{"id":18539,"date":"2025-05-29T07:28:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T11:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/?p=18539"},"modified":"2025-05-29T07:28:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T11:28:39","slug":"cfar-investigators-research-finds-associations-between-internalized-hiv-stigma-and-cognitive-function-among-older-women-with-hiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/2025\/05\/cfar-investigators-research-finds-associations-between-internalized-hiv-stigma-and-cognitive-function-among-older-women-with-hiv\/","title":{"rendered":"CFAR Investigator&#8217;s Research Finds Associations Between Internalized HIV Stigma and Cognitive Function Among Older Women With HIV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-18316\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1380\/2025\/04\/MonicDiaz-226x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"444\" height=\"589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1380\/2025\/04\/MonicDiaz-226x300.png 226w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1380\/2025\/04\/MonicDiaz.png 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">UNC CFAR investigator Dr. Monica Maria Diaz recently published a study in <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Journal of Gerontology<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\"> revealing significant associations between internalized HIV stigma and cognitive decline in women aged 50 and older living with HIV. Some key findings of the study included:\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"21\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">760 participants (mean age: 54); 61% identified as Black\/African American.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"21\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Over half earned less than $12,000 annually.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"21\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Higher internalized stigma was linked to poorer global cognition, verbal learning, and memory over four years.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">These associations remained even after adjusting for demographic and health variables. This research underscores the urgent need for stigma-reduction interventions to support the cognitive health of aging women with HIV. To read the full article, click <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/psychsocgerontology\/article-abstract\/80\/6\/gbaf058\/8092156?redirectedFrom=fulltext&amp;login=true#google_vignette\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNC CFAR investigator Dr. Monica Maria Diaz recently published a study in The Journal of Gerontology revealing significant associations between internalized HIV stigma and cognitive decline in women aged 50 and older living with HIV. Some key findings of the study included:\u00a0\u00a0 760 participants (mean age: 54); 61% identified as Black\/African American.\u00a0 Over half earned &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/2025\/05\/cfar-investigators-research-finds-associations-between-internalized-hiv-stigma-and-cognitive-function-among-older-women-with-hiv\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about CFAR Investigator&#8217;s Research Finds Associations Between Internalized HIV Stigma and Cognitive Function Among Older Women With HIV\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120087,"featured_media":18316,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","odd"],"acf":[],"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1380\/2025\/04\/MonicDiaz.png","featured_image_medium":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1380\/2025\/04\/MonicDiaz-226x300.png","featured_image_medium_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1380\/2025\/04\/MonicDiaz.png","featured_image_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1380\/2025\/04\/MonicDiaz.png","featured_image_thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1380\/2025\/04\/MonicDiaz-150x150.png","featured_image_alt":"","category_details":[{"name":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/category\/news\/"}],"tag_details":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120087"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18539"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18540,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18539\/revisions\/18540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/cfar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}