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Online Partner Seeking and Sexual Risk Among HIV+ Gay and Bisexual Men: A Dialectical Perspective
For almost two decades, researchers have explored the relationship between online partner seeking (OPS) and HIV/STI transmission risk behavior among...
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The Daily Relationship Between Aspects of Food Insecurity and Medication Adherence Among People Living with HIV with Recent Experiences of Hunger
BackgroundLimited access to resources can significantly impact health behaviors. Previous research on food insecurity and HIV has focused on...
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Sexual Behaviors and Transmission Risks Among People Living with HIV: Beliefs, Perceptions, and Challenges to Using Treatments as Prevention
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) improves the health of people living with HIV and can reduce infectiousness, preventing HIV transmission. The potential...
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Medication adherence in people dually treated for HIV infection and mental health conditions: test of the medications beliefs framework
Beliefs about medication necessity and concerns predict treatment adherence in people with a wide-array of medical conditions, including HIV...
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Medication Adherence and Health Outcomes of People Living with HIV Who Are Food Insecure and Prescribed Antiretrovirals That Should Be Taken with Food
IntroductionFood insecurity is a well-established predictor of poor health outcomes. Antiretroviral therapies (ARTs) that should be taken with food...
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Dimensions of Poverty and Health Outcomes Among People Living with HIV Infection: Limited Resources and Competing Needs
HIV infection is concentrated in populations living in poverty. We examined the overlapping and independent effects of multiple poverty indicators...
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Black Men Who Have Sex with Men, Sexual Risk-Taking, and Willingness to Use Rapid Home HIV Tests
The availability of rapid home-based HIV testing (RHT) in the USA has provided us with a valuable, new option in our efforts to identify more people...
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Food Insecurity and Other Poverty Indicators Among People Living with HIV/AIDS: Effects on Treatment and Health Outcomes
Health disparities in access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) as well as the demands of long-term medication adherence have meant the full benefits...
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Viral Suppression and Antiretroviral Medication Adherence Among Alcohol Using HIV-Positive Adults
BackgroundSubstance use is a known predictor of poor adherence to antiretroviral therapies (ART) in people living with human immunodeficiency virus...
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Food insecurity and antiretroviral adherence among HIV positive adults who drink alcohol
Food insecurity is associated with HIV treatment non-adherence and poor health outcomes for people living with HIV/AIDS. Given the poor nutritional...
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Intentional Non-Adherence to Medications among HIV Positive Alcohol Drinkers: Prospective Study of Interactive Toxicity Beliefs
BACKGROUNDAntiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence is key to successful treatment of HIV infection and alcohol is a known barrier to adherence. Beyond...
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Use of dietary supplements among people living with HIV/AIDS is associated with vulnerability to medical misinformation on the internet
BackgroundUse of dietary supplements is common among people living with HIV/AIDS. Because dietary supplements are used in the context of other health...
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Benefits of Adherence to Psychotropic Medications on Depressive Symptoms and Antiretroviral Medication Adherence Among Men and Women Living with HIV/AIDS
BackgroundPsychotropic medications are commonly used for depressive symptoms among people living with HIV/AIDS.
PurposeWe examined the relationships...
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Food Insufficiency and Medication Adherence Among People Living with HIV/AIDS in Urban and Peri-Urban Settings
Food insufficiency is associated with medication non-adherence among people living with HIV/AIDS. The current study examines the relationship between...
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Sexual HIV Transmission and Antiretroviral Therapy: A Prospective Cohort Study of Behavioral Risk Factors Among Men and Women Living with HIV/AIDS
BackgroundUsing antiretroviral therapies for HIV prevention relies on patient adherence and avoidance of co-occurring sexually transmitted infections.
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“There is no proof that HIV causes AIDS”: AIDS denialism beliefs among people living with HIV/AIDS
AIDS denialists offer false hope to people living with HIV/AIDS by claiming that HIV is harmless and that AIDS can be cured with natural remedies....
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Health and Treatment Implications of Food Insufficiency among People Living with HIV/AIDS, Atlanta, Georgia
HIV/AIDS is concentrated among the inner-city poor and poverty may directly interfere with HIV treatment. This study examined food insufficiency in...
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Integrated Gender-Based Violence and HIV Risk Reduction Intervention for South African Men: Results of a Quasi-Experimental Field Trial
South Africa is in the midst of one of the world’s most devastating HIV/AIDS epidemics and there is a well-documented association between violence...
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Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Assessed by Unannounced Pill Counts Conducted by Telephone
BACKGROUNDUnannounced pill counts conducted in patients’ homes is a valid objective method for monitoring medication adherence that is unfortunately...
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Poverty-related stressors and HIV/AIDS transmission risks in two South African communities
Community stress associated with poverty is related to health risks and poor health outcomes. Perceived community stress is specifically related to...