Social Frailty among Older Kenyan Women Living with and without HIV Infection

As the number of older women living with HIV increases in sub-Saharan Africa, their health needs are an important focus of investigation. The proposed study will adapt an existing social vulnerability index to the Kenyan context, then use this index and a social network survey to evaluate associations between social frailty, clinical frailty and disability among older Kenyan women with and without HIV infection, and to test the relationship between social frailty and viral suppression in older HIV-positive women.