Outreach
Outreach is an active HIV prevention strategy. It often involves interacting with the individuals who are at risk in their environments and offering information and tools to reduce risk.
Papers speaking to outreach include:

Coyle, S.  L., Needle, R. H., & Normand, J. (1999). Outreach-based HIV prevention for injecting drug users: A review of published outcome data. Public Health Reports 113(Suppl 3), 19-30.

Dancy, N. C. & Dutcher, G. A. (2007). HIV/AIDS information outreach: A community-based approach. Journal of the Medical Library Association 95(3), 323-329.

Ford, C. L., Miller, W. C., Smurzynski, M., Leone, P. A. (2007). Key components of a theory-guided HIV prevention outreach model: Pre-outreach preparation community assessment, and a network of key informants. AIDS Education and Prevention 19(2), 173-186.

Godin, G., Naccache, H., Cote, F., LeClerc, R., Frechette, M., & Alary, M. (2008). Promotion of safe sex: Evaluation of a community-level intervention programme in gay bars, saunas and sex shops. Health Education Research 23(2), 287-297.

Needle, R. H., Burrows, D., Friedman, S. R., Dorabjee, J., Touze, G., Badrieva, L., Grund, J. C., Munirathinam Suresh, K., Nigro, L., Manning, G.,& Latkin, C. (2005). Effectiveness of community-based outreach in preventing HIV/AIDS among injecting drug users. International Journal of Drug Policy 16(Suppl 1), 45-57.

Rhodes, S. D., Foley, K. L., Zometa, C. S., Bloom, F. R. (2007). Lay health advisor interventions among Hispanics/Latinos: A qualitative systematic review. American Journal of Preventative Medicine 33(5), 418-427.

Sloboda, Z. (1999). What we have learned from research about the prevention of HIV transmission among drug abusers. Public Health Reports 113(Suppl 1), 194-204.

World Health Organization (WHO) Department of HIV/AIDS Prevention. (2004). Effectiveness for action: Effectiveness of community-based outreach in preventing HIV/AIDS among injecting drug users. Retrieved July 10, 2009, from http://www.psi.org/HIV/IDU/IDU%20Library/Outreach/effectivness%20of%20community%20based%20outreach.pdf
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