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ArticleAIDS and behavior2025

Mental Bandwidth is Associated with HIV and Viral Suppression Among Low-Income Women in Philadelphia.

Aaron Richterman, Nancy Aitcheson, Celeste Durnwald, Cara Curley, William R Short, Mirabelle Jean Louis, Florence Momplaisir, Harsha Thirumurthy

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Article in AIDS and behavior, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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8 authors.

Aaron RichtermanDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. aaron.richterman@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7920-7191
Nancy AitchesonDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Celeste DurnwaldDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Cara CurleyDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
William R ShortDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Mirabelle Jean LouisBentley University, Boston, MA, USA.
Florence MomplaisirDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Harsha ThirumurthyLeonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Funding

Virus & Reservoirs CoreP30AI045008 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ROBERT GROSS · 1999 to 2026
$78.6M
Poverty, Mental Bandwidth, and an Unconditional Cash Transfer Intervention to Enable Health Behaviors for Pregnant Women with HIVK23MH131464 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI RICHTERMAN, AARON G · 2022 to 2025
$956k
NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI045008NIMH NIH HHS K23 MH131464NIMH NIH HHS K23MH131464Penn CFAR P30AI045008
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Behavioral economics research suggests poverty may influence behavior by reducing mental bandwidth, increasing future discounting, and increasing risk aversion. It is plausible these decision-making processes are further impaired in the context of HIV or pregnancy. In this cross-sectional study of 86 low-income women in Philadelphia, HIV was associated with lower mental bandwidth (one of two measures) and lower risk aversion. Pregnancy was not associated with any decision-making factors. In secondary analyses, viral suppression was associated with greater mental bandwidth (one of two measures), and antenatal clinic attendance with lower future discounting. Anti-poverty interventions may be beneficial to improve HIV-related health behaviors.

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Decision MakingHIV InfectionsPovertyAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth BehaviorHumansPhiladelphiaPregnancyRisk-TakingSocioeconomic FactorsViral LoadYoung AdultBehavioral economicsHIVMental bandwidthPovertyPregnancy

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PMID39485620
PMCPMC11813681

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