Kemigisha, Elizabeth Zanoni, Brian Bruce, Katharine Menjivar, Ricardo Kadengye, Damazo Atwine, Daniel Rukundo, Godfrey Zari
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AIDS care
Adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) are prone to depression, which can have detrimental effects including disease progression, poor treatment adherence and mortality. We aimed to determine the prevalence of depressive symptoms and their associated factors among ALHIV in Uganda. We conducted a cross-sectional survey among ALHIV (10-19 years) attendi...
Young-Wolff, Kelly C Sarovar, Varada Sterling, Stacy A Leibowitz, Amy McCaw, Brigid Hare, Charles B Silverberg, Michael J Satre, Derek D
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AIDS care
While persons with HIV (PWH) have benefited from significant advances in treatment and resulting longevity, mental health problems remain elevated in this population. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are common among PWH and may negatively affect mental health and HIV-related outcomes. We examined the association between ACEs, depression and an...
Abraha, Atakelti Myléus, Anna Byass, Peter Kahsay, Asmelash Kinsman, John
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AIDS care
Services that aim to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) can simultaneously reduce the overall impact of HIV infection in a population while also improving maternal and child health outcomes. By taking a health equity perspective, this retrospective case control study aimed to compare the health status of under-5 children born to HIV-p...
Herder, Tobias Agardh, Anette
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AIDS care
The rules of conduct given to people living with HIV in Sweden in accordance with the Swedish Communicable Diseases Act stipulate disclosure obligation to sexual partners and mandatory condom use. Since 2013, treating physicians have the possibility to exempt patients from this disclosure obligation when no considerable risk of transmission is pres...
Goodman-Meza, David Beymer, Matthew R Kofron, Ryan M Amico, K Rivet Psaros, Christina Bushman, Lane R Anderson, Peter L Bolan, Robert Jordan, Wilbert C Rooney, James F
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AIDS care
PrEP's potential benefit for men who have sex with men (MSM) who use stimulants may be limited by adherence or prescriber willingness to recommend PrEP due to concerns of non-compliance. Using data from PATH-PrEP, a 48-week study evaluating PrEP for MSM in Los Angeles, we modeled an interaction between stimulant use and condomless sex with multiple...
Nieves-Lugo, Karen Ware, Deanna Friedman, M Reuel Haberlen, Sabina Egan, James Brown, Andre L Dakwar, Omar Plankey, Michael
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AIDS care
Self-perception of aging is an important predictor of quality of life. Therefore, we sought to examine self-perceptions of aging (age discrepancy and aging satisfaction) between HIV-positive and HIV-negative men in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS). We included 835 HIV-negative and 784 HIV-positive men aged 50 years and older who had complet...
Alcaide, Maria Luisa Rodriguez, Violeta J Abbamonte, John M Pallikuth, Suresh Langlie, Jake Soni, Manasi Weiss, Stephen M Hurwitz, Barry E Pahwa, Savita Jones, Deborah L
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AIDS care
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the US and is a significant contributor to morbidity and mortality for people living with HIV (PLWH). This study examined the association between HIV infection, cocaine usage, and inflammatory markers, and their combined association with carotid atherosclerosis among young and middle-age...
Millman, Alexander J Luo, Qingwei Nelson, Noele P Vellozzi, Claudia Weiser, John
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AIDS care
Hepatitis C (HCV) and HIV have common modes of transmission but information about HCV transmission risk, prevention, and treatment among persons with coinfection is lacking. The Medical Monitoring Project produces nationally representative estimates describing adults with diagnosed HIV in the United States. Using medical record data recorded during...
Tarantino, Nicholas Whiteley, Laura Craker, Lacey Brown, Larry K
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AIDS care
Youth living with HIV (YLH) in the United States (U.S.) face significant problems with achieving viral suppression, especially in the South. To examine this issue, YLH with a detectable viral load (N = 61) were recruited from the southern U.S and assessed over 16 weeks for health and treatment factors. Participants were part of a smartphone-based i...
Lyon, Maureen E D'Angelo, Lawrence J Cheng, Yao I Dallas, Ronald H Garvie, Patricia A Wang, Jichuan
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AIDS care
It is unknown if religiousness/spirituality influences end-of-life treatment preferences among adolescents. Investigators assessed whether religiousness/spirituality moderates the relationship between an advance care planning intervention and end-of-life treatment preferences among 85 primarily African-American adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in o...
