Review of evidence on the effect of QA/QI approaches in HIV primary prevention in EU-27 countries (2001-2014)

Abstract

This review has been conducted as part of the EU-funded “Joint Action on Improving Quality in HIV Prevention” and was commissioned by the Work Package 7. The so called “Quality Action” aims to increase the effectiveness of HIV prevention in Europe by using practical QA and QI tools and approaches. Quality Action has validated three tools for HIV prevention so far: SUCCEED, Quality in Prevention (QIP) and Participatory Quality Development (PQD) (http://www.qualityaction.eu/). The aim of this review was to identify and synthesize evidence on how QA / QI approaches have been applied and their effect in indicating quality in HIV primary prevention.