ArticleAIDS and behavior2014
Population-based study of food insecurity and HIV transmission risk behaviors and symptoms of sexually transmitted infections among linked couples in Nepal.
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- Food Is Medicine for Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Improved Health and Hospitalizations in the Changing Health Through Food Support (CHEFS-HIV) Pragmatic Randomized Trial.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2025Trial
- The role of food security in increasing adolescent girls' agency towards sexual risk taking: qualitative findings from an income generating agricultural intervention in southwestern Kenya.BMC public health · 2021Trial
- Socio-economic status and adherence to HIV preventive and therapeutic interventions: exploring the mediating role of food insecurity among men who have sex with men and transgender and non-binary persons from Brazil.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2025Article
- Food Insecurity and Transmission Risks Among People with HIV Who Use Substances.AIDS and behavior · 2023Article
- The Impact of Drought on HIV Care in Rural South Africa: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis.EcoHealth · 2023Article
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Eligibility and HIV Incidence in the United States.Open forum infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Trends and determinants of HIV transmission among men who inject drugs in the Pokhara Valley, Nepal: analysis of cross-sectional studies.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Food Insecurity, Sexual Risk, and Substance Use in Young Adults.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2021Article
- Drying Climates and Gendered Suffering: Links Between Drought, Food Insecurity, and Women's HIV in Less-Developed Countries.Social indicators research · 2021Article
- Food insecurity and low access to high-quality food for preconception women in Nepal: the importance of household relationships.Public health nutrition · 2020Article
- Food insecurity and intimate partner violence among married women in Nepal.Journal of global health · 2019Article
- Longitudinal associations between food insecurity and substance use in a cohort of women with or at risk for HIV in the United States.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2019Article
- Food Insecurity, Internalized Stigma, and Depressive Symptoms Among Women Living with HIV in the United States.AIDS and behavior · 2018Article
- Food Insecurity, Substance Use, and Sexual Transmission Risk Behavior Among People Living with HIV: A Daily Level Analysis.Archives of sexual behavior · 2018Article
- A Qualitative Investigation of the Impact of a Livelihood Intervention on Gendered Power and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among HIV-Positive Adults in Rural Kenya.Archives of sexual behavior · 2017Article
- Associations of women's position in the household and food insecurity with family planning use in Nepal.PloS one · 2017Article
- Relationship Power and Sexual Violence Among HIV-Positive Women in Rural Uganda.AIDS and behavior · 2016Article
- Food insecurity is associated with HIV, sexually transmitted infections and drug use among men in the United States.AIDS (London, England) · 2016Article
- Experiences with food insecurity and risky sex among low-income people living with HIV/AIDS in a resource-rich setting.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2015Article
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Abstract
Food insecurity has recently emerged as an important risk factor for HIV acquisition among women worldwide. No previous studies have used linked data that would permit investigation of the extent to which food insecurity may have differential associations with HIV transmission risk behaviors or symptoms of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among men and women in the same households. We used nationally representative data on linked couples from the Nepal 2011 Demographic and Health Survey. The primary explanatory variable of interest was food insecurity, measured with a modified version of the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale. In multivariable logistic regression models, women in food insecure households were less likely to report recent condom use and more likely to report symptoms consistent with STIs. These patterns were absent among men. Interventions targeting food insecurity may have beneficial implications for both HIV prevention and gender equity in Nepal.
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