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What is the HIV/AIDS Prevention Research Synthesis (PRS) Project?

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What is the HIV/AIDS Prevention Research Synthesis (PRS) Project?

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The HIV/AIDS Prevention Research Synthesis (PRS) project was initiated by the Prevention Research Branch, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP) at CDC in 1996 to systematically review and summarize HIV behavioral prevention research literature. The goal of PRS is to translate scientific evidence from the research literature into practical information that can be used by prevention providers, state and local health departments throughout the United States, and HIV prevention researchers. PRS activities consist of systematic reviews, including qualitative, quantitative, and meta-analytical reviews, as well as the PRS efficacy review. For a list of all PRS-related publications, go to PRS Publications.Back to questions Q. How are the interventions in the 2008 Compendium of Evidence-Based HIV Prevention Interventions identified? For the efficacy review, PRS conducted a comprehensive systematic search of the HIV literature that included both automated and manual searches to identify relevan