Syndemics and health disparities: a methodological note
AC Tsai, AS Venkataramani - AIDS and Behavior, 2016 - Springer
In the theory of syndemics, diseases are hypothesized to co-occur in particular temporal or
geographical contexts due to harmful social conditions (disease concentration) and to …
geographical contexts due to harmful social conditions (disease concentration) and to …
Syndemics of psychosocial problems and HIV risk: A systematic review of empirical tests of the disease interaction concept
AC Tsai, BFO Burns - Social Science & Medicine, 2015 - Elsevier
In the theory of syndemics, diseases co-occur in particular temporal or geographical
contexts due to harmful social conditions (disease concentration) and interact at the level of …
contexts due to harmful social conditions (disease concentration) and interact at the level of …
Spatial epidemiology: An empirical framework for syndemics research
Syndemics framework describes two or more co-occurring epidemics that synergistically
interact with each other and the complex structural social forces that sustain them leading to …
interact with each other and the complex structural social forces that sustain them leading to …
Syndemics: a theory in search of data or data in search of a theory?
AC Tsai - Social Science & Medicine, 2018 - Elsevier
The concept of a syndemic was proposed more than two decades ago to explain how large-
scale social forces might give rise to co-occurring epidemics that synergistically interact to …
scale social forces might give rise to co-occurring epidemics that synergistically interact to …
Application of syndemic theory to black men who have sex with men in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study
This study analyzed data from a large prospective epidemiologic cohort study among men
who have sex with men (MSM), the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study, to assess syndemic …
who have sex with men (MSM), the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study, to assess syndemic …
Commentary on “Syndemics of psychosocial problems and HIV risk: A systematic review of empirical tests of the disease interaction concept” by A. Tsai and B. Burns.
R Stall, RWS Coulter, MR Friedman, MW Plankey - 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
Comments on an article by A. Tsai & B. Burns (see record 2015-35061-004). The paper by
Tsai and Burns makes clear that the past decade has witnessed a great deal of interest in …
Tsai and Burns makes clear that the past decade has witnessed a great deal of interest in …
Syndemic theory, structural violence and HIV among African–Americans
BA Godley, AA Adimora - Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, 2020 - journals.lww.com
These studies have yielded valuable insights into links between HIV-related outcomes and
mental health, experience of violence and abuse, and substance use. But a key feature–and …
mental health, experience of violence and abuse, and substance use. But a key feature–and …
Combining intersectionality and syndemic theory to advance understandings of health inequities among Canadian gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with …
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 …
shown empirically to increase the risk of HIV infection among gay, bisexual and other men …
Co-occurring epidemics, syndemics, and population health
As originally theorised, three concepts underlie the notion of a syndemic: disease
concentration, disease interaction, and the large-scale social forces that give rise to them. 1 …
concentration, disease interaction, and the large-scale social forces that give rise to them. 1 …
[HTML][HTML] Syndemic theory, methods, and data
Many scholars and practitioners have drawn on the theory of syndemics to make sense of
the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory …
the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory …