ReviewJournal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)2015
Targeting the SAVA (Substance Abuse, Violence, and AIDS) Syndemic Among Women and Girls: A Global Review of Epidemiology and Integrated Interventions.
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- Gender-based violence syndemics in global health: A systematic review.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2025Pooled it
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- Integrated Multicomponent Interventions for Safety and Health Risks Among Black Female Survivors of Violence: A Systematic Review.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2019Pooled it
- Mlambe economic and relationship-strengthening intervention for alcohol use decreases violence and improves relationship quality in couples living with HIV in Malawi.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2024Trial
- The impact of a syndemic theory-based intervention on HIV transmission risk behaviour among men who have sex with men in India: Pretest-posttest non-equivalent comparison group trial.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022Trial
- Efficacy of a Computerized Intervention on HIV and Intimate Partner Violence Among Substance-Using Women in Community Corrections: A Randomized Controlled Trial.American journal of public health · 2016Trial
- Characteristics of drug-involved black women under community supervision; implications for retention in HIV clinical trials and healthcare.Social work in health careTrial
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- "I Know So Many Women That Have the Same Story as Mine": Exploring How the Increase of Benzodiazepines in the Unregulated Drug Supply Shapes Experiences of Gender-Based Violence Among Women and Gender Minorities in Vancouver, BC.Contemporary drug problems · 2026Article
- Understanding barriers to healthcare and harm reduction services among women who inject drugs in Nigeria: A qualitative assessment.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Parenting under the triple burden of violence, depression, and poor diet quality: An intergenerational mother-child syndemic in Nepal.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Patterns of intimate partner violence among black women in community supervision programs who use drugs: a latent class analysis.Health & justice · 2025Article
- Partner Violence and Substance-Related Service Use: Differences by HIV Status Among Women.American journal of preventive medicine · 2025Article
- UMAI-WINGS: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Implementing mHealth Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Intervention in Reducing Intimate Partner Violence Among Women from Key Affected Populations in Kazakhstan Using a Community-Based Approach.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The syndemic of incarceration, violence victimisation, needle/syringe sharing, & HIV infection: A population-based study of men who inject drugs in India.The Indian journal of medical research · 2025Article
- Prevalence and correlates of sexual intimate partner violence among trans women in the San Francisco Bay Area.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
- Gender and Intersecting Barriers and Facilitators to Access the HIV Cascade of Care in Manitoba, Canada, Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Article
- The impact of social isolation policies during COVID-19 on suburban mothers and pregnant women with opioid use disorder.Women & health · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectivesMultiple pathways link gender-based violence (GBV) to HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among women and girls who use or inject drugs. The aim of this article is to synthesize global literature that examines associations among the synergistic epidemics of substance abuse, violence, and HIV/AIDS, known as the SAVA syndemic. It also aims to identify a continuum of multilevel integrated interventions that target key SAVA syndemic mechanisms.
methodsWe conducted a selective search strategy, prioritizing use of meta-analytic epidemiological and intervention studies that address different aspects of the SAVA syndemic among women and girls who use drugs worldwide from 2000 to 2015 using PubMed, MEDLINE, and Google Scholar.
resultsRobust evidence from different countries suggests that GBV significantly increases the risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among women and girls who use drugs. Multiple structural, biological, and behavioral mechanisms link GBV and HIV among women and girls. Emerging research has identified a continuum of brief and extended multilevel GBV prevention and treatment interventions that may be integrated into a continuum of HIV prevention, testing, and treatment interventions to target key SAVA syndemic mechanisms among women and girls who use drugs.
conclusionsThere remain significant methodological and geographical gaps in epidemiological and intervention research on the SAVA syndemic, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This global review underscores the need to advance a continuum of multilevel integrated interventions that target salient mechanisms of the SAVA syndemic, especially for adolescent girls, young women, and transgender women who use drugs.
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