Table 1.
List of primary search terms used to retrieve suitable studies
| Basic measuresa | Estimating burden of infectiona | National and subnational planninga | Preventative measuresa |
|---|---|---|---|
| New preventive methods ANDb vaccinesc | Burden of infection on community | Education system AND cultural obstacles | Education AND general population |
| New preventive methods ORb techniques | Burden of infection on families | Cultural system AND HIV complementary and alternative medicine | Education AND HIV high risk groups |
| New treatment OR Drugs AND AIDS phase | Burden of infection on health system | Education system AND training materials | Education AND partners of infected people |
| New treatment OR Drugs AND Pre-AIDS phase | Burden of infection on infected cases | Health system AND diagnostic and monitoring scheme | Transmission AND clean injection |
| Incidence OR prevalence AND direct measurement | Health system AND outpatient cares | Transmission AND condom promotion | |
| Incidence OR prevalence AND estimation | Health system AND inpatient cares | Cutting mother to child transmission | |
| Incidence OR prevalence projection or modelling | Health system OR surveillance system | Transmission AND protected sexual contact | |
| Burden of infection AND economic impacts | Legal system AND police and its roles | Transmission AND safe blood transfusion | |
| Burden of infection AND social and cultural impacts | Legal system AND prisons and their roles | Transmission AND safe daily activities | |
| Burden of infection AND sustainable development | Legal system AND rules and regulations | ||
| Mass media AND the most efficient training routes | |||
| Mass media AND the most appropriate training materials | |||
| Mass media AND the most important cultural obstacles | |||
| Managerial AND regulations | |||
| Managerial AND relations | |||
| Managerial AND resource allocation | |||
| Managerial AND monitoring and evaluation scheme |
The above search terms were used in SCOPUS and PubMed. All search terms also included the term "AND Lesotho" For searching in PubMed and where appropriate, the search terms were transformed into medical subject headings (MeSH). For example, the search term, “New preventive methods AND vaccines” used in PubMed was “New preventive methods” AND “vaccines”[MeSH]”
aCategories for the scope of research on HIV/AIDS
bBoolean logic term for searching databases
cPrimary search terms were derived from text words of each element in the conceptual framework