Bullying and ART non-adherence among South African adolescents living with HIV: effects, risk and protective factors
<p><strong>Background:</strong> Identifying risk and protective factors for adolescent antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence is a public health priority, given high HIV-related mortality in this population. An area that merits further investigation is the relationship between bull...
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| author | Casale, M Cluver, L Boyes, M Toska, E Gulaid, L Armstrong, A Shenderovich, Y Rudgard, W Zhou, S Langwenya, N |
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| description | <p><strong>Background:</strong> Identifying risk and protective factors for adolescent antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence is a public health priority, given high HIV-related mortality in this population. An area that merits further investigation is the relationship between bullying victimization, mental health problems, and ART non-adherence among adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV). However, no known studies assess effects of bullying on adolescent non-adherence, or risk and protective factors that could moderate this relationship.</p>
<p><strong>Setting:</strong> This study investigates a) the direct longitudinal relationship between bullying exposure and ART non-adherence, and the indirect relationship via psychological distress, and b) potential risk and modifiable protective factors moderating these pathways, among vertically and horizontally infected ALHIV who initiated treatment across 53 public healthcare facilities in a South African health district.</p>
<p><strong>Methods:</strong> Survey data was collected at two-time points, between 2014 and 2017, with 1046 ALHIV (94% retention). Various mediation and moderated mediation models were run as part of a staged analysis approach.</p>
<p><strong>Results:</strong> A significant longitudinal relationship was found between bullying victimization and non-adherence, operating indirectly via psychological distress (B= 0.07; 95%CI: [0.03, 0.13]). Moderation analyses indicated that older adolescents exposed to bullying are more at risk of non-adherence (B =0.52; 95%CI: [0.07, 0.97] p<0.05), and parental monitoring is a potential protective factor buffering indirect effects of bullying on non-adherence (B =-0.22; 95%CI: [-0.42, -0.02] p<0.05).</p>
<p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> These findings underscore the importance of interventions that address bullying and psychological distress, and strengthen parental monitoring, particularly among older ALHIV.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:aa249e60-329c-46a3-9719-bd31bdeddd402022-03-27T03:13:16ZBullying and ART non-adherence among South African adolescents living with HIV: effects, risk and protective factorsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:aa249e60-329c-46a3-9719-bd31bdeddd40EnglishSymplectic ElementsLippincott, Williams and Wilkins2020Casale, MCluver, LBoyes, MToska, EGulaid, LArmstrong, AShenderovich, YRudgard, WZhou, SLangwenya, N<p><strong>Background:</strong> Identifying risk and protective factors for adolescent antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence is a public health priority, given high HIV-related mortality in this population. An area that merits further investigation is the relationship between bullying victimization, mental health problems, and ART non-adherence among adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV). However, no known studies assess effects of bullying on adolescent non-adherence, or risk and protective factors that could moderate this relationship.</p> <p><strong>Setting:</strong> This study investigates a) the direct longitudinal relationship between bullying exposure and ART non-adherence, and the indirect relationship via psychological distress, and b) potential risk and modifiable protective factors moderating these pathways, among vertically and horizontally infected ALHIV who initiated treatment across 53 public healthcare facilities in a South African health district.</p> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> Survey data was collected at two-time points, between 2014 and 2017, with 1046 ALHIV (94% retention). Various mediation and moderated mediation models were run as part of a staged analysis approach.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> A significant longitudinal relationship was found between bullying victimization and non-adherence, operating indirectly via psychological distress (B= 0.07; 95%CI: [0.03, 0.13]). Moderation analyses indicated that older adolescents exposed to bullying are more at risk of non-adherence (B =0.52; 95%CI: [0.07, 0.97] p<0.05), and parental monitoring is a potential protective factor buffering indirect effects of bullying on non-adherence (B =-0.22; 95%CI: [-0.42, -0.02] p<0.05).</p> <p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> These findings underscore the importance of interventions that address bullying and psychological distress, and strengthen parental monitoring, particularly among older ALHIV.</p> |
| spellingShingle | Casale, M Cluver, L Boyes, M Toska, E Gulaid, L Armstrong, A Shenderovich, Y Rudgard, W Zhou, S Langwenya, N Bullying and ART non-adherence among South African adolescents living with HIV: effects, risk and protective factors |
| title | Bullying and ART non-adherence among South African adolescents living with HIV: effects, risk and protective factors |
| title_full | Bullying and ART non-adherence among South African adolescents living with HIV: effects, risk and protective factors |
| title_fullStr | Bullying and ART non-adherence among South African adolescents living with HIV: effects, risk and protective factors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bullying and ART non-adherence among South African adolescents living with HIV: effects, risk and protective factors |
| title_short | Bullying and ART non-adherence among South African adolescents living with HIV: effects, risk and protective factors |
| title_sort | bullying and art non adherence among south african adolescents living with hiv effects risk and protective factors |
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