About the Authors

Eileen V. Pitpitan

epitpitan@ucsd.edu

Current address: The Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Affiliation Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Seth C. Kalichman

Affiliation Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Demetria Cain

Affiliation Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Lisa A. Eaton

Affiliation Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Kate B. Carey

Affiliation Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Michael P. Carey

Affiliations Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Ofer Harel

Affiliation Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Leickness C. Simbayi

Affiliation Human Sciences Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa

Vuyelwa Mehlomakhulu

Affiliation Human Sciences Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa

Kelvin Mwaba

Affiliation University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: EVP. Wrote the paper: EVP. Conceived of the current research questions: EVP. Conceived and designed the larger project, assisted with interpretation of findings and editing the manuscript: SCK. Oversaw participant recruitment and data collection and assisted with editing the manuscript: DC. Assisted with data analysis, interpretation of findings and editing the manuscript: LAE. Assisted with designing the project and editing the manuscript: KBC MPC. Assisted with interpretation of findings and editing the manuscript: OH LCS. Oversaw data collection and management: VM KM.