Mapping a Syndemic of Psychosocial Risks During Pregnancy Using Network Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Psychosocial risks during pregnancy impact maternal health in resource-limited settings, and HIV-positive women often bear a heavy burden of these factors. This study sought to use network modeling to characterize co-occurring psychosocial risks to maternal and child health among at-risk pregnant women.

Methods

Two hundred pregnant HIV-positive women attending antenatal care in South Africa were enrolled. Measured risk factors included younger age, low income, low education, unemployment, unintended pregnancy, distress about pregnancy, antenatal depression, internalized HIV stigma, violence exposure, and lack of social support. Network analysis between risk factors was conducted in R using mixed graphical modeling. Centrality statistics were examined for each risk

SUBMITTER: Choi KW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6628702 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature