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Positive Health, Dignity, and Prevention (PHDP)

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Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention (PHDP) is an approach to HIV prevention that focuses on people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). A PHDP approach involves interventions that empower PLWHA to (1) take care of their physical and mental health and well-being, (2) adopt behaviors that reduce their risk of transmitting HIV to others, and (3) actively participate in and provide leadership in HIV prevention and advocacy activities (USAID and ProjectSEARCH 2011).

Overview and History

Previous HIV prevention approaches that have targeted PLWHA have emphasized primary prevention and the role of PLWHA in reducing HIV transmission. Prevention for PLWHA has been referred to as positive prevention, prevention for positives, prevention with positives, and prevention by positives. Founded upon a human rights framework, Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention (PHDP) can be distinguished from these previous approaches by its emphasis on promoting the dignity, well-being, empowerment, and...

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  1. Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Junette McWilliams & Amy Knowlton

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  1. Dept. Cell & Molecular Biology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Thomas J. Hope

  2. Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA

    Mario Stevenson

  3. University of California, San Diego Dept. Pathology, La Jolla, California, USA

    Douglas Richman

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McWilliams, J., Knowlton, A. (2015). Positive Health, Dignity, and Prevention (PHDP). In: Hope, T., Stevenson, M., Richman, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of AIDS. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9610-6_112-1

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