Smoking and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: A 25-Country Analysis of the Demographic Health Surveys | Zendy

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Smoking and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: A 25-Country Analysis of the Demographic Health Surveys

Author(s) -

John D. Murphy,

Benmei Liu,

Mark Parascandola

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

nicotine and tobacco research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.338

H-Index - 113

eISSN - 1469-994X

pISSN - 1462-2203

DOI - 10.1093/ntr/nty176

Subject(s) - medicine , logistic regression , demography , socioeconomic status , odds ratio , cross sectional study , odds , multivariate analysis , environmental health , population , pathology , sociology

Having HIV/AIDS has been associated with a higher prevalence of smoking. Moreover, evidence suggests that people with HIV/AIDS who smoke have poorer treatment and survival outcomes. The HIV-smoking relationship is understudied in sub-Saharan Africa, where tobacco use patterns and HIV prevalence differ greatly from other world regions.

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