Open AccessLongitudinal assessment of associations between food insecurity, antiretroviral adherence and HIV treatment outcomes in rural Uganda
Author(s) -
Sheri D. Weiser,
Kartika Palar,
Edward A. Frongillo,
Alexander C. Tsai,
Elias Kumbakumba,
Saskia dePee,
Peter W. Hunt,
Kathleen Ragland,
Jeffrey N. Martin,
David R. Bangsberg
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/01.aids.0000433238.93986.35
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , viral load , confidence interval , generalized estimating equation , odds , food insecurity , longitudinal study , demography , environmental health , cohort study , cohort , logistic regression , food security , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , geography , statistics , mathematics , archaeology , pathology , sociology , agriculture
Food insecurity is a potentially important barrier to the success of antiretroviral therapy (ART) programs in resource-limited settings. We undertook a longitudinal study in rural Uganda to estimate the associations between food insecurity and HIV treatment outcomes.