Interactions Between HIV/Aids and the Environment

Toward a Syndemic Framework

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11038783
AutoresAnna Talman (Anna Talman is with the Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle. Susan Bolton is with the School of Forest Resources, University of Washington. Judd L. Walson is with the Departments of Global Health, Medicine, and Pediatrics, University of Washington.), M Schallenberg (autor correspondente), Susan Bolton (Anna Talman is with the Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle. Susan Bolton is with the School of Forest Resources, University of Washington. Judd L. Walson is with the Departments of Global Health, Medicine, and Pediatrics, University of Washington.), Judd L Walson (Anna Talman is with the Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle. Susan Bolton is with the School of Forest Resources, University of Washington. Judd L. Walson is with the Departments of Global Health, Medicine, and Pediatrics, University of Washington.)
Ano2013
Volume103
Fascículo2
Páginas253-261
Data de publicação2013-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditoraAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2012.300924
PMID23237167
PMCIDPMC3558758
OpenAlexW23237167
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas22
Referências citadas56

Although the social, economic, and political dimensions of the HIV/AIDS epidemic have been studied in considerable depth, the relationship between HIV/AIDS and its environmental causes and consequences remains largely unexplored. We reviewed the evidence of interactions between ecosystem health and the HIV/AIDS pandemic. We hypothesized a syndemic between environmental degradation and HIV/AIDS; they exhibit bidirectional, self-reinforcing interactions. We have presented a syndemic framework detailing multiple synergistic relationships. This framework hinges on the vulnerability of populations as the linchpin between the pandemic and environmental health. A coherent research and practice agenda for addressing the syndemic that focuses on the 2 issues as not only concurrent but also intertwined phenomena is urgently needed

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