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syndemic

(sin″dem′ik) [ syn- + analogy with (en)demic, (epi)demic]
A network of health problems, esp. ones that share common social underpinnings and cause an increased public health burden on a community. An example of a syndemic is the linkage between the ready availability of snack foods, low socioeconomic status, sedentary lifestyle, overeating, obesity, and an increased risk of diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease.
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1] With reduced mortality, the HIV/tuberculosis (TB) syndemic has risen alongside NCDs associated with urbanisation.
Multimorbidity in a large district hospital: A descriptive cross-sectional study
Stress, diabetes, and infection: Syndemic suffering at an urban Kenyan hospital.
Malaria and diabetes
The Bible allows for the possibility that the tenth plague was a syndemic resulting from earlier plagues.
THE EXODUS SYNDEMIC: THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF THE TENTH PLAGUE
The syndemic effects of intimate partner violence, HIV/ AIDS, and substance abuse on depression among low-income urban women.
Health characteristics of female victims of domestic violence housed in a state care shelter/Caracteristicas de saude de mulheres em situacao de violencia domestica abrigadas em uma unidade de protecao estadual
The syndemic illness of HIV and trauma: implications for a trauma-informed model of care.
Barriers to HIV testing, linkage to care, and treatment adherence: a cross-sectional study from a large urban center of Brazil/Obstaculos a las pruebas de deteccion del VIH, la vinculacion con la atencion y la observancia terapeutica: estudio transversal de un importante centro urbano de Brasil
A state of syndemic is thought to have occurred in this situation.
ADDING MISERY TO THE INSULT: MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS AND HIV CO-INFECTION
Syndemic theory is used to investigate psychosocial and sexual health among LGBTQ people; (23) it describes increased burdens of health issues due to an interaction of illnesses that stem from social inequities.
Understanding young bisexual women's sexual, reproductive and mental health through syndemic theory
A dose of drugs, a touch of violence, a case of AIDS: Conceptualizing the SAVA syndemic.
A group intervention to reduce intimate partner violence among female drug users. Results from a randomized controlled pilot trial in a community substance abuse center/Intervencion grupal para reducir la violencia de genero entre consumidoras de drogas. Resultados de un estudio piloto en un centro comunitario de tratamiento de adicciones
Drug use, sexual risk, and syndemic production among MSM who engage in group sex encounters.
Physical and social influences of sex venue behavior: An ecological psychology approach to studying HIV risk among sexual minority men
These efforts will require further collaboration among federal partners and state and local health departments to better address the syndemic of opioid abuse and HCV infection.
HCV spike in four Appalachian states tied to injection drug use
There is no doubt that Marshall's most recent book Drinking Smoke: The Tobacco Syndemic in Oceania will also become a classic.
Drinking Smoke: The Tobacco Syndemic in Oceania
A syndemic analysis of alcohol use and sexual risk behavior among tourism employees in Sosua, Dominican Republic.
Impacts of tourism on drinking and alcohol policy in low and middle income countries: a selective thematic review
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