Structured Abstract

Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Key Informants
• Peer Reviewers
• Introduction
  • Background
• Objectives
• Methods
  • Key Informants
  • Evidence Map
  • Illustration of Salient Issues
  • Outlining Available Resources in a Purposeful Sample of Six States
• Findings
  • Evidence Map
  • Illustration of Salient Issues
  • Web-Survey of Available Resources for People Living with HIV/AIDS in Six States
• Summary and Implications
  • Summary of Observations
  • Limitations
  • Next Steps
• References
• Appendix A. Search Strategy
• Appendix B. Studies Excluded Because They Did Not Have an Analysis for HIV+ Women >40 Years Old
• Appendix C. Excluded Studies
• Appendix D. Data Extraction Form

Suggested citation:

Adam GP, Di M, Cu-Uvin S, Halladay C, Smith BT, Trikalinos TA. Strategies for Improving the Lives of Women Aged 40 and Above Living With HIV/AIDS. Technical Brief No. 29. (Prepared by the Brown Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-2015-00002-I.) AHRQ Publication No.16(17)-EHC040-EF . Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; November 2016. www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/reports/final.cfm.

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