Research conducted on Caribbean women's perceived human immunodeficiency virus risks: A narrative review and methodological critique

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Figure 1. Selection process for review articles.

Table 1. Summary of critiqued articles.

Author (date)	Purpose	Sample description and research setting	Research design
(1) Baird, Yearwood, and Perrino (2007)	To investigate effective methods to promote safer sex behavior and to reduce HIV risk	50 females; ages 15–21; Trinidad and Tobago	Experimental: pre–post intervention/quasi-experimental
(2) Campbell-Stennett, Holder-Nevins, McCawBinns, and Eldemire-Shearer (2009)	To identify factors influencing the stage of change in regard to HIV testing in women	372 women; ages 16–45; sexually active; self-reported HIV negative; Westmoreland, Jamaica	Cross-sectional
(3) Elisburg (2002)	To explore the gap between knowledge and attitudes of HIV/AIDS and contraception and behavior change	90 women; ages 18–46; Portsmouth (Health district), Dominica	Qualitative
(4) Gillespie-Johnson (2008)	To explore cultural factors and health beliefs influencing HIV/AIDS prevention behavior in young, single, heterosexual, recent-immigrant Jamaican women	20 single, heterosexual, Jamaican women immigrants to USA <12 years ago; sexually active; ages 18–30; Miami-Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area	Qualitative (Heidegger's hermeneutic interpretive phenomenological)
(5) Malow, Cassagnol, McMahon, Jennings, and Roatta (2000)	To describe the prevalence of HIV-risk behavior among low-income Haitian women, identify psychosocial variables predictive of HIV-risk behavior, and provide formative data to guide development of interventions for this population	101 Haitian women; ages 18+; ‘Little Haiti’ Miami, FL	Cross-sectional
(6) Reynolds, Beauvais, Lugina, Gmach, and Thomsen (2010)	To investigate whether youth who use voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) services report risky behavior for HIV and unintended pregnancy, and whether youth reporting risky behaviors consider themselves to be at risk for HIV. (Focus on HIV testing and reproductive health.)	401 16–24-year olds in Tanzania; 366 15–24-year olds in Haiti (169 female); VCT centers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Cross-sectional
(7) Warren (1999)	To examine whether geography influences HIV/AIDS awareness, sources of info, knowledge of and attitudes toward HIV/AIDS	913 girls, ages 14–17; (urban versus rural) Kingston, Jamaica	Cross-sectional

Baird, D. S., Yearwood, E. L., & Perrino, C. S. (2007). Small islands, big problem: HIV/AIDS and youth in Trinidad and Tobago. Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 20(4), 243–251. doi:10.1111/j.1744-6171.2007.00118.x doi: 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2007.00118.x

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Campbell-Stennett, D., Holder-Nevins, D., McCawBinns, A., & Eldemire-Shearer, D. (2009). Are women ready to do HIV test? West Indian Medical Journal, 58(6), 575–579.

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Elisburg, M. E. (2002). Women's knowledge and attitudes regarding HIV/STDs and contraception in Portsmouth, Dominica: A qualitative study of women and their decision-making. Journal of Health & Population in Developing Countries, 3(2), 1–11.

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Gillespie-Johnson, M. (2008). HIV/AIDS prevention practices among recent-immigrant Jamaican women. Ethnicity & Disease, 18(2(suppl. 2)), S2–S178.

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Malow, R. M., Cassagnol, T., McMahon, R., Jennings, T. E., & Roatta, V. G. (2000). Relationship of psychosocial factors to HIV risk among Haitian women. AIDS Education & Prevention, 12(1), 79–92.

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Reynolds, H. W., Beauvais, H. J., Lugina, H. I., Gmach, R. D., & Thomsen, S. C. (2010). A survey of risk behaviors for unintended pregnancy and human immunodeficiency virus among youth attending voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) services in nine centers in urban Haiti and Tanzania. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, 5(1), 66–78. doi: 10.1080/17450120903193899

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Warren, C. (1999). Geographical variations in AIDS knowledge and attitude among adolescent girls of Jamaica. AIDS Education and Prevention, 11(4), 364–372.

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