Drug use, mental distress, and other psychosocial factors threaten HIV care for youth living
with HIV (YLWH). We aimed to identify syndemic psychosocial patterns among YLWH and …

Men who have sex with men (MSM) in the US experience great disparities in health
outcomes, most notably in HIV. This dissertation will take a look at these disparities and offer …

The preceding chapters have demonstrated that the HIV/AIDS epidemic is not solely a
biomedical entity but rather a narrative of vulnerability and illness that is exacerbated by …

The theory of syndemics has been widely applied in HIV‐prevention studies of gay,
bisexual, and other MSM (men who have sex with men) over the last decade. Our …

Background This study expands research on the substance abuse, intimate partner
violence, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and depression syndemic theory for …

Syndemics (socially produced intertwined epidemics) of psychosocial issues have been
shown empirically to increase the risk of HIV infection among gay, bisexual and other men …

Background We applied syndemic theory to explore the degree to which syndemic
conditions explain the syphilis epidemic affecting Canadian gay and bisexual men who …

Syndemics approaches explore the convergence of psychosocial factors that elevate HIV
vulnerabilities. Less research has explored syndemics among lesbian, gay, bisexual and …

Background Although studies consistently find that syndemic indicators are additively
associated with increased HIV/STI risk behavior (eg, condomless anal sex; CAS) among …

This analysis of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey examined HIV syndemic factor associations
(substance use, violence, mental health, and HIV risk behaviors) among adolescent gay …