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Published in: AIDS and Behavior 9/2018

01-09-2018 | Original Paper

Factors Associated with the Separate and Concurrent Experiences of Food and Housing Insecurity Among Women Living with HIV in Canada

Authors: Carmen H. Logie, Ying Wang, Natania Marcus, Angela Kaida, Nadia O’Brien, Val Nicholson, Kath Webster, Tracey Conway, Alexandra de Pokomandy, Mona Loutfy

Published in: AIDS and Behavior | Issue 9/2018

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Abstract

People living with HIV are disproportionately affected by food and housing insecurity. We assessed factors associated with experiencing food and/or housing insecurity among women living with HIV (WLHIV) in Canada. In our sample of WLHIV (N = 1403) 65% reported an income less than $20,000 per year. Most (78.69%) participants reported food and/or housing insecurity: 27.16% reported experiencing food insecurity alone, 14.26% reported housing insecurity alone, and 37.28% reported experiencing food and housing insecurity concurrently. In adjusted multivariable logistic regression analyses, experiencing concurrent food and housing insecurity was associated with: lower income, Black ethnicity versus White, province of residence, current injection drug use, lower resilience, HIV-related stigma, and racial discrimination. Findings underscore the urgent need for health professionals to assess for food and housing insecurity, to address the root causes of poverty, and for federal policy to allocate resources to ameliorate economic insecurity for WLHIV in Canada.
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Metadata
Title
Factors Associated with the Separate and Concurrent Experiences of Food and Housing Insecurity Among Women Living with HIV in Canada
Authors
Carmen H. Logie
Ying Wang
Natania Marcus
Angela Kaida
Nadia O’Brien
Val Nicholson
Kath Webster
Tracey Conway
Alexandra de Pokomandy
Mona Loutfy
Publication date
01-09-2018
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
AIDS and Behavior / Issue 9/2018
Print ISSN: 1090-7165
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3254
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-018-2119-0

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