ResearchProjects

Leveraging the resources of Women’s Interagency HIV study and building on previous work related to the syndemic of substance abuse, violence, and HIV/AIDS, the objective of this project is to understand how syndemic factors longitudinally impact sleep disturbances and hypertension among women with HIV, who are confronting distinct social, neighborhood, and economic realities. The project also seeks to clarify the interaction, mediators, and directionality linking these multi-level syndemic factors and co-morbid health outcomes.

The results of the study will generate important insights for policies and multi-sectoral interventions to alleviate social and health inequities among women with HIV both in the US and worldwide.