About the Authors

Catherine Martin

Affiliation Department of Public Health, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, United States of America

Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar

Affiliation Department of Public Health, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, United States of America

Krishna C. Poudel

krishna@schoolph.umass.edu

Affiliation Department of Public Health, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: KPT. Wrote the paper: CM KPT KCP. Conceived the study: KCP. Conducted the fieldwork: KCP KPT. Wrote the first draft: CM, KCP. Contributed substantially to manuscript revisions: CM KPT KCP. Lead investigator on the Positive Living with HIV (POLH) Study of which the present study constituted the baseline phase: KCP.