From conceptualising to modelling structural determinants and interventions in HIV transmission dynamics models: a scoping review and methodological framework for evidence-based analyses

• Published in: BMC medicine Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 404 - 21
• Main Authors: Stannah, James, Flores Anato, Jorge Luis, Pickles, Michael, Larmarange, Joseph, Mitchell, Kate M, Artenie, Adelina, Dumchev, Kostyantyn, Niangoran, Serge, Platt, Lucy, Terris-Prestholt, Fern, Singh, Aditya, Stone, Jack, Vickerman, Peter, Phillips, Andrew, Johnson, Leigh, Maheu-Giroux, Mathieu, Boily, Marie-Claude
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 19.09.2024; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AIDS; Antiretroviral agents; Antiretroviral therapy; Computer Science; Disease transmission; Distribution; Dynamic structural analysis; Epidemiology; Exposure; Female; Gender; Health aspects; HIV; HIV (Viruses); HIV infection; HIV Infections - epidemiology; HIV Infections - transmission; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Imprisonment; Life Sciences; Male; Mathematical modelling; Mathematical models; Modeling and Simulation; Modelling; Risk factors; Santé publique et épidémiologie; Sex industry; Social aspects; Social determinants of health; Social Stigma; Stigma; Structural factors; Structural interventions; Violence; Canada; Social determinants of health; Structural factors; Key populations; Structural interventions; HIV; Causal pathways; AIDS; Conceptual framework; Mathematical modelling; Mediation analysis; Structural

Including structural determinants (e.g. criminalisation, stigma, inequitable gender norms) in dynamic HIV transmission models is important to help quantify their population-level impacts and guide implementation of effective interventions that reduce the burden of HIV and inequalities thereof. Howev...