ArticleAIDS and behavior2016
Syndemics and Health Disparities: A Methodological Note.
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111 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 176 citations in OpenAlex.
- Gender-based violence syndemics in global health: A systematic review.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of multiple-behavior HIV interventions as a function of regional disadvantages: An analysis of syndemics.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2023Pooled it
- Global Epidemiology of HIV Infection and Related Syndemics Affecting Transgender People.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2016Pooled it
- Addressing depression, stress, and hopelessness through an economic and relationship-strengthening intervention: Findings from a pilot randomized controlled trial among people with HIV in Malawi.Journal of affective disorders · 2026Trial
- Effect of a Multisectoral Agricultural Intervention on HIV Health Outcomes Among Adults in Kenya: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2022Trial
- 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
- Global patterns of communicable disease risk and prevention in migrant populations: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- Non-fatal GHB overdose among sexual and gender minorities: A syndemic perspective.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2026Article
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- The Relationships Between Internalized Stigma, Depression, andHealth-Related Quality of Life in Individuals Living with HIV.Turk psikiyatri dergisi = Turkish journal of psychiatry · 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
- Associations Between Both HIV and Metabolic Comorbidity and Self-Reported Mpox Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2025Article
- Identifying Syndemic Factors and Their Effect on HIV Sexual Risk Behavior Among Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- Investigating Syndemic Effects of Air Pollution and Physical Inactivity on Cognitive Decline in Older Adults.Journal of physical activity & health · 2025Article
- Multilevel Syndemic Profiles Impacting Optimal ART Adherence among Trans Women Living with HIV in Mumbai and New Delhi, India: A Latent Class Analysis.International journal of transgender health · 2025Article
- Co-occurring psychosocial conditions are associated with increased HIV acquisition and transmission risk among young transgender women in Lima, Peru.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- An Empirical Investigation of Disability-Related Interpersonal Violence Through an Intersectional Research Paradigm: Methodological Considerations and Implications.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2025Article
- The effect of improving psychosocial stressors on psychological distress: a quasi-experiment of Finnish health and social care workers.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2025Article
- Social needs and hospital readmission in persons living with HIV.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
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 interact at the level of populations and individuals, with mutually enhancing deleterious consequences for HIV risk (disease interaction). Since its original elaboration more than 20 years ago, the epidemiological literature on syndemic problems has followed a questionable trajectory, stemming from the use of a specific type of regression model specification that conveys very little information about the theory of syndemics. In this essay we critically review the dominant approaches to modeling in the literature on syndemics; highlight the stringent assumptions implicit in these models; and describe some meaningful public health implications of the resulting analytical ambiguities. We conclude with specific recommendations for empirical work in this area moving forward.
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