"We are becoming older women and then we have two stigmas": voicing women's biopsychosocial health issues as they age with HIV.
Logan Z MargGriselda RuizFidel ChagollaAlejandra CabralJeff TaylorChris ChristensenMarjorie MartinBridgette PicouBrandon J BrownPublished in: Journal of women & aging (2020)
In April 2019, nine older women (age 50+) living with HIV in Palm Springs, California, participated in a 90-minute focus group to identify their major health issues, strengths, and HIV and aging-related health priorities. Using the rigorous and accelerated data reduction (RADaR) technique, we identified four major themes: (1) mental health, (2) HIV comorbidities, (3) social determinants of health, and (4) resiliencies. These results reinforce the need to conduct additional research focused on women aging with HIV, an understudied population that requires more effective, tailored interventions to promote better quality of life and healthy aging.
Keyphrases
- mental health
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv positive
- hiv infected
- hiv testing
- public health
- human immunodeficiency virus
- healthcare
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv aids
- men who have sex with men
- health information
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- human health
- social media
- risk assessment
- metabolic syndrome
- artificial intelligence
- insulin resistance
- pregnancy outcomes
- climate change
- skeletal muscle
- big data
- cervical cancer screening
- drug induced