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HIV, multimorbidity, and health-related quality of life in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A population-based study Linked Article

 

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Having COVID-19 and Long COVID Can Impact Women’s Sex Lives Linked Article

 

Recent Publications

  • Mental health, social connectedness, and fear during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative perspective from older women living with HIV. Linked Article
  • Intersecting relationships of psychosocial and structural syndemic problems among people with HIV in South Africa: Using network analysis to identify influential problems. Linked Article
  • Adapting, testing, and refining a resilience intervention for older women with HIV: An open pilot study. Linked Article
  • Facets of gender expression and discrimination in relation to alcohol and other drug use severity among sexual minority women and gender diverse individuals assigned female at birth. Linked Article
  • Optimizing PMTCT adherence by treating depression in perinatal women with HIV in South Africa: A pilot randomized control trial. Linked Article
  • Factors associated with changes in alcohol use during pregnancy and the postpartum transition among people with HIV in South Africa and Uganda. Linked Article

 

Recent Conference Presentations

  • Stanton, A.M., Dolotina, B., Chiu, C., Kirakosian, N., King, D., Grasso, C., Potter, J., Mayer, K.H., O’Cleirigh, C., & Batchelder, A.W. Disparities in depression and anxiety symptom severity at the intersection of race and gender identity in a large community health sample. In N. Perry (chair), Mental health among diverse sexual and gender minority communities: Identifying influences across ecological levels. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) annual meeting, Seattle, W.A.
  • Stanton, A.M., Boyd, R.L., O’Cleirigh, C., Olivier, S., Dolotina, B., Gunda, G., Koole, O., Gareta, D., Modise, T.H., Reynolds, Z., Khoza, T., Herbst, K., Ndung’u, T., Hanekom, W., Wong, E.B., Pillay, D., & Siedner, M.J. for the Vukuzazi Study Team (2023, November). Multimorbidity and disease control in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: The importance of considering health-related quality of life and care engagement in behavioral medicine intervention development. In. J.S. Lee (chair), Examining the various stages of domestic and global mental health interventions for HIV: From treatment development priorities to treatment response. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) annual meeting, Seattle, W.A.
  • Safren, S.A., Lee, J.S., Andersen, L.S., Stanton, A.M., Kagee, A., Kirakosian, N., O’Cleirigh, C., & Joska, J. (2023, June). The salience of structural barriers and behavioral health to ART adherence in people receiving HIV primary care in South Africa. In J. de Wit & H. Van Rooyen (chairs), Adherence – sticking to the evidence. 15th AIDSImpact Conference, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Stanton, A.M., O’Cleirigh, C., Foley, J.D., McKetchnie, S.M., Muten, J., Chai, P., Fitch, C., Klevens, R.M., & Psaros, C. (2022, November). Stigma and discrimination, sexual activity, and relationship building during the COVID-19 pandemic among men who have sex with men and identify as persons of color. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) annual meeting, New York, N.Y.
  • Foley, J.D., O’Cleirigh, C., Stanton, A.M., McKetchnie, S.M., Muten, J., Chai, P., Fitch, C., Klevens, R.M., & Psaros, C. (2022, November). Sexual networking and HIV/STI prevention among men who have sex with men and identify as a person of color in the era of COVID-19 in Boston, MA. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) annual meeting, New York, N.Y.
  • Stanton, A.M., Blyler, A., Goodman, G., Robbins, G.K., Park, E.R., & Psaros, C. (2022, May). Developing and refining a resilience intervention for older women living with HIV: Opportunities and challenges. International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health (ICIMH) annual meeting, Phoenix, A.Z.

 

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