITYINTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONINTERNATIONAL RESPONSEINTERVENTIONISOLATIONJOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGYKNOWLEDGE BASELARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLELAWSLEGAL STATUSLEGAL SUPPORTLIMITED RESOURCESLOCAL COMMUNITIESLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESMAINSTREAMINGMALARIAMALE CIRCUMCISIONMASS MEDIAMEDICAL SERVICESMICROBICIDESMOTHERMOTHER-TO-CHILDMOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSIONMOVEMENTNATIONAL AIDSNATIONAL AIDS CONTROLNATIONAL GOVERNMENTSNATIONAL POLICIESNATIONAL POLICYNATIONAL POPULATIONNEGATIVE EFFECTSNUTRITIONOPERATIONAL FRAMEWORKOPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONSORPHANSOUTREACH ACTIVITIESPATIENTSPEER EDUCATIONPOLICY BRIEFPOLICY GUIDANCEPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLITICAL PARTYPOPULATION AND DEVELOPMENTPOPULATION COMMISSIONPOPULATION COUNCILPOPULATION GROUPSPRESS RELEASEPREVALENCEPREVALENCE RATESPREVENTION ACTIVITIESPREVENTION INTERVENTIONSPREVENTION OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSIONPROGRESSPROPHYLAXISPROVISION OF SUPPORTPSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORTPUBLIC HEALTHQUALITY OF LIVESRANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALSREFERRAL SERVICESRESEARCH EFFORTSRESEARCH METHODSRESOURCE ALLOCATIONSRESPECTRESPONSE TO AIDSRISK BEHAVIORRISK BEHAVIORSRISK OF INFECTIONRISK POPULATIONSRURAL AREASRURAL COMMUNITIESSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE UTILIZATIONSEXSEX WITH MENSEX WORKERSEX WORKERSSEXUAL RISKSEXUAL TRANSMISSIONSEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONSEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONSSOCIAL ACTIONSOCIAL CHANGESOCIAL CHANGESSOCIAL CUSTOMSSOCIAL MOBILIZATIONSOCIAL NORMSSOCIAL RIGHTSSOCIAL SUPPORTSOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONSOCIETIESSOCIETYSTISSUPPORT FOR PEOPLESYPHILISTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNICAL CAPACITYTECHNICAL SUPPORTTHERAPYTRANSMISSION OF INFECTIONSTREATMENT ACCESSTREATMENT SERVICESTUBERCULOSISUNAIDSUNINFECTED PARTNERUNIVERSAL ACCESSURBAN AREASURBAN COMMUNITIESUSE OF CONDOMSVIOLENCEVULNERABILITYVULNERABLE CHILDRENVULNERABLE GROUPSWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONWORTHYOUTH CLUBSWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-9741-1