[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 mental health impact and responses in low-income and middle-income countries: reimagining global mental health

L Kola, BA Kohrt, C Hanlon, JA Naslund… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Most of the global population live in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs),
which have historically received a small fraction of global resources for mental health. The …

Syndemics and the biosocial conception of health

M Singer, N Bulled, B Ostrach, E Mendenhall - The lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
The syndemics model of health focuses on the biosocial complex, which consists of
interacting, co-present, or sequential diseases and the social and environmental factors that …

Women and barriers to harm reduction services: a literature review and initial findings from a qualitative study in Barcelona, Spain

S Shirley-Beavan, A Roig, N Burke-Shyne… - Harm Reduction …, 2020 - Springer
Background There are an estimated 3.2 million women who inject drugs worldwide,
constituting 20% of all people who inject drugs. The limited data that are available suggest …

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 …

A gap between willingness and uptake: findings from mixed methods research on HIV prevention among black and Latina transgender women

T Poteat, A Wirtz, M Malik, E Cooney… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background: Black and Latina transgender women (BLTW) face significant HIV disparities
with estimated HIV prevalence up to 50% and annual incidence rates as high as 2.8 per 100 …

Preventing gender-based violence victimization in adolescent girls in lower-income countries: Systematic review of reviews

KM Yount, KH Krause, SS Miedema - Social Science & Medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
This systematic review of reviews synthesizes evidence on the impact of interventions to
prevent violence against adolescent girls and young women 10–24 years (VAWG) in low …

Intertwined epidemics: progress, gaps, and opportunities to address intimate partner violence and HIV among key populations of women

N El-Bassel, TI Mukherjee, C Stoicescu, LE Starbird… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
The intersection of intimate partner violence and HIV is a public health problem, particularly
among key populations of women, including female sex workers, women who use drugs …

Substance use and HIV among female sex workers and female prisoners: risk environments and implications for prevention, treatment, and policies

SA Strathdee, BS West, E Reed… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Female sex workers (FSWs) and female prisoners experience elevated HIV prevalence
relative to the general population because of unprotected sex and unsafe drug use …

Improving the mental health of women intimate partner violence survivors: Findings from a realist review of psychosocial interventions

SA Paphitis, A Bentley, L Asher, D Osrin, S Oram - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) is highly prevalent and is associated with a
range of mental health problems. A broad range of psychosocial interventions have been …

Structural and syndemic barriers to PrEP adoption among Black women at high risk for HIV: a qualitative exploration

LA Nydegger, J Dickson-Gomez… - Culture, Health & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In the USA, Black women are at disproportionately higher risk for HIV compared to women of
other races/ethnicities, which can be explained by the Substance Abuse, Violence and AIDS …