A longitudinal study of associations between HIV-related stigma, recent violence and depression among women living with HIV in a Canadian cohort study.
Carmen Helen LogieNatania MarcusYing WangAngela KaidaPatricia O'CampoUzma AhmedNadia O'BrienValerie NicholsonTracey ConwayAlexandra de PokomandyMylène FernetMona Loutfynull nullPublished in: Journal of the International AIDS Society (2020)
Our findings suggest that HIV-related stigma is associated with increased experiences of recent violence, and both stigma and violence are associated with increased depression among WLHIV in Canada. There is an urgent need for trauma-informed stigma interventions to address stigma, discrimination and violence.
Keyphrases
- mental health
- hiv aids
- mental illness
- antiretroviral therapy
- social support
- hiv positive
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv infected
- depressive symptoms
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv testing
- men who have sex with men
- sleep quality
- physical activity
- type diabetes
- pregnant women
- intimate partner violence
- adipose tissue
- metabolic syndrome
- insulin resistance
- trauma patients
- drug induced