Factors Affecting Health Status in African Americans Living with HIV/AIDS

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 331-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carleen H. Stoskopf ◽  
Donna L. Richter ◽  
Yang K. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

scholarly journals Weight and height of people living with HIV/AIDS attended by the Brazilian National Health System

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 622-632
Author(s):  
Katia Cristina Bassichetto ◽  
Denise Pimentel Bergamaschi ◽  
Deivis Elton Schlickmann Frainer ◽  
Vania Regina Salles Garcia ◽  
Edina Aparecida Tramarin Trovões
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Health System ◽  
National Health ◽  
National Health System ◽  
Reference Population ◽  
Average Weight ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

The nutritional status of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) is related to morbidity and mortality and its monitoring is important in the maintenance of the health status. This is a cross-sectional study carried out in Brazilian National Health System in the Municipality of São Paulo. It describes anthropometrical characteristics: weight and height; indices of weight for height (W/H), height for age (H/A), body mass index for age (BMI/A) and Z score for height and weight. The study includes 772 participants from all ages: children, adolescents, adults and elderly. The graphical analysis shows that in under-5s and in the 5 to 19 years old group, the W/H, the H/A and the BMI/A curves are similar to the reference population with an exception in the H/A for 5 to 19 years old group which is left-shifted (mean Z = -0.66). In the case of adults, graphics for the study population show median weight apparently lower than in the reference population for most age groups in the case of men, and when age is greater in women. The proportion of people over 20 years old with AIDS on anti-retroviral therapy is lower when coinfection is present (p < 0.001). The findings of the study showed that, for children and adolescents with HIV/AIDS, the average weight and height are lower than the values for non infected population. For adults and elderly, the weight average is lower than the reference population with a worsening among coinfected patients. This underscores the need to direct more effort in nutritional actions thus helping enhance the health status of this group.

Socio-cultural Factors affecting People Living with HIV/AIDS Attendance at Hawassa and Yirgalem Hospital ART Clinics, South Ethiopia. Quantitative and Qualitative Mixed Approach.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alemante A Ayalew ◽  
Zeytu G Asfaw ◽  
Solomon A Lemma
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Complete Healing ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Care Givers ◽  
The World ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

Abstract Background: HIV/AIDS pandemic seriously ravaged the world for the past three decades. It left the world with full of complicated social, economic and political problems. The problem has continued as major health problems for most developing countries, including Ethiopia. Socio-cultural practices which are predominantly determining the life of most of these peoples have structured the spread of HIV/AIDS. The aim of this study was to investigate how socio-cultural factors are affecting patients' adherence at ART clinics in Hawassa and Yirgalem Referral Hospitals. Methods: Qualitative and quantitative designs were used to collect the data. Results: The findings have shown that for fear of stigma and discrimination at family and community levels forced patients' affected adherence at ART clinics. People living with HIV were forced to travel long distance to get rid of social exclusion and isolation that resulting in drug interruptions and drop outs. The findings have also shown that most of the followers of protestant religion make believe that HIV could be cured and boycotted them from taking ART drugs. Moreover, confidentiality of information about HIV positive children living with care givers and newly tested patients found to be resistant to start or continue their drugs. Sense of wellbeing elicited form long term ART drugs effects made patients to imagine complete healing thereby dropping their treatment. Conclusions: The findings made clear that multidimensional socio-cultural factors structure and restructure adherence problems at the ART clinics in the study hospitals. Interventions targeting to change socio-cultural factors play crucial roles to prevent and control new infections, occurrence of drug resistant strains, and social and economic repercussions in the society.

scholarly journals Factors Associated with Anemia among People Living with HIV/AIDS Taking ART in Ethiopia

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ketema Bizuwork Gebremedhin ◽  
Tadesse Bedada Haye
Keyword(s):  
Addis Ababa ◽  
Clinical Stage ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Major Public Health Problem ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

Background. Globally, anemia, among people living with HIV/AIDS, is a major public health problem. It has a significant effect on the progression of HIV/AIDS to advanced stages and there are a number of factors that often affect anemia. However, there is little insight regarding factors affecting anemia among HIV/AIDS patients in developing countries, including Ethiopia. Objective. This study aimed at investigating factors affecting anemia among people living with HIV/AIDS taking ART drug at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods. A hospital based cross-sectional study design was used to assess factors affecting anemia among people living with HIV/AIDS. Structured checklist was used to gather information from charts of patients selected by simple random sampling method. We analyzed the data to identify factors associated with anemia among people with HIV/AIDS using logistic regression models. Results. A total of 301 selected charts were reviewed. The median age was 38 ± 10.38. The majority (62.5%) of the patients were taking ZDV-containing ART drug (ZDV/3TC/NVP). The overall anemia prevalence was 34.6%, while about 5%, 15.6%, and 14% of the patients had severe, moderate, and mild prevalence of anemia, respectively. Factors that were found to affect anemia among these patients include gender (OR = 2.26 [95% CI: 1.22, 4.16]), occupation (OR: 0.57 [95%CI: 0.35, 0.92]), WBC count (OR = 2.30 [95% CI: 1.29, 4.09]), platelet count (OR = 2.89 [95% CI: 0.99, 8.41]), nutritional status (OR = 2.05 [95% CI: 0.69, 6.02]), and WHO clinical stage of HIV/AIDS (OR = 3.69 [95% CI: 1.86, 7.31]). Conclusions. About one in three patients was found to be anemic. Intervention aimed at diagnosing and treating anemia among people living with HIV/AIDS should be considered.

Evaluating the Measurement Structure of the Abbreviated HIV Stigma Scale in a Sample of African Americans Living With HIV/AIDS

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-76
Author(s):  
Eboneé T. Johnson ◽  
Rana A. Yaghmaian ◽  
Andrew Best ◽  
Fong Chan ◽  
Reginald Burrell
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Social Stigma ◽  
Hiv Stigma ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Stigma Scale ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Valid Instrument ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to validate the 10-item version of the HIV Stigma Scale (HSS-10) in a sample of African Americans with HIV/AIDS.Method: One hundred and ten African Americans living with HIV/AIDS were recruited from 3 case management agencies in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Measurement structure of the HSS-10 was evaluated using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis.Results: Factor analysis results support a 2-factor factorial structure for the HSS-10 (social stigma and self-stigma). The HSS-10 demonstrates good reliability and factorial validity, and it correlates moderately with related constructs in the expected directions.Conclusion: HSS-10 is a brief, reliable, and valid instrument for assessing HIV stigma and can be used as a clinical rehabilitation and research tool to assess the contribution of stigma as a major cause of health disparities and outcomes in African Americans living with HIV/AIDS.

Oral health status of people living with HIV/AIDS attending a specialized service in Brazil

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 176-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriella Barreto Soares ◽  
Cléa Adas Saliba Garbin ◽  
Suzely Adas Saliba Moimaz ◽  
Artênio José Ísper Garbin
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Oral Health Status ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Specialized Service ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids
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