ArticleSocial science & medicine (1982)2015
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.
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28 citing papers in PubMed.
- Does substance use compromise depression treatment in persons with HIV? Findings from a randomized controlled trial.AIDS care · 2017Trial
- Parenting under the triple burden of violence, depression, and poor diet quality: An intergenerational mother-child syndemic in Nepal.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Between Syndemics and Structural Exploitation: Health Barriers of Migrant Agricultural Workers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- An Update on Syndemics: Editorial Comments.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2025Article
- Serious Bacterial Infections and Hepatitis C Virus Among People Who Inject Drugs: A Syndemic or Intertwined Epidemics?Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2025Article
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- Convergence between Cardiometabolic and Infectious Diseases in Adults from a Syndemic Perspective: A Scoping Review.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Article
- Intimate Partner Violence and the Sexual Health of Sexual Minority Men.LGBT health · 2023Article
- Characterizing HIV Syndemics and the Role of Incarceration Among Men Who have Sex with Men Presenting for Care at a Sexually Transmitted Infections Clinic.AIDS and behavior · 2023Article
- Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Prevention Among Sexual Minority Men: Protocol for a Prospective Mixed Methods Cohort Study.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- Syndemics and clinical science.Nature medicine · 2022Review
- Syndemic theory, methods, and data.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022Article
- Global research on syndemics: a meta-knowledge analysis (2001-2020).F1000Research · 2022Article
- Syndemics and salivary inflammation in people living with HIV/AIDS.Psychology & health · 2021Article
- Application of the "syndemics" theory to explain unprotected sex and transactional sex: A crosssectional study in men who have sex with men (MSM), transgender women, and non-MSM in Colombia.Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud · 2020Article
- Informing theoretical development of salutogenic, asset-based health improvement to reduce syndemics among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men: Empirical evidence from secondary analysis of multi-national, online cross-sectional surveys.SSM - population health · 2020Article
- High Levels of Syndemics and Their Association with Adherence, Viral Non-suppression, and Biobehavioral Transmission Risk in Miami, a U.S. City with an HIV/AIDS Epidemic.AIDS and behavior · 2019Article
- A syndemic of psychosocial and mental health problems in Liberia: Examining the link to transactional sex among young pregnant women.Global public health · 2019Article
- Effects of syndemic psychiatric diagnoses on health indicators in men who have sex with men.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2019Article
- Longitudinal Effects of Syndemics on HIV-Positive Sexual Minority Men's Sexual Health Behaviors.Archives of sexual behavior · 2019Article
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4 authors.
Ronald StallDepartment of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 130 DeSoto Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States; Center for LGBT Health Research, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States. Electronic address: rstall@pitt.edu.
Robert W S CoulterDepartment of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 130 DeSoto Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States; Center for LGBT Health Research, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
M Reuel FriedmanCenter for LGBT Health Research, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Michael W PlankeyDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States.
Funding
Multicenter Aids Cohort Study- Part B (Baltimore Site)U01AI035042 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI BROWN, TODD T, MARGOLICK, JOSEPH B. · 1993 to 2018
$61.5MTobacco and Alcohol Use Trajectories in Sexual-Minority Emerging AdultsF31DA037647 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI COULTER, ROBERT W.S. · 2014 to 2016
$129kNIAID NIH HHS U01 AI035042NIDA NIH HHS F31 DA037647
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