Mental health, substance use, and risky sexual behaviors among women living with HIV.

Caroline D DeaterlyDeepthi S VarmaYancheng LiPreeti ManavalanRobert L Cook

Published in: Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (2023)

This study holds clinical significance for nurses and other clinicians working in reproductive health settings and clinics with WLHIV. Results indicate that it could be beneficial to do more screening for mental health symptoms (particularly anxiety) and alcohol use in younger reproductive-age WLHIV.

Keyphrases

mental health
mental illness
primary care
palliative care
polycystic ovary syndrome
sleep quality
healthcare
pregnant women
pregnancy outcomes
depressive symptoms
breast cancer risk
cervical cancer screening