ArticleAIDS (London, England)2016
Food insecurity is associated with HIV, sexually transmitted infections and drug use among men in the United States.
Article in AIDS (London, England), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03191253 (Changing Health Through Food Support), which is not on this map. Cited by 34 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Changing Health Through Food Support (CHEFS): Pilot RCT to Identify Potential Health Impacts of Providing Comprehensive, Medically-appropriate Food Support to Low-income Urban Adults Living With HIV (PLHIV)
Who cites it
34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.
- Food insecurity, sexual risk behavior, and adherence to antiretroviral therapy among women living with HIV: A systematic review.Health care for women international · 2017Pooled it
- Novel intervention to improve food insecurity among individuals with opioid use disorder: A randomized clinical trial.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Trial
- 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
- Financial, housing, food, and healthcare insecurities and their independent and joint associations with depressive symptoms and stress in a U.S. cohort of adults with and without HIV.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2026Article
- Examining pathways by which socioeconomic instability in adolescence influence sexual health during emerging adulthood in an agricultural setting in California.American journal of community psychology · 2026Article
- Exploring Correlates of Resource Insecurity Among Older Black or African Americans with HIV in Ohio.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
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- Substance Use Patterns and Their Association with Depression and Social Factors During COVID-19 Among Harlem Residents in New York City.Journal of community health · 2023Article
- Food Insecurity and Transmission Risks Among People with HIV Who Use Substances.AIDS and behavior · 2023Article
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- Factors Associated With Syphilis Transmission and Acquisition Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: Protocol for a Multisite Egocentric Network Study.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- Analysis of Heavy Rainfall in Sub-Saharan Africa and HIV Transmission Risk, HIV Prevalence, and Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2005-2017.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- Does resource insecurity drive HIV-related stigma? Associations between food and housing insecurity with HIV-related stigma in cohort of women living with HIV in Canada.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2022Article
- The Impact of Tax Refund Delays on the Experience of Hardship Among Lower-Income Households.Journal of consumer policy · 2022Article
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- Food insecurity partially mediates the association between drug use and depressive symptoms among men who have sex with men in Los Angeles, California.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
- Living With HIV During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Impacts for Older Adults in Palm Springs, California.AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2021Article
- Illicit Drug Use in Canada and Implications for Suicidal Behaviors, and Household Food Insecurity: Findings from a Large, Nationally Representative Survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Intersecting Barriers to PrEP Awareness and Uptake in Black Men Who Have Sex with Men in Atlanta, GA: a Syndemic Perspective.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2021Article
- Food Insecurity and Intimate Partner Violence Among HIV-Positive Individuals in Rural Kenya.American journal of preventive medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the population-level association between food insecurity, HIV risk factors, and HIV serostatus among men, the group representing the majority of HIV diagnoses in the United States.
designCross-sectional secondary data analysis using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2012, a nationally representative survey of the civilian noninstitutionalized US population.
methodsLogistic regression with design weights and complex survey commands was used to estimate nationally representative associations between food insecurity and HIV serostatus (primary outcome), herpes simplex virus 2, self-reported sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and past-year illicit drug use among men, adjusting for potential confounders. Food security was measured using the 18-item Household Food Security Survey.
resultsWe analyzed data for 9150 men representing 61 million individuals in the United States. Unadjusted HIV prevalence was 1.5% among food insecure men, compared with 0.4% among food secure men (P < 0.001). In adjusted models, food insecure men had over two times higher odds of HIV seropositivity compared with food secure men [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 2.10; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.01-4.37; P < 0.05]. Food insecurity was associated with higher odds of herpes simplex virus 2 seropositivity (AOR = 1.28; 95% CI 1.04-1.57; P < 0.05), self-reported STIs (AOR = 1.54; 95% CI 1.08-2.20; P < 0.05), and illicit drug use (AOR = 1.57; 95% CI 1.14-2.15; P < 0.01). Results were robust to sensitivity analyses restricted to lower incomes.
conclusionFood insecurity is associated with prevalent HIV, STIs, and illicit drug use among men in the United States. Further research is needed to establish whether and through what mechanisms improved food security may help prevent new HIV infections.
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