Category Archives: Social support

A review of cultural influences on risk for HIV and culturally-responsive risk mitigation strategies among African immigrants in the US

2021

There is a paucity of research on HIV risk factors and risk reduction among African immigrants living in the US. This is despite the fact that the literature on HIV...

The effect of poor social support on depression among HIV/AIDS patients in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2020

Background: Low- and middle-income countries of which Ethiopia is one bears the high burden of depression among human immune deficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) patients. Several factors...

Challenges to the conceptualization and measurement of resilience in HIV research

2021

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the conceptualization and measurement of resilience in HIV research. Terms related to resilience and HIV were searched in three databases to identify...

Social and demographical determinants of quality of life in people who live with HIV/AIDS infection: Evidence from a meta-analysis

2020

The aim of this meta-analysis is to summarize the available evidence on the social and demographic determinants of health-related quality of life (QoL) for HIV-infected populations in order to provide...

Magnitude and predictors of common mental disorder among people with HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2020

BACKGROUND: Common mental disorders are frequent psychiatric comorbid conditions among people with HIV/AIDS. The presence of such psychiatric disorders negatively affects the treatment adherence, viral load suppression, quality of life,...

HIV preexposure prophylaxis and treatment as prevention — Beliefs and access barriers in men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women: A systematic review

2020

PURPOSE: While the annual rate of new HIV infections and diagnoses has remained stable for most groups, troubling increases are seen in transgender women and racial/ethnic-minority men who have sex...

Adolescent mothers affected by HIV and their children: A scoping review of evidence and experiences from sub-Saharan Africa

2020

While adolescents have received increasing attention in the global HIV response and international strategies and commitments, adolescent mothers and their children remain largely overlooked in research, funding and, programming for...

Informing the measurement of wellbeing among young people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa for policy evaluations: A mixed-methods systematic review

2020

Young people living with HIV (YPLHIV) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are at high risk of having a poor quality of life. Addressing wellbeing explicitly within HIV/AIDS policies could assist mitigation...

Social and structural determinants of household support for art adherence in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review

2020

Adherence to HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a crucial factor in health outcomes for people living with HIV (PLWH). Interventions to support ART adherence are increasingly focused on the household...

Interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness among men who have sex with men

2020

Key take-home messages Social isolation and loneliness are significantly associated with all-cause mortality in the general population. A recent study among gay and bisexual men who have sex with men...

Utilizing a life course approach to examine HIV risk for black adolescent girls and young adult women in the United States: A systematic review of recent literature

2020

Objective: Black female youth have been disproportionately burdened by the HIV epidemic. Emerging literature suggests that individual and social-structural factors may uniquely increase HIV risk within this population during key...

A scoping review of employment and HIV

2020

Employment is a social determinant of health that is important for understanding health behaviors, health outcomes and HIV transmission among people living with HIV. This study is a scoping review...

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