Exploring a syndemic of poverty, cumulative violence, and HIV vulnerability among refugee youth: multi-method insights from a humanitarian setting in Uganda

CH Logie, MG Loutet, M Okumu, M Coelho… - AIDS care, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Synergistic associations between social inequities and HIV vulnerabilities–known as a
syndemic–are understudied with youth in humanitarian settings. We explored refugee …

Examining the substance use, violence, and HIV and AIDS (SAVA) syndemic among urban refugee youth in Kampala, Uganda: cross-sectional survey findings

CH Logie, M Okumu, K Malama, S Mwima, R Hakiza… - BMJ global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
Background Interactions between substance use, violence, HIV and AIDS, known as the
'SAVA'syndemic, are understudied among refugee youth. We assessed the synergistic …

A syndemic of inequitable gender norms and intersecting stigmas on condom self-efficacy and practices among displaced youth living in urban slums in Uganda: a …

M Okumu, CH Logie, AS Chitwanga, R Hakiza… - Conflict and Health, 2023 - Springer
Background Adverse socio-cultural factors compromise the implementation of HIV
prevention strategies among displaced youth. While condoms are an affordable and …

Understanding HIV risk behaviors among young men in South Africa: a syndemic approach

CN Okafor, J Christodoulou, J Bantjes, T Qondela… - AIDS and Behavior, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Young men in South Africa experience several adverse socio-structural and
psychosocial factors that may contribute HIV risk behaviors. This study applied a syndemic …

Gender, transactional sex, and HIV prevention cascade engagement among urban refugee and displaced adolescents and youth in Kampala, Uganda

CH Logie, M Okumu, S Mwima, R Hakiza, H Abela… - AIDS care, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT HIV prevention needs among urban refugee and displaced youth engaged in
transactional sex are understudied. We examined associations between transactional sex …

Lost in transition: Determining HIV prevalence and related vulnerabilities among young people surviving abduction and displacement in post-conflict northern Uganda

SH Patel - 2012 - open.library.ubc.ca
Background: Little is known about HIV infection and the related vulnerabilities of young
people living in resource-scarce, post-emergency transit camps that are now home to …

Comparison of HIV-related vulnerabilities between former child soldiers and children never abducted by the LRA in northern Uganda

S Patel, MT Schechter, NK Sewankambo, S Atim… - Conflict and …, 2013 - Springer
Background Thousands of former child soldiers who were abducted during the prolonged
conflict in northern Uganda have returned to their home communities. Programmes that …

HIV stigma, health, and violence: a longitudinal study among adolescent boys with HIV in Soweto, South Africa

EM Inman, B Nkala-Dlamini, A Violari, R Kidman - AIDS and behavior, 2024 - Springer
There are over 1.4 million adolescents living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, the majority of
whom acquired the virus through perinatal transmission (PHIV). HIV stigma is particularly …

“The Cango Lyec Project - Healing the Elephant”: HIV related vulnerabilities of post-conflict affected populations aged 13–49 years living in three Mid-Northern …

SS Malamba, H Muyinda, PM Spittal, JP Ekwaru… - BMC infectious …, 2016 - Springer
Background The protracted war between the Government of Uganda and the Lord's
Resistance Army in Northern Uganda (1996–2006) resulted in widespread atrocities …

Intersecting stigma and HIV testing practices among urban refugee adolescents and youth in Kampala, Uganda: qualitative findings

CH Logie, M Okumu, D Kibuuka Musoke… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction HIV‐related risks may be exacerbated in humanitarian contexts. Uganda hosts
1.3 million refugees, of which 60% are aged under 18. There are knowledge gaps regarding …