Syndemic Theory (ST) provides a framework to examine mutually enhancing
diseases/health issues under conditions of social inequality and inequity. ST has been used …

Men whose sexual behaviors place them at risk of HIV often exhibit a “cluster” of behaviors,
including alcohol misuse and violence against women. Called the “Substance Abuse …

Introduction Although poverty is sometimes seen as a driver of intimate partner violence
victimization, less is known about how it intersects with men's violence perpetration. Food …

Abstract Miami is a Southeastern United States (US) city with high health, mental health, and
economic disparities, high ethnic/racial diversity, low resources, and the highest HIV …

This review investigates the extent to which a place-based approach has been used to
conceptualize context, as well as the place-related contextual factors explored in studies that …

Background Interactions between substance use, violence, HIV and AIDS, known as the
'SAVA'syndemic, are understudied among refugee youth. We assessed the synergistic …

Background Injecting drug use (IDU) is a key driver of the HIV epidemic particularly when
individuals experience psychosocial conditions and risky sexual behavior in a syndemic …

Background Binge drinking, inequitable gender norms and sexual risk behaviour are closely
interlinked. This study aims to model the potential effect of alcohol counselling interventions …

Studies examining the association between psychosocial problems and condomless anal
sex (CAS) among transgender women (TGW) are rare. In this study, close attention was paid …

The co-occurrence of and synergistic interactions between substance abuse, violence, and
HIV, known as the “SAVA syndemic,” is thought to be a driver of women's elevated risk for …