Social innovation in sexual health: a scoping review towards ending the HIV epidemic

Megan L. Srinivas; Tiarney D. Ritchwood; Tiange P. Zhang; Jingjing Li; Joseph D. Tucker

doi:10.1071/SH20030

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Social innovation in sexual health: a scoping review towards ending the HIV epidemic

Megan L. Srinivas

^A ^G ^* , Tiarney D. Ritchwood ^B ^* , Tiange P. Zhang ^C , Jingjing Li ^D ^E and Joseph D. Tucker ^A ^E ^F

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^A Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Bioinformatics, 130 Mason Farm Road, 2nd Floor, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.

^B Family Medicine and Community Health, Duke University School of Medicine, DUMC 2914, Durham, NC 27710, USA.

^C Department of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153, USA.

^D Social Entrepreneurship to Spur Health (SESH), No. 2 Lujing Road, Guangzhou, 510095, China.

^E University of North Carolina-Project China, No. 2 Lujing Road, Guangzhou, 510095, China.

^F International Diagnostics Centre, Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 202, LSHTM, 15–17 Tavistock Place, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.

^G Corresponding author. Email: megan.srinivas@unchealth.unc.edu

Sexual Health 18(1) 5-12 https://doi.org/10.1071/SH20030
Submitted: 2 March 2020 Accepted: 24 June 2020 Published: 26 February 2021

Journal Compilation © CSIRO 2021 Open Access CC BY-NC-ND

Abstract

As donor financial support decreases, ending the HIV epidemic in Asia will require novel and sustainable approaches. Social innovation, a community-engaged process that links social change and health improvement, may be useful for helping to end the HIV epidemic in Asia. A scoping review to examine social innovation strategies in sexual health for the Asian region was conducted. The research identified focused on three types of social innovation: (1) microfinance; (2) social entrepreneurship; and (3) social enterprise. Microfinance provides financial opportunities (e.g. banking services, job opportunities) to spur local entrepreneurship and healthier behaviours. Social entrepreneurship uses business principles and tools (e.g. crowdsourcing, human-centred design) to improve health. Social enterprise is a business with a social mission. Further research is needed to measure the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of social innovation strategies in improving HIV services.

Keywords: Asia, community interventions, epidemic, health services, HIV/AIDS, HIV prevention, HIV testing, HIV treatment, social context, social innovation.

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