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. 2023 Nov 1;94(3):190-195.
doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003247.

Brief Report: Social Factors Associated With Trajectories of HIV-Related Stigma and Everyday Discrimination Among Women Living With HIV in Vancouver, Canada: Longitudinal Cohort Findings

Carmen H Logie  1   2   3   4 , Kate Shannon  2   5 , Melissa Braschel  2   5 , Andrea Krüsi  2   5 , Candice Norris  2   5 , Haoxuan Zhu  2 , Kathleen Deering  2   5
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Brief Report: Social Factors Associated With Trajectories of HIV-Related Stigma and Everyday Discrimination Among Women Living With HIV in Vancouver, Canada: Longitudinal Cohort Findings

Carmen H Logie et al. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. .

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Abstract

Introduction: Women living with HIV (WLHIV) experience stigma rooted in social inequities. We examined associations between social factors (food insecurity, housing insecurity, violence, sexual minority identity, and substance use) and HIV-related stigma and Everyday Discrimination trajectories among WLHIV.

Methods: This community-based open longitudinal cohort study with WLHIV living in and/or accessing HIV care in Metro Vancouver, Canada, plotted semiannual averages (2015-2019) of recent (past 6-month) HIV-related stigma and Everyday Discrimination. We examined distinct trajectories of HIV-related stigma and Everyday Discrimination using latent class growth analysis (LCGA) and baseline correlates of each trajectory using multinomial logistic regression.

Findings: Among participants (HIV-related stigma sample: n = 197 participants with n = 985 observations; Everyday Discrimination sample: n = 203 participants with n = 1096 observations), LCGA identified 2 distinct HIV-related stigma and Everyday Discrimination trajectories: sustained low and consistently high. In multivariable analysis, concurrent food and housing insecurity (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]: 2.15, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.12-4.12) and physical/sexual violence (AOR: 2.57, 95% CI: 1.22-5.42) were associated with higher odds of the consistently high (vs. sustained low) HIV-related stigma trajectory. Sexual minority identity (AOR: 2.84, 95% CI: 1.49-5.45), concurrent food and housing insecurity (AOR: 2.65, 95% CI: 1.38-5.08), and noninjection substance use (less than daily vs. none) (AOR: 2.04, 95% CI: 1.03-4.07) were associated with higher odds of the consistently high (vs. sustained low) Everyday Discrimination trajectory.

Conclusions: Social inequities were associated with consistently high HIV-related stigma and Everyday Discrimination among WLHIV. Multilevel strategies can address violence, economic insecurity, intersecting stigma, and discrimination to optimize health and rights among WLHIV.

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The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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