Relationship between food insecurity and smoking status among women living with and at risk for HIV in the USA: a cohort study.
Lila Aziz SheiraEdward A FrongilloJudith HahnKartika PalarElise D RileyTracey E WilsonAdebola AdedimejiDaniel MerensteinMardge CohenEryka L WentzAdaora A AdimoraIghovwerha OfotokunLisa MetschJanet M TuranPhyllis C TienSheri D WeiserPublished in: BMJ open (2021)
Food insecurity over time was associated with smoking in this cohort of predominantly low-income women of colour living with or at risk of HIV. Integrating alleviation of food insecurity into smoking cessation programmes may be an effective method to reduce the smoking prevalence and disproportionate lung cancer mortality rate particularly among PLHIV.
Keyphrases
- smoking cessation
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv positive
- hiv infected
- hiv testing
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- replacement therapy
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv aids
- men who have sex with men
- risk factors
- pregnancy outcomes
- cervical cancer screening
- south africa
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- african american
- skeletal muscle