Mental health and sexual risk behaviours in a South African township: A community-based cross-sectional study

Mental health and HIV sexual risk behaviour among University of Limpopo students

“…The prevalence of depression, PTSD and hazardous or harmful use was similar to other studies in SA, [32] the prevalence of HIV risk behaviour (≥2 sexual partners in the past 12 months and inconsistent condom use) seemed to be higher than in a large recent youth survey (18 -24-year-olds) in SA, [33] and the prevalence of trauma experiences was not as high as in some previous studies in SA. [23,34] Regarding traumatic experiences, the study did not find gender differences in physical partner violence, sexual partner violence and physical abuse as a child, yet sexual abuse as a child was significantly more common among female than male university students.…”

Validity/Reliability of PHQ-9 and PHQ-2 Depression Scales Among Adults Living with HIV/AIDS in Western Kenya

“…The PHQ-9 scoring algorithm for DSM-IV diagnoses of MDD and ODD is described elsewhere (p. 607) 57 . The PHQ-9 total score ranges from 0 to 27 with five severity categories: minimal (0-4), mild (5-9), moderate (10)(11)(12)(13)(14), moderately severe (15)(16)(17)(18)(19) and severe (20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27). General health perception rating was administered 85 : "In general how would you rate your overall health right now?"…”

“…The social, economic and health impact of depression in sub-Saharan Africa is also great, where depression is associated with mortality [2][3][4][5] , work disability [4][5][6][7] , lower quality of life 5,[8][9][10][11][12] , risk of heart disease 13 and high-risk behaviors for contracting HIV infection 14 . With one exception 15 , the sparse literature on depression among individuals living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa has shown elevated rates of depression relative to community samples 3,8,10,[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] , consistent with western countries [26][27][28][29] .…”

HIV issues and people with disabilities: A review and agenda for research

“…Studies with people with disabilities or staff and key informants report relatively high rates of unsafe sex and other risk behaviours including substance use, transactional sex, and reported incidence of previous sexually transmitted diseases (Blanchett, 2000;Brown et al, 1997;Cambridge, 1996;Carey et al, 1997;Carey et al, 1999;Carey et al, 2001;Carey et al, 2004a;Chandra et al, 2003;Choquet et al, 1997;Chopra et al, 1998;Chuang & Atkinson, 1996;Collins et al, 2008a;Collins et al, 2008b;Davidson et al, 2001;Devieux et al, 2007;Gordon et al, 1999;Grassi et al, 1999a;Grassi et al, 1999b;Kalichman et al, 1994;Katz et al, 1994;Kelly et al, 1992; M A N U S C R I P T A C C E P T E D ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 14 1995; Maart & Jelsma, 2010;Meade & Sikkema, 2007;Meade & Sikkema, 2005;Menon & Pomerantz, 1997;Menon et al, 1994;Myer et al, 2009;Ogunsemi et al, 2006;Olaleye et al, 2007;Otto-Salaj et al, 1998;Randolph et al, 2009;Rohleder, 2010;Smit et al, 2006;Susser et al, 1995;Thompson, 1994;Touko et al, 2010;Vanable et al, 2007;Weinhardt et al, 1998;Walkup et al, 1999).…”