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Social position, gender role, and treatment adherence among Colombian women living with HIV/AIDS: social determinants of health approach

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Date
2009
Author
Arrivillaga, Marcela
Ross, Michael
Useche, Bernardo
Alzate, Martha Lucia
Correa, Diego
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OBJECTIVE: To assess and analyze the associations between adherence to treatment and social position in women living with HIV/AIDS. METHOD: A cross-sectional, descriptive, correlational study among 269 Colombian women was conducted. Participants completed three questionnaires: a socio-demographic and clinical characteristics survey, a treatment adherence scale, and a social position survey. RESULTS: Women of low social position had a significantly higher probability of low treatment adherence (OR = 5.651, P 400 copies/ml were more likely to have low adherence than women without those characteristics (OR = 2.395, P = 0.0274 and OR = 2.178, P = 0.0050, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Improving women's adherence to HIV/AIDS treatment in Colombia would require eliminating barriers to national health care system and comprehensive health care services and implementing programs that take into account women's role as maternal caregivers The findings underscore the need to integrate variables related to gender inequality and social position in treatment adherence analysis, as advocated in the social determinants of health approach.(AU)
 
OBJETIVO: Evaluar y analizar las asociaciones existentes entre la adhesión al tratamiento y la posición social de las mujeres con VIH/sida. MÉTODOS: Se realizó un estudio transversal, descriptivo y correlacional con 269 colombianas. Las participantes respondieron tres cuestionarios: uno sobre las características sociodemográficas y clínicas, uno sobre su posición social y una escala sobre la adhesión al tratamiento. RESULTADOS: Las mujeres de baja posición social tenían una mayor probabilidad de presentar baja adhesión al tratamiento (OR = 5,651; P 400 copias/mL tenían mayor probabilidad de presentar baja adhesión que las mujeres sin esas características (OR = 2,395; P = 0,0274 y OR = 2,178; P = 0,005, respectivamente). CONCLUSIONES: Mejorar la adhesión de las mujeres al tratamiento para el VIH/sida en Colombia requiere eliminar barreras al sistema nacional de salud, brindar servicios integrales e implementar programas que tomen en cuenta el papel de las mujeres como madres cuidadoras de enfermos. Estos resultados subrayan la necesidad de integrar variables relacionadas con la inequidad de género y la posición social al análisis de la adhesión al tratamiento, como promueve el enfoque de determinantes sociales de la salud.(AU)
 
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Rev Panam Salud Publica;26(6),dic. 2009
Subject
Patient Compliance; HIV; AIDS; Gender Identity; Colombia; Cooperación del Paciente; VIH; SIDA; Identidad de Género; Colombia; Infecções por HIV; Adesão à Medicação; Síndrome de Imunodeficiência Adquirida; Colômbia; Estudos Transversais; Identidade de Gênero; Questionários; Fatores Socioeconômicos; Adulto Jovem
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http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892009001200005
https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/9737
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Arrivillaga, Marcela,Ross, Michael,Useche, Bernardo,Alzate, Martha Lucia,Correa, Diego (2009) Social position, gender role, and treatment adherence among Colombian women living with HIV/AIDS: social determinants of health approach. Rev Panam Salud Publica;26(6) 502-510,dec. 2009. Retrieved from http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892009001200005
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