depression and hiv in botswana a population-based study on gender-specific socioeconomic and behavioral correlates抑郁和艾滋病毒在博茨瓦纳以人群为基础的研究性别社会经济和行为有关.pdfVIP

Depression and HIV in Botswana: A Population-Based Study on Gender-Specific Socioeconomic and Behavioral Correlates 1 2,3 3 3,4 5 Reshma Gupta *, Madhavi Dandu , Laura Packel , George Rutherford , Karen Leiter , Nthabiseng 6 5 5,7 5,8 Phaladze , Fiona Percy-de Korte , Vincent Iacopino , Sheri D. Weiser 1 Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, 2 Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, 3 Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, 4 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, 5 Physicians for Human Rights, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, 6 School of Nursing, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana, 7 Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, 8 Division of HIV/AIDS and Positive Health Program, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America Abstract Background: Depression is a leading contributor to the burden of disease worldwide, a critical barrier to HIV prevention and a common serious HIV co-morbidity. However, depression screening and treatment are limited in sub-Saharan Africa, and there are few population-level studies examining the prevalence and gender-specific factors associated with depression.