Food Insecurity During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Study from a Cohort of HIV Clients in Uganda

• Published in: AIDS and behavior Vol. 27; no. 7; pp. 2216 - 2225
• Main Authors: MacCarthy, Sarah, Wagner, Zachary, Saya, Uzaib, Ghai, Ishita, Karamagi, Yvonne, Odiit, Mary, Mukasa, Barbara, Linnemayr, Sebastian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.07.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Antiretroviral drugs; Clinical trials; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; Developing countries; Drugs; Employment; Food; Food Insecurity; Food security; Food Supply; Health Psychology; HIV; HIV Infections - drug therapy; HIV Infections - epidemiology; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Infectious Diseases; LDCs; Low income areas; Low income groups; Meals; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mixed methods research; Original Paper; Pandemics; Polls & surveys; Public Health; Qualitative analysis; Regression analysis; Regression models; Side effects; Support networks; Support systems; Surveys; Uganda - epidemiology; Uganda; COVID-19; HIV/AIDS; Uganda; Food insecurity; Antiretroviral therapy (ART)

The COVID-19 pandemic threatens the food security of people in low-income countries. This is important for people living with HIV (PLWH) because HIV medication should be taken with food to avoid side-effects. We used survey data (n = 314) and qualitative interviews (n = 95) to longitudinally explore...