HIV and nutrition among women in sub-Saharan Africa / Sarah E.K. Bradley, Vinod Mishra.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Bradley, Sarah E. K., author.

Mishra, Vinod K., author.

Contributor:

Macro International, issuing body.

United States. Agency for International Development, sponsoring body.

MEASURE DHS (Program), sponsoring body.

Series:

DHS analytical studies ; no. 16.

DHS analytical studies ; no. 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

HIV infections--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Statistics.

HIV infections.

HIV-positive women--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Statistics.

HIV-positive women.

Women--Nutrition--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Statistics.

Women.

Body weight--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Statistics.

Body weight.

Weight gain--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Statistics.

Weight gain.

Women--Nutrition.

Sub-Saharan Africa.

Genre:

Statistics

Statistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 59 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Calverton, Maryland, USA : Macro International Inc., 2008.

Summary:

Background: In the absence of antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV-positive people will lose weight and eventually become wasted or severely underweight. However, levels of obesity and overweight seem to be increasing in several sub-Saharan African countries severely impacted by HIV and with little or no ART available. In many of these countries, HIV prevalence is higher among overweight people than those of normal or below-normal body weight. Objectives: To better understand this apparent anomaly, this study investigates the relationship between HIV, body mass index (BMI), and hemoglobin levels (biomarker for anemia) among adult women in sub-Saharan Africa. The study also investigates the relationship between HIV, women's nutritional status, and their breastfeeding mode (exclusive, mixed, or none). Methods: The data come from 12 nationally representative Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted between 2003 and 2006 in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, and Zimbabwe. Because height and weight were not measured for men in the majority of surveys, this study focuses only on women. Blood samples were collected for HIV and anemia testing, following internationally accepted ethical standards and procedures. HIV and anemia test results were linked anonymously to socio-demographic and height and weight data. The study used descriptive and multivariate statistical methods to examine the relationships between HIV status and BMI, hemoglobin concentration, and breastfeeding mode. In multivariate analysis, data from all 12 countries were pooled together and sampling weights were adjusted according to the relative population sizes of the countries.

Notes:

"September 2008."

"This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-46).

Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from title page (DHS website, viewed March 23, 2020).

Other Format:

Print version: Bradley, Sarah E.K. HIV and nutrition among women in sub-Saharan Africa

OCLC:

440707682