Latent class and time-to-event analyses of social determinants of health and COVID-19 vaccine uptake among Black women living with HIV.

Existing inequities are exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Similar to HIV, COVID-19 disproportionately affects Black and other communities of color. Among Black women living with HIV (BWLWH) this study examined the relationship between community level and individual level social determinants of health and time to COVID-19 vaccine uptake.

Linear growth modeling of religious coping and social support among Black women living with HIV in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Among Black women living with HIV (BWLWH) the current study aimed to quantitatively assess changes in religious coping and social support over time via linear growth modeling (LGM). BWLWH (N = 276) provided longitudinal survey data on demographics, religious coping, and social support across fourteen study visits (between 2019 and 2024) at three-month intervals in the Southeastern United States. Religious coping and social support mean scores fluctuated over time and were relatively high at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

'Doing what I need to do': sustaining mental health, medication adherence, and engagement in care among Black women living with HIV during the COVID-19 onset of 2020.

Background: The HIV epidemic and COVID-19 are disproportionately impacting Black communities. For Black women living with HIV (BWLWH), 2020 COVID-19 mandates (e.g.

Using network analysis to elucidate the relationships among support systems, trauma and depressive symptoms, self-silencing, and risk of HIV viral non-suppression among black women living with HIV.

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains a major public health issue in the United States (US) and Black women living with HIV (BWLWH) are disproportionately impacted among women. This study investigates the complexities in influences of family, friend, and special person support systems and their association with post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms (PTSD), depressive symptoms, gendered coping (self-silencing), and a composite HIV risk score related to risk of viral non-suppression through missed medical visits, low medication adherence, and high viral load. Cross-sectional data among BWLWH were analyzed using network analyses via RStudio.