{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,18]],"date-time":"2026-10-18T21:18:30Z","timestamp":1792358310129,"version":"4.4.0"},"reference-count":73,"publisher":"Public Library of Science (PLoS)","issue":"8","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2015,8,27]],"date-time":"2015-08-27T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1440633600000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["www.plosone.org"],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["PLoS ONE"],"DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0135879","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,8,27]],"date-time":"2015-08-27T14:02:17Z","timestamp":1440684137000},"page":"e0135879","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.corrections_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Improving Health-Related Quality of Life among People Living with HIV: Results from an Impact Evaluation of a Food Assistance Program in Uganda"],"prefix":"10.1371","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"John A.","family":"Maluccio","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tia","family":"Palermo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Suneetha","family":"Kadiyala","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rahul","family":"Rawat","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"340","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,8,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"211","DOI":"10.1017\/S0007114507691806","article-title":"Food secruity status in households of people living with HIV\/AIDS (PLWHA) in a Ugandan urban setting","volume":"98","author":"J Bukusuba","year":"2007","journal-title":"Br J Nutr"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1717","DOI":"10.1016\/j.socscimed.2011.09.026","article-title":"The social context of food insecurity among persons living with HIV\/AIDS in rural Uganda","volume":"73","author":"AC Tsai","year":"2011","journal-title":"Soc Sci Med"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"604","DOI":"10.1093\/jn\/138.3.604","article-title":"Food insecurity is associated with nutrient inadequacies among Canadian adults and adolescents","volume":"138","author":"SI Kirkpatrick","year":"2008","journal-title":"J Nutr"},{"key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1503","DOI":"10.1093\/jn\/131.5.1503","article-title":"Nutritional and health consequences are associated with food insecurity among US elderly persons","volume":"131","author":"JS Lee","year":"2001","journal-title":"J Nutr"},{"key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2330","DOI":"10.1093\/jn\/134.9.2330","article-title":"Household food insecurity is associated with adult health status","volume":"134","author":"JE Stuff","year":"2004","journal-title":"J Nutr"},{"key":"ref6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1589","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pmed.0040260","article-title":"Food insufficiency is associated with high-risk sexual behavior among women in Botswana and Swaziland","volume":"4","author":"SD Weiser","year":"2007","journal-title":"PLoS Medicine"},{"key":"ref7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"304","DOI":"10.3945\/jn.109.112573","article-title":"Food insecurity is associated with chronic disease among low-income NHANES participants","volume":"140","author":"HK Seligman","year":"2010","journal-title":"J Nutr"},{"key":"ref8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e61277","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0061277","article-title":"Relationship between Food Insecurity and Mortality among HIV-Positive Injection Drug Users Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in British Columbia, Canada","volume":"8","author":"A Anema","year":"2013","journal-title":"PloS One"},{"key":"ref9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"67","DOI":"10.1097\/QAD.0b013e32834cad37","article-title":"Food insecurity is associated with morbidity and patterns of healthcare utilization among HIV-infected individuals in a resource-poor setting","volume":"26","author":"SD Weiser","year":"2012","journal-title":"AIDS"},{"key":"ref10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1729S","DOI":"10.3945\/ajcn.111.012070","article-title":"Conceptual framework for understanding the bidirectional links between food insecurity and HIV\/AIDS","volume":"94","author":"SD Weiser","year":"2011","journal-title":"Am J Clin Nutr"},{"key":"ref11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"224","DOI":"10.1007\/s11904-009-0030-z","article-title":"Food Insecurity and HIV\/AIDS: Current Knowledge, Gaps, and Research Priorities","volume":"6","author":"A Anema","year":"2009","journal-title":"Current HIV\/AIDS Reports"},{"key":"ref12","first-page":"74","article-title":"The Socioeconomic Dimensions of HIV \/ AIDS in Africa","author":"S Kadiyala","year":"2010"},{"key":"ref13","unstructured":"United Nations General Assembly (2006) Political Declaration on HIV\/AIDS, G.A. Res. 60\/262, U.N. Doc. A\/RES\/60\/262. New York."},{"key":"ref14","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e15","DOI":"10.1097\/QAI.0000000000000079","article-title":"The impact of a food assistance program on nutritional status, disease progression, and food security among people living with HIV in Uganda","volume":"65","author":"R Rawat","year":"2014","journal-title":"J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr"},{"key":"ref15","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"313S","DOI":"10.1177\/15648265100314S403","article-title":"Role of nutrition in HIV infection: Review of evidence for more effective programming in resource-limited settings","volume":"31","author":"S de Pee","year":"2010","journal-title":"Food Nutr Bull"},{"key":"ref16","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1002\/14651858.CD004536.pub2","article-title":"Nutritional interventions for reducing morbidity and mortality in people with HIV","volume":"3","author":"S Mahlungulu","year":"2007","journal-title":"Cochrane Database Syst Rev"},{"key":"ref17","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"685","DOI":"10.1016\/j.socscimed.2011.06.056","article-title":"Health and welfare effects of integrating AIDS treatment with food assistance in resource constrained settings: a systematic review of theory and evidence","volume":"73","author":"N Tirivayi","year":"2011","journal-title":"Soc Sci Med"},{"key":"ref18","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e32","DOI":"10.1016\/S2352-3018(14)70018-9","article-title":"Health-related quality-of-life of people with HIV in the era of combination antiretroviral treatment: a cross-sectional comparison with the general population","volume":"1","author":"A Miners","year":"2014","journal-title":"Lancet HIV"},{"key":"ref19","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e6","DOI":"10.1016\/S2352-3018(14)70003-7","article-title":"Quality of life in chronic HIV infection","volume":"1","author":"A Pozniak","year":"2014","journal-title":"Lancet HIV"},{"key":"ref20","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"435","DOI":"10.1080\/09540121.2010.507952","article-title":"Employment status is associated with both physical and mental health quality of life in people living with HIV","volume":"23","author":"S Rueda","year":"2011","journal-title":"AIDS Care"},{"key":"ref21","article-title":"Measuring quality of life in rural Uganda: reliability and validity of summary scores from the Medical Outcomes Study HIV Health Survey (MOS-HIV)","volume":"25","author":"AL Stangl","year":"2011","journal-title":"Qual Life Res Dec"},{"key":"ref22","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"179","DOI":"10.1097\/QAI.0b013e318261f064","article-title":"Changes in food insecurity, nutritional status, and physical health status after antiretroviral therapy initiation in rural Uganda","volume":"61","author":"SD Weiser","year":"2012","journal-title":"J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr"},{"key":"ref23","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"S357","DOI":"10.1097\/QAI.0000000000000498","article-title":"The impact of social services interventions in developing countries: A review of evidence of impact on clinical outcomes in people living with HIV","volume":"68","author":"M Bateganya","year":"2015","journal-title":"J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr"},{"key":"ref24","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"S357","DOI":"10.1097\/QAI.0000000000000498","article-title":"The impact of social services interventions in developing countries: A review of the evidence of impact on clinical outcomes in people living with HIV","volume":"68","author":"M Bateganya","year":"2015","journal-title":"J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr"},{"key":"ref25","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"579","DOI":"10.1080\/09540120412331319714","article-title":"An investigation into the health-related quality of life of individuals living with HIV who are receiving HAART","volume":"17","author":"J Jelsma","year":"2005","journal-title":"AIDS Care"},{"key":"ref26","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"244","DOI":"10.1186\/1471-2458-7-244","article-title":"Highly active antiretroviral treatment and health related quality of life in South African adults with human immunodeficiency virus infection: A cross-sectional analytical study","volume":"7","author":"GM Louwagie","year":"2007","journal-title":"BMC Public Health"},{"key":"ref27","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"81","DOI":"10.1080\/09540120310001633994","article-title":"Measuring quality of life among HIVinfected women using a culturally adapted questionnaire in Rakai district, Uganda","volume":"16","author":"TCK Mast","year":"2004","journal-title":"AIDS Care"},{"key":"ref28","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"54","DOI":"10.1093\/gerona\/56.suppl_2.54","article-title":"Nutrition and quality of life in older adults","volume":"56","author":"E Amarantos","year":"2001","journal-title":"J Gerontol A Biol Scie Med Sci"},{"key":"ref29","article-title":"MOS-HIV Health Survey Users Manual","author":"AW Wu","year":"1999"},{"key":"ref30","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"43","DOI":"10.2190\/PM.38.1.d","article-title":"Relationship between Depression and Quality of Life in Persons with HIV Infection in Nigeria","volume":"38","author":"AO Adewuya","year":"2008","journal-title":"The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine"},{"key":"ref31","article-title":"The associations among coping, nadir CD4+ T-cell count, and non-HIV-related variables with health-related quality of life among an ambulatory HIV-positive patient population","author":"C Armon","year":"2011","journal-title":"Qual Life Res"},{"key":"ref32","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"371","DOI":"10.1089\/apc.2010.0165","article-title":"Mastery and coping moderate the negative effect of acute and chronic stressors on mental health-related quality of life in HIV","volume":"25","author":"K Gibson","year":"2011","journal-title":"AIDS Patient Care STDS"},{"key":"ref33","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"S17","DOI":"10.1097\/01.aids.0000366079.83568.a2","article-title":"Higher risk of unsafe sex and impaired quality of life among patients not receiving antiretroviral therapy in Cameroon: results from the EVAL survey (ANRS 12\u2013116)","volume":"24","author":"F Marcellin","year":"2010","journal-title":"AIDS"},{"key":"ref34","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"267","DOI":"10.1016\/j.healthpol.2010.08.018","article-title":"Too little, too late: Comparison of nutritional status and quality of life of nutrition care and support recipient and non-recipients among HIV-positive adults in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa","volume":"99","author":"JA Oketch","year":"2011","journal-title":"Health Policy"},{"key":"ref35","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"649","DOI":"10.1080\/09540120410001716441","article-title":"Health-related quality of life and patient-provider relationships in HIV-infected patients during the first three years after starting PI-containing antiretroviral treatment","volume":"16","author":"M Pr\u00e9au","year":"2004","journal-title":"AIDS Care"},{"key":"ref36","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"407","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jpsychores.2005.06.005","article-title":"Health-related quality of life and health locus of control beliefs among HIV-infected treated patients","volume":"59","author":"M Pr\u00e9au","year":"2005","journal-title":"Journal of Psychosomatic Research"},{"key":"ref37","article-title":"Food insecurity, depression and the modifying role of social support among people living with HIV\/AIDS in rural Uganda","volume":"74","author":"AC Tsai","year":"2012","journal-title":"Soc Sci Med"},{"key":"ref38","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"225","DOI":"10.1002\/ajpa.20724","article-title":"Seasonal Changes in Household Food Insecurity and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression","volume":"135","author":"C Hadley","year":"2008","journal-title":"Am J Phys Anthropol"},{"key":"ref39","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"531","DOI":"10.1023\/A:1018460132567","article-title":"Applications of the Medical Outcomes Study: health-related quality of life measures in HIV\/AIDS","volume":"6","author":"AW Wu","year":"1997","journal-title":"Qual Life Res"},{"key":"ref40","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e62353","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0062353","article-title":"Food Access and Diet Quality Are Associated with Quality of Life Outcomes among HIV-Infected Individuals in Uganda","volume":"8","author":"T Palermo","year":"2013","journal-title":"PloS One"},{"key":"ref41","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"177","DOI":"10.1093\/jn\/136.1.177","article-title":"Psychosocial factors and socioeconomic indicators are associated with household food insecurity among pregnant women","volume":"136","author":"BA Laraia","year":"2006","journal-title":"J Nutr"},{"key":"ref42","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"13","DOI":"10.1080\/09540129750125307","article-title":"Participatory evaluation of counselling, medical and social services of The AIDS Support Organization (TASO) in Uganda","volume":"9","author":"N Kaleeba","year":"1997","journal-title":"AIDS Care"},{"key":"ref43","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"543","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.298.5.543","article-title":"Exposure to war crimes and implications for peace building in northern Uganda","volume":"298","author":"P Vinck","year":"2007","journal-title":"JAMA"},{"key":"ref44","unstructured":"WHO (2010) 2010 Guidelines: "Antiretroviral treatment for HIV infection in adults and adolescents". Geneva, SZ."},{"key":"ref45","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"433","DOI":"10.1097\/00042560-199804150-00008","article-title":"Toward a Better Understanding of Health-Related Quality of Life: A Comparison of the Medical Outcomes Study HIV Health Survey (MOS-HIV) and the HIV Overview of Problems-Evaluation System (HOPES)","volume":"17","author":"JF O'Leary","year":"1998","journal-title":"J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol"},{"key":"ref46","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"371","DOI":"10.1080\/09638280410001662932","article-title":"The health-related quality of life of people living with HIV\/AIDS","volume":"26","author":"J Hughes","year":"2004","journal-title":"Disabil Rehabil"},{"key":"ref47","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"275","DOI":"10.1007\/BF00434749","article-title":"The Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection on Quality of Life in a Multiracial South African Population","volume":"5","author":"EA O'Keefe","year":"1996","journal-title":"Qual Life Res"},{"key":"ref48","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"481","DOI":"10.1023\/A:1018451930750","article-title":"Evidence for reliability, validity and usefulness of the Medical Outcomes Study HIV Health Survey (MOS-HIV)","volume":"6","author":"AW Wu","year":"1997","journal-title":"Qual Life Res"},{"key":"ref49","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"126","DOI":"10.1097\/00005650-199802000-00003","article-title":"Reliability and validity of physical health and mental health summary scores from the MOS HIV Health Survey","volume":"36","author":"DA Revicki","year":"1998","journal-title":"Medical Care"},{"key":"ref50","author":"A Deaton","year":"2002"},{"key":"ref51","article-title":"Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) for Measurement of Household Food Access: Indicator Guide (v.3)","author":"J Coates","year":"2007"},{"key":"ref52","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2233","DOI":"10.3945\/jn.110.125716","article-title":"The household food insecurity access scale and an index-member dietary diversity score contribute valid and complementary information on household food insecurity in an urban West-African setting","volume":"140","author":"E Becquey","year":"2010","journal-title":"J Nutr"},{"key":"ref53","first-page":"1","article-title":"Assessing the cross-sectional and inter-temporal validity of the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) in Burundi","author":"S Desiere","year":"2015","journal-title":"Public Health Nutrition"},{"key":"ref54","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"360","DOI":"10.1017\/S1368980009991121","article-title":"Validation of the household food insecurity access scale in rural Tanzania","volume":"13","author":"D Knueppel","year":"2010","journal-title":"Public Health Nutrition"},{"key":"ref55","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2059S","DOI":"10.3945\/jn.110.123414","article-title":"Simple food group diversity indicators predict micronutrient adequacy of women's diets in 5 diverse, resource-poor settings","volume":"140","author":"M Arimond","year":"2010","journal-title":"J Nutr"},{"key":"ref56","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"146","DOI":"10.1080\/09540121.2010.498874","article-title":"Structural barriers to adherence to antiretroviral therapy in a resource-constrained setting: the perspectives of health care providers","volume":"23","author":"B Coetzee","year":"2011","journal-title":"AIDS Care"},{"key":"ref57","first-page":"1","article-title":"\u201cIf I have nothing to eat, I get angry and push the pills bottle away from me\u201d: A qualitative study of patient determinants of adherence to antiretroviral therapy in the Democratic Republic of Congo","author":"PM Musumari","year":"2013","journal-title":"AIDS Care"},{"key":"ref58","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1246","DOI":"10.1080\/09540121.2011.564112","article-title":"Barriers to antiretroviral adherence in HIV-positive patients receiving free medication in Kayunga, Uganda","volume":"23","author":"V Senkomago","year":"2011","journal-title":"AIDS Care"},{"key":"ref59","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"115","DOI":"10.1097\/01.aids.0000433238.93986.35","article-title":"Longitudinal assessment of associations between food insecurity, antiretroviral adherence and HIV treatment outcomes in rural Uganda","volume":"28","author":"SD Weiser","year":"2014","journal-title":"AIDS"},{"key":"ref60","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"290","DOI":"10.1177\/1536867X0400400307","article-title":"Implementing matching estimators for average treatment effects in Stata","volume":"4","author":"A Abadie","year":"2004","journal-title":"Stata Journal"},{"key":"ref61","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"235","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1468-0262.2006.00655.x","article-title":"Large sample properties of matching estimators for average treatment effects","volume":"74","author":"A Abadie","year":"2006","journal-title":"Econometrica"},{"key":"ref62","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1198\/jbes.2009.07333","article-title":"Bias-corrected matching estimators for average treatment effects","volume":"29","author":"A Abadie","year":"2011","journal-title":"J Bus Econ Stat"},{"key":"ref63","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"5","DOI":"10.1257\/jel.47.1.5","article-title":"Recent developments in the econometrics of program evaluation","volume":"47","author":"GM Imbens","year":"2009","journal-title":"J Econ Lit"},{"key":"ref64","unstructured":"Leuven E, Sianesi B (2012) PSMATCH2: Stata module to perform full Mahalanobis and propensity score matching, common support graphing, and covariate imbalance testing. Statistical Software Components."},{"key":"ref65","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3847","DOI":"10.1016\/S1573-4471(07)04060-0","article-title":"Evaluating social programs with endogenous program placement and selection of the treated","volume":"4","author":"PE Todd","year":"2007","journal-title":"Handbook of development economics"},{"key":"ref66","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"81","DOI":"10.1080\/09540120310001633994","article-title":"Measuring quality of life among HIVinfected women using a culturally adapted questionnaire in Rakai district, Uganda","volume":"16","author":"TC Mast","year":"2004","journal-title":"AIDS Care"},{"key":"ref67","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"626","DOI":"10.1080\/09540120701203915","article-title":"Trends and predictors of quality of life among HIV-infected adults taking highly active antiretroviral therapy in rural Uganda","volume":"19","author":"A Stangl","year":"2007","journal-title":"AIDS Care"},{"key":"ref68","unstructured":"WHO (2014) Global update on the health sector response to HIV. Geneva, SZ."},{"key":"ref69","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"10","DOI":"10.1093\/ije\/28.1.10","article-title":"Evaluation designs for adequacy, plausibility and probability of public health programme performance and impact","volume":"28","author":"J-P Habicht","year":"1999","journal-title":"Int J Epidemiol"},{"key":"ref70","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1231","DOI":"10.1097\/QAD.0b013e32835521a3","article-title":"The history of antiretroviral therapy and of its implementation in resource-limited areas of the world","volume":"26","author":"S Vella","year":"2012","journal-title":"AIDS"},{"key":"ref71","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"400","DOI":"10.2105\/AJPH.94.3.400","article-title":"Evidence-based public health: moving beyond randomized trials","volume":"94","author":"CG Victora","year":"2004","journal-title":"Am J Public Health"},{"key":"ref72","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"475","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijnurstu.2009.09.008","article-title":"Perceived HIV stigma and life satisfaction among persons living with HIV infection in five African countries: A longitudinal study","volume":"47","author":"M Greeff","year":"2010","journal-title":"International journal of nursing studies"},{"key":"ref73","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e298","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pmed.0040298","article-title":"Patient retention in antiretroviral therapy programs in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review","volume":"4","author":"S Rosen","year":"2007","journal-title":"PLoS Medicine"}],"container-title":["PLOS ONE"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/dx.plos.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0135879","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,29]],"date-time":"2019-08-29T18:30:13Z","timestamp":1567103413000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/dx.plos.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0135879"}},"subtitle":[],"editor":[{"given":"Eduard J","family":"Beck","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"editor"}]}],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2015,8,27]]},"references-count":73,"journal-issue":{"issue":"8","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,8,27]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0135879","relation":{},"ISSN":["1932-6203"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1932-6203","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2015,8,27]]}}}