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ArticleHealth promotion practice2024

Exploring Food and Nutrition Programming for People Living With HIV/AIDS: Interviews With Service Providers in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Abigail Clarke, Winta Tesfatsion, Jessica Mannette, Barbara-Ann Hamilton-Hinch, Patricia Williams, Shannan Grant, Phillip Joy

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Article in Health promotion practice, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Application of the Knowledge-to-Action framework in translating nutrition and dietetic knowledge into practice: A systematic review.Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Abigail ClarkeMount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Winta TesfatsionMount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Jessica MannetteMount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Barbara-Ann Hamilton-HinchSchool of Health and Human Performance, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Patricia WilliamsMount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Shannan GrantMount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Phillip JoyMount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5252-2076
Mount Saint Vincent University · CADalhousie University · CANova Scotia Health Authority · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is a lack of nutritional programming and resources available for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Nova Scotia, Canada. This is problematic for several reasons, including that adequate food and nutrition knowledge is integrated to effective medical therapy and wellness for PLWHA. The aim of this research was to explore and describe the beliefs, values, and experiences of HIV-service providers involved programming for PLWHA in Nova Scotia. Using a post-structuralist lens, semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine service providers. Thematic analysis of interview transcripts identified four main themes: (1) recognizing the social determinants of health, (2) acknowledging and disrupting layered stigma, (3) understanding the commensality, and (4) navigating and utilizing networks of care. These findings suggest that those developing, delivering, and evaluating food and nutrition-related programming must engage in community-inclusive approaches that recognize the varied social determinants of health that shape the lived of PLWHA, leverage existing networks and resources, and actively disrupt layered stigma. Also, in agreement with existing evidence, participants stressed the value of communicating and supporting the practice of eating together (commensality) and cultivating networks of care.

Indexed as

HIV InfectionsInterviews as TopicSocial Determinants of HealthSocial StigmaAdultFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth PromotionHumansMaleMiddle AgedNova ScotiaQualitative Researchhealth equityHIV/AIDSnutritionprogram planning and evaluationsocial determinants of health

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PMID36929730
PMCPMC11264540
OpenAlexW4327681314

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