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    Health risk behaviors among European adolescents : a latent profile analysis
    (Koç University, 2024) Öksüz, İlgüsu; Sakarya, Yasemin Kisbu; 0000-0001-8477-3016; Koç University Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; Psychology; 219275
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    Intimate partner violence and HIV treatment adherence in urban South Africa: mediating role of perinatal common mental disorders
    (Elsevier, 2022) Hatcher, Abigail M.; Stöckl, Heidi; Woollett, Nataly; García-Moreno, Claudía M.; Christofides, Nicola Joan; N/A; Turan, Janet Molzan; Other; School of Medicine; N/A
    Background: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has potential to eliminate perinatal HIV infections, but adherence to ART in late pregnancy and postpartum is often suboptimal. Intimate partner violence (IPV) may influence non-adherence among perinatal women living with HIV (WWH), but few quantitative studies have examined this over time or explored mechanisms for this association. Methods: We used secondary data from a parent trial in Johannesburg comprising WWH from the control arm (n=63) and WWH ineligible for the trial (n=133). Trained nurse researchers administered questionnaires at first antenatal visit on past-year psychological, physical, and/or sexual IPV (WHO instrument), socio-demographics (age, food security, education), and perinatal common mental symptoms of depression (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Screener-d); anxiety (HADS-a); post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD; Harvard Trauma Questionnaire). At endline visit 2-4 months postpartum, nurse researchers assessed self-reported ART adherence using a visual analog scale (with ≥95% considered “good”). We fitted structural equation models (SEM) in MPlus to explore direct and indirect effects of IPV on ART adherence. Results: Of 196 perinatal WWH, 53.1% reported IPV exposure at baseline. The majority of participants (85.7%) had good perinatal ART adherence. In adjusted models, IPV at baseline was associated with halved odds of good adherence (aOR=0.51, 95%CI=0.20-0.96). IPV was associated with higher adjusted odds of probable depression (aOR=4.64), anxiety (aOR=2.85), and PTSD (aOR=3.42). In SEM, IPV had a direct (standardized coef=-0.22) and indirect effect (coef=-0.05) on ART via common mental disorders. The total effect of IPV on perinatal adherence was of moderate size (coef= -0.27) and the model had good fit (CFI=0.972; TLI=0.969; RMSEA=0.045; SRMR=0.076). Conclusion: IPV was longitudinally associated with perinatal ART non-adherence in part due to its relationship with mental health symptomology. Addressing IPV within clinical care has potential to improve perinatal mental health, maternal HIV outcomes, and HIV-free infant survival.