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Global research on syndemics: a meta-knowledge analysis (2001-2020).
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- The whole is greater than the sum of its parts: Integrating syndemics and intersectionality in tackling the HIV and mental health epidemics among Filipino gay and bisexual men.PLOS mental health · 2025Article
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- Factors affecting ability of TB patients to follow treatment guidelines - applying a capability approach.International journal for equity in health · 2023Article
- Applying the syndemic framework to cancer research for effective cancer control in low- and middle-income countries.Ecancermedicalscience · 2023Article
- Type 2 diabetes and depressive symptoms in the adult population in Mexico: a syndemic approach based on National Health and Nutrition Survey.BMC public health · 2022Observational
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- The COVID-19 Pandemic Seen from a Syndemic Perspective: The LGBTQIA2SP+ Community.Infectious disease reports · 2021Article
- Conceptualizing COVID-19 syndemics: A scoping review.Journal of multimorbidity and comorbidityArticle
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Abstract
backgroundSyndemics or synergies of cooccurring epidemics are widely studied across health and social sciences in recent years.
methodsWe conducted a meta-knowledge analysis of articles published between 2001 to 2020 in this growing field of academic scholarship.
resultsWe found a total of 830 articles authored by 3025 authors, mostly from high-income countries. Publications on syndemics are gradually increasing since 2003, with rapid development in 2013. Each article was cited more than 15 times on average, and most (n = 604) articles were original studies. Syndemics research focused on several areas, including HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, mental health, gender minority stressors, racism, violence, chronic physical and mental disorders, food insecurity, social determinants of health, and coronavirus disease 2019. Moreover, biopsychosocial interactions between multiple health problems were studied across medical, anthropological, public health, and other disciplines of science.
conclusionsThe limited yet rapidly evolving literature on syndemics informs transdisciplinary interests to understand complex coexisting health challenges in the context of systematic exclusion and structural violence in vulnerable populations. The findings also suggest applications of syndemic theory to evaluate clinical and public health problems, examine the socioecological dynamics of factors influencing health and wellbeing, and use the insights to alleviate health inequities in the intersections of synergistic epidemics and persistent contextual challenges for population health.
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