Peer interventions to improve HIV testing uptake among immigrants: A realist review

https://urdc.tums.ac.ir//article/Peer-interventions-to-improve-HIV-testing-uptake-among-immigrants:-A-realist-review

Background As a vulnerable group in HIV control programs, immigrants face various obstacles to HIV testing. Despite the effectiveness of peer interventions on health promotion in HIV testing, relatively little is known about how these interventions work. This realist review aims to understand why, how, and under what conditions peer interventions can improve immigrants’ HIV testing uptake. Elham Ghasemi 1 , Tahereh Bahrami 2 , Reza Majdzadeh 3,4 , Reza Negarandeh 5 , Fatemeh Rajabi 1,6* Abstr