Seminar Readings and Reading Questions
Required:
1) Singer, A.W., Weiser, S.D. and McCoy, S.I., 2015. Does food insecurity undermine adherence to antiretroviral therapy? A systematic review. AIDS and Behavior, 19(8), pp.1510-1526.
2) Weiser, S.D., Palar, K., Frongillo, E.A., Tsai, A.C., Kumbakumba, E., Depee, S., Hunt, P.W., Ragland, K., Martin, J. and Bangsberg, D.R., 2014. Longitudinal assessment of associations between food insecurity, antiretroviral adherence and HIV treatment outcomes in rural Uganda. AIDS (London, England), 28(1), p.115.
3) Weiser, S.D., Young, S.L., Cohen, C.R., Kushel, M.B., Tsai, A.C., Tien, P.C., Hatcher, A.M., Frongillo, E.A. and Bangsberg, D.R., 2011. Conceptual framework for understanding the bidirectional links between food insecurity and HIV/AIDS. The American journal of clinical nutrition, 94(6), pp.1729S-1739S.
4) Yager, J.E., Kadiyala, S. and Weiser, S.D., 2011. HIV/AIDS, food supplementation and livelihood programs in Uganda: a way forward?. PloS one, 6(10), p.e26117.
Optional:
1) Weiser, S.D., Leiter, K., Bangsberg, D.R., Butler, L.M., Percy-de Korte, F., Hlanze, Z., Phaladze, N., Iacopino, V. and Heisler, M., 2007. Food insufficiency is associated with high-risk sexual behavior among women in Botswana and Swaziland. PLoS Med, 4(10), p.e260.
2) Whittle, H.J., Palar, K., Seligman, H.K., Napoles, T., Frongillo, E.A. and Weiser, S.D., 2016. How food insecurity contributes to poor HIV health outcomes: qualitative evidence from the San Francisco Bay Area. Social Science & Medicine, 170, pp.228-236.
3) Palar, K., Laraia, B., Tsai, A.C., Johnson, M. and Weiser, S.D., 2016. Food insecurity is associated with HIV, sexually transmitted infections and drug use among men in the United States. AIDS (London, England), 30(9), p.1457.
1) How does food insecurity affect HIV outcomes longitudinally? (Weiser AIDS 2014)
2) How is food insecurity related with ART adherence, and what are some of the mechanisms for how food insecurity may contribute to non-adherence? (See Singer and Weiser AJCN 2011)
3) Beyond non-adherence, what are the other pathways through which food insecurity may contribute to worse HIV outcomes (Weiser AJCN 2013)? Are there other pathways or mechanisms that you think are important that were not covered in the articles? Which pathways do you think are most important in Kenya/Nyanza region and why?
4) What are the best ways to intervene on food insecurity to improve HIV health? (Yager) What are some of the advantages and pitfalls to food supplementation? What are the advantages and pitfalls to livelihood interventions (incorporate also ideas and learning from Shamba Maisha)? What are your ideas on the best strategies to improve food security in Kenya?
