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Published in: AIDS and Behavior 3/2017

01-03-2017 | Original Paper

Alcohol Use and Food Insecurity Among People Living with HIV in Mbarara, Uganda and St. Petersburg, Russia

Authors: Gregory J. Patts, Debbie M. Cheng, Nneka Emenyonu, Carly Bridden, Natalia Gnatienko, Christine A. Lloyd-Travaglini, Christine Ngabirano, Tatiana Yaroslavtseva, Winnie R. Muyindike, Sheri D. Weiser, Evgeny M. Krupitsky, Judith A. Hahn, Jeffrey H. Samet

Published in: AIDS and Behavior | Issue 3/2017

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Abstract

Food insecurity (FI) is a documented problem associated with adverse health outcomes among HIV-infected populations. Little is known about the relationship between alcohol use and FI. We assessed whether heavy alcohol use was associated with FI among HIV-infected, antiretroviral therapy (ART)-naïve cohorts in Uganda and Russia. Inverse probability of treatment weighted logistic regression models were used to evaluate the association using cross-sectional baseline data. FI was experienced by half of the Russia cohort (52 %) and by a large majority of the Uganda cohort (84 %). We did not detect an association between heavy alcohol use and FI in either cohort (Russia: AOR = 0.80, 95 % CI 0.46, 1.40; Uganda: AOR = 1.00, 95 % CI 0.57, 1.74) or based on the overall combined estimate (AOR = 0.89, 95 % CI 0.60, 1.33). Future studies should explore the determinants of FI in HIV-infected populations to inform strategies for its mitigation.
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Metadata
Title
Alcohol Use and Food Insecurity Among People Living with HIV in Mbarara, Uganda and St. Petersburg, Russia
Authors
Gregory J. Patts
Debbie M. Cheng
Nneka Emenyonu
Carly Bridden
Natalia Gnatienko
Christine A. Lloyd-Travaglini
Christine Ngabirano
Tatiana Yaroslavtseva
Winnie R. Muyindike
Sheri D. Weiser
Evgeny M. Krupitsky
Judith A. Hahn
Jeffrey H. Samet
Publication date
01-03-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
AIDS and Behavior / Issue 3/2017
Print ISSN: 1090-7165
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3254
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-016-1556-x

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