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The effect of gender on food insecurity among HIV-infected people receiving anti-retroviral therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Transgender and gender nonconforming people's vulnerability to food insecurity: systematic review and meta-synthesis.Cadernos de saude publica · 2026Pooled it
- HIV Infections and Food Insecurity Among Pregnant Women from Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.AIDS and behavior · 2021Pooled it
- Food insecurity and COVID-19-related experiences among people with HIV: A mixed methods analysis and conceptual framework.PloS one · 2026Article
- The association of food insecurity with hepatic steatosis in women with and without HIV.AIDS (London, England) · 2025Article
- Food Insecurity Prevalence and Risk Factors among Persons with HIV in a Southeastern US Clinical Care Setting.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- Dietary diversity and nutritional status of adults living with HIV during the COVID-19 era.PloS one · 2024Article
- Association of Body Mass Index with Risk of Household Catastrophic Health Expenditure in China: A Population-Based Cohort Study.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Prevalence and predictors of food insecurity among people living with and without HIV in the African Cohort Study.Public health nutrition · 2022Article
- Weight change after antiretroviral therapy initiation among adults living with HIV in Northwest Ethiopia: a longitudinal data analysis.BMJ open · 2022Article
- The role of material deprivations in determining ART adherence: Evidence from a conjoint analysis among HIV-positive adults in Uganda.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Evidence for factors associated with diet and physical activity in African and Caribbean countries.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2021Review
- Food Insecurity and T-cell Dysregulation in Women Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus on Antiretroviral Therapy.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundHIV-infected adults receiving anti-retroviral therapy have a high prevalence of food insecurity in both high- and low-income settings., Women bear an inequitable burden of food insecurity due to lack of control over resources and over household food allocation decision-making. The few studies conducted on the association between food insecurity and gender among HIV-infected adults have inconclusive findings. Therefore, the objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to estimate the pooled effect of gender on food insecurity among HIV-infected adults receiving antiretroviral therapy.
methodWe conducted an electronic, web-based search using PubMed, CINAHL, PopLine, MedNar, Embase, Cochrane library, the JBI Library, the Web of Science and Google Scholar. We included studies which reported the association between food insecurity and gender among HIV-infected adults receiving antiretroviral therapy whose age was greater than 18 years. The analysis was conducted using STATA 14 software. A random effects model was used to estimate the pooled effect a 95% confidence interval(CI). Forest plots were used to visualize the presence of heterogeneity. Funnel plots and Egger's and Begg's tests were used to check for publication bias.
resultsA total of 776 studies were identified of which seventeen studies were included in the meta-analysis, with a total of 5827 HIV infected adults receiving antiretroviral therapy. We found that the gender of HIV-infected adults receiving anti-retroviral therapy had statistically significant effects on food insecurity. The pooled odds of developing food insecurity among female HIV infected adults receiving anti-retroviral therapy was 53% higher than male HIV infected adults (OR: 1.53, 95% CI: 1.29, 1.83). Our analysis indicate the findings of studies conducted in the high-income countries showed weakest associations between gender and food insecurity than those conducted in low- and middle-income countries.
conclusionOur systematic review and meta-analysis showed statistically significant effect of gender on food insecurity among HIV-infected adults receiving anti-retroviral therapy in which odds of food insecurity was higher among female HIV infected adults compared to male HIV-infected adults. These findings suggest that the need to include within food and nutrition interventions for HIV-infected adults receiving antiretroviral treatment, culture- and context-specific gender-based policies to address the sex/gender related vulnerability to food insecurity.
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