Liu, Yiyang Ramos, Stephen D Hanna, David B Jones, Deborah L Lazar, Jason M Kizer, Jorge R Cohen, Mardge H Haberlen, Sabina A Adimora, Adaora A Lahiri, Cecile D
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AIDS and behavior
Mental health and substance use epidemics interact to create psychosocial syndemics, accelerating poor health outcomes. Using latent class and latent transition analyses, we identified psychosocial syndemic phenotypes and their longitudinal transition pathways among sexual minority men (SMM) in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS, n = 3,384, me...
Brown, Jennifer L Capasso, Ariadna Revzina, Natalia Boeva, Ekaterina Rassokhin, Vadim Sales, Jessica M Gutova, Lyudmila V Khalezova, Nadia B Hitch, Anthony E Twitty, T Dylanne
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AIDS and behavior
Problematic alcohol use is prevalent in Russia and is deleterious for individuals with HIV and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV). Ethyl glucuronide (EtG) and blood alcohol content (BAC) provide objective biomarkers of drinking that can be compared to self-reported alcohol use. This paper describes patterns of alcohol use measured by biomarkers and self-repor...
Young, Alinda M Mancuso, Noah Atujuna, Millicent Tenza, Siyanda Chitukuta, Miria Kemigisha, Doreen Ngure, Kenneth van der Straten, Ariane Garcia, Morgan Szydlo, Danny
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AIDS and behavior
Effective use of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has been low among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Eastern and Southern Africa, partly due to stigma and opposition from key influencers. Understanding AGYW's experiences of disclosure of different PrEP modalities to key influencers may inform strategies to motivate uptake and adheren...
Stoner, Marie C D Hawley, Imogen Mathebula, Florence Horne, Elizea Etima, Juliane Kemigisha, Doreen Mutero, Prisca Dandadzi, Adlight Seyama, Linly Fabiano, Zayithwa
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This study examines qualitative acceptability of the dapivirine vaginal ring (DVR) and oral daily pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among breastfeeding persons participating in Microbicide Trials Network 043/B-PROTECTED, a phase 3B safety and drug detectability study of DVR and oral PrEP in breastfeeding. A subsample of 52 participants were purposive...
Bengtson, Angela M Filipowicz, Teresa R Mphonda, Steven Udedi, Michael Kulisewa, Kazione Meltzer-Brody, Samantha Gaynes, Bradley N Go, Vivian F Chibanda, Dixon Verhey, Ruth
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AIDS and behavior
Perinatal depression (PND) is common and an important barrier to engagement in HIV care for women living with HIV (WLHIV). Accordingly, we adapted and enhanced The Friendship Bench, an evidence-based counseling intervention, for perinatal WLHIV. In a pilot randomized trial (NCT04143009), we evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, fidelity, and pr...
Zhou, Siyanai Toska, Elona Langwenya, Nontokozo Edun, Olanrewaju Cluver, Lucie Knight, Lucia
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The timely identification of ART non-adherence among adolescents living with HIV presents a significant challenge, particularly in resource-limited settings where virologic monitoring is suboptimal. Using South African adolescent cohort data (N = 933, mean age 13.6 ± 2.89 years, 55.1% female, follow-up = 2014-2018), we examined the association betw...
Darrow, William W
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AIDS and behavior
Tuthill, Emily L Maltby, Ann E Odhiambo, Belinda C Akama, Eliud Dawson-Rose, Carol Cohen, Craig R Weiser, Sheri D
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AIDS and behavior
Se recomienda la lactancia materna exclusiva durante los primeros 6 meses y la continuación de la lactancia durante 24 meses o más para todas las madres en todo el mundo, incluidas las mujeres que viven con el VIH (WLWH). Debido a la evidencia de alimentación infantil subóptima y la necesidad de comprender las barreras específicas del contexto, exp...
Arnold, Trisha Barnett, Andrew P Giorlando, Kayla K Leigland, Avery Sims-Gomillia, Courtney Whiteley, Laura Brown, Larry K
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Mississippi (MS) trails behind other states in both pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and COVID-19 vaccine uptake. This study investigated similarities in willingness to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and use PrEP. Semi-structured interviews were conducted between April 2021 and January 2022 with 15 clinical staff and 49 PrEP-eligible patients living i...
Obidoa, Chinekwu Thompson, Peter Onah Thitsa, Makhin Martin, Clyde F Katner, Harold
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There is growing evidence showing that patterns of individual sexual risk behaviors are insufficient in explaining the disproportionate HIV/AIDS burden borne by African Americans. Instead, dynamic features of social, economic, political, and geographic contexts play a more determining role. However, not enough studies have examined the impact of mu...
