Reproductive health syndemics impact retention in care among women living with HIV in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Braz J Infect Dis. 2023 May 22;27(4):102779. doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2023.102779. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSyndemic psychosocial and reproductive factors affecting women's retention in HIV care remain understudied. We analyzed correlates of non-retention in a cohort of women with HIV in Brazil from 2000‒2015. Participants self-reported exposure to physical/sexual violence, illicit drug use, adolescent pregnancy, or induced abortion. Lifetime history of these psychosocial stressors were used to create a syndemic score based on the presence or absence of these conditions. All dichotomous variables were summed (range 0 to ...
Source: Braz J Infect Dis - May 25, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Christine M Zachek Lara E Coelho Jesse L Clark Rosa M S M Domingues Paula M Luz Ruth K Friedman Ângela C Vasconcelos de Andrade Valdilea G Veloso Jordan E Lake Beatriz Grinsztejn Raquel B De Boni Source Type: research
Reproductive health syndemics impact retention in care among women living with HIV in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Braz J Infect Dis. 2023 May 22;27(4):102779. doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2023.102779. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSyndemic psychosocial and reproductive factors affecting women's retention in HIV care remain understudied. We analyzed correlates of non-retention in a cohort of women with HIV in Brazil from 2000‒2015. Participants self-reported exposure to physical/sexual violence, illicit drug use, adolescent pregnancy, or induced abortion. Lifetime history of these psychosocial stressors were used to create a syndemic score based on the presence or absence of these conditions. All dichotomous variables were summed (range 0 to ...
Source: Braz J Infect Dis - May 25, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Christine M Zachek Lara E Coelho Jesse L Clark Rosa M S M Domingues Paula M Luz Ruth K Friedman Ângela C Vasconcelos de Andrade Valdilea G Veloso Jordan E Lake Beatriz Grinsztejn Raquel B De Boni Source Type: research
Reproductive health syndemics impact retention in care among women living with HIV in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Braz J Infect Dis. 2023 May 22;27(4):102779. doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2023.102779. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSyndemic psychosocial and reproductive factors affecting women's retention in HIV care remain understudied. We analyzed correlates of non-retention in a cohort of women with HIV in Brazil from 2000‒2015. Participants self-reported exposure to physical/sexual violence, illicit drug use, adolescent pregnancy, or induced abortion. Lifetime history of these psychosocial stressors were used to create a syndemic score based on the presence or absence of these conditions. All dichotomous variables were summed (range 0 to ...
Source: Braz J Infect Dis - May 25, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Christine M Zachek Lara E Coelho Jesse L Clark Rosa M S M Domingues Paula M Luz Ruth K Friedman Ângela C Vasconcelos de Andrade Valdilea G Veloso Jordan E Lake Beatriz Grinsztejn Raquel B De Boni Source Type: research
Reproductive health syndemics impact retention in care among women living with HIV in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Braz J Infect Dis. 2023 May 22;27(4):102779. doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2023.102779. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSyndemic psychosocial and reproductive factors affecting women's retention in HIV care remain understudied. We analyzed correlates of non-retention in a cohort of women with HIV in Brazil from 2000‒2015. Participants self-reported exposure to physical/sexual violence, illicit drug use, adolescent pregnancy, or induced abortion. Lifetime history of these psychosocial stressors were used to create a syndemic score based on the presence or absence of these conditions. All dichotomous variables were summed (range 0 to ...
Source: Braz J Infect Dis - May 25, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Christine M Zachek Lara E Coelho Jesse L Clark Rosa M S M Domingues Paula M Luz Ruth K Friedman Ângela C Vasconcelos de Andrade Valdilea G Veloso Jordan E Lake Beatriz Grinsztejn Raquel B De Boni Source Type: research
Reproductive health syndemics impact retention in care among women living with HIV in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Braz J Infect Dis. 2023 May 22;27(4):102779. doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2023.102779. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSyndemic psychosocial and reproductive factors affecting women's retention in HIV care remain understudied. We analyzed correlates of non-retention in a cohort of women with HIV in Brazil from 2000‒2015. Participants self-reported exposure to physical/sexual violence, illicit drug use, adolescent pregnancy, or induced abortion. Lifetime history of these psychosocial stressors were used to create a syndemic score based on the presence or absence of these conditions. All dichotomous variables were summed (range 0 to ...
Source: Braz J Infect Dis - May 25, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Christine M Zachek Lara E Coelho Jesse L Clark Rosa M S M Domingues Paula M Luz Ruth K Friedman Ângela C Vasconcelos de Andrade Valdilea G Veloso Jordan E Lake Beatriz Grinsztejn Raquel B De Boni Source Type: research
