Food Insecurity Among Sexual and Gender Diverse Persons in Brazil: Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic and Associations with Antiretroviral Nonadherence Among People Living with HIV.

Publication date: Jun 26, 2026

Food insecurity has re-emerged as a critical issue in Brazil, significantly worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. We recruited Brazilian sexual and gender diverse (SGD) persons aged 18 + years on apps and social media across three periods: early (2020), late (2021), and post-COVID-19 (2024) pandemic. We explored two outcomes: food insecurity (all participants) and antiretroviral (ART) nonadherence (only persons living with HIV). Food insecurity was assessed using the 8-item version of the Brazilian Household Food Insecurity Measurement Scale. ART nonadherence was defined as reporting 

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Concepts Keywords
Brazil Adherence
Covid Antiretroviral
Food COVID-19
Hiv LGBTQIAPN + 
Transgender people

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH COVID-19 Pandemic
disease MESH AIDS
drug DRUGBANK Ribostamycin

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