Income Inequality, HIV Stigma, and Preventing HIV Disease Progression in Rural Communities.

ABSTRACT: Antiretroviral therapies (ART) suppress HIV replication, thereby preventing HIV disease progression and potentially preventing HIV transmission. However, there remain significant health disparities among people living with HIV, particularly for women living in impoverished rural areas. A significant contributing factor to HIV-related disparities is a stigma. And yet, the relative contributions of stigma, gender, socio-economics, and geography in relation to health outcomes are understudied. We examined the associations of internalized stigma and enacted stigma with community-level income inequality and HIV viral suppression-the hallmark of successful ART-among 124 men and 74 women receiving care from a publicly funded HIV clinic serving rural areas with high-HIV prevalence in the southeast

SUBMITTER: Kalichman S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7000177 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature