The present study is a meta-analysis of the effectiveness of HIV prevention interventions for women in the USA. Twenty-four articles from 1989-1997 were included. We evaluated five ethnic groupings (All Ethnicities Combined, African-American, White, Hispanic and a Mixed Ethnicity group) over four time periods (post-test, less than two months after the intervention, 2-3 months after the intervention and 6-24 months after the intervention) on three HIV-related sexuality outcome variables (HIV/AIDS knowledge, self-efficacy and sexual risk reduction behaviour). The HIV interventions appear effective at improving knowledge about HIV/AIDS and increasing sexual risk reduction behaviours for all ethnicities examined at all follow-up periods, with one exception. The findings for self-efficacy are less consistent. The interventions were less consistently effective for African-American women, for whom significant improvements in feelings of self-efficacy were only seen six months or longer after the intervention. The present analysis elucidates ethnic differences which may have previously been obscured while demonstrating convincingly that HIV interventions are generally effective for women of many different ethnicities.

Published articles and case studies on mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) to treat sexual desire and arousal dysfunctions were reviewed. Only publications utilizing clinical samples (which are the majority of the literature) were included, resulting in 12 empirical papers and 5 case studies. There is preliminary empirical evidence for the effectiveness of MBIs in enhancing sexual desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, ejaculatory latency, perceived sexual arousal, sexual satisfaction, and decreasing sexual distress. However, most of the research has been conducted on women in groups. There are many populations that remain underrepresented in the literature (e.g., men, people of diverse race/ethnicity/sexual orientation/gender identity, the aging). Online interventions and body-based approaches show some promise, but more empirical research is needed. Research on mindfulness-based couples groups are in progress.

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