'It [HIV] is part of the relationship': exploring communication among HIV-serodiscordant couples in South Africa and Tanzania.
Cult Health Sex
; 14(3): 257-68, 2012.
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| ID: mdl-22077668
In many sub-Saharan African countries, a high proportion of people living with HIV are in long-term serodiscordant relationships. This paper explores how HIV serodiscordance shapes communication among couples in long-term HIV-serodiscordant relationships. A total of 36 couples were purposively recruited through healthcare providers and civil society organisations in South Africa (26) and Tanzania (10). We explored couples' portrayal of living in a serodiscordant relationship by conducting semi-structured interviews with each partner separately, followed by a joint interview with both partners. Using an adaptation of Persson's model on sero-silence and sero-sharing, we categorised coping style as 'sero-silent' if partners reported that they did not talk much with each other about issues related to their serodiscordant status or as 'sero-sharing' if they portrayed HIV as being an issue which they dealt with together. Some couples exhibited features of both coping styles and, at times, partners differed in their ways of coping.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Parejas Sexuales
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Actitud Frente a la Salud
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Infecciones por VIH
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Composición Familiar
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Seropositividad para VIH
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Comunicación
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Heterosexualidad
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Cult Health Sex
Asunto de la revista:
CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO
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CIENCIAS SOCIAIS
Año:
2012
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Sudáfrica
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido