Details
- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- A qualitative study of barriers to consistent condom use among HIV-1 serodiscordant couples in Kenya
- Ist Teil von
- AIDS care, 2012-04, Vol.24 (4), p.509-516
- Ort / Verlag
- Abingdon: Taylor & Francis Group
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2012
- Link zum Volltext
- Quelle
- Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- This study explored barriers to consistent condom use among heterosexual HIV-1 serodiscordant couples who were aware of the HIV-1 serodiscordant status and had been informed about condom use as a risk reduction strategy. We conducted 28 in-depth interviews and 9 focus group discussions among purposively selected heterosexual HIV-1 serodiscordant couples from Thika and Nairobi districts in Kenya. We analyzed the transcribed data with a grounded theory approach. The most common barriers to consistent condom use included male partners' reluctance to use condoms regardless of HIV-1 status coupled with female partners' inability to negotiate condom use, misconceptions about HIV-1 serodiscordance, and desire for children. Specific areas of focus should include development of skills for women to effectively negotiate condom use, ongoing information on HIV-1 serodiscordance and education on safer conception practices that minimize risk of HIV-1 transmission.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0954-0121eISSN: 1360-0451DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2011.613911Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1291596156
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Adult, AIDS/HIV, Biological and medical sciences, Children, Communication Barriers, condom use, Condoms, Condoms - statistics & numerical data, Condoms - utilization, Cross-Sectional Studies, Data processing, Disease transmission, Female, Focus Groups, Grounded theory, Health services, Heterosexuality, Heterosexuals, HIV, HIV Infections - epidemiology, HIV Infections - psychology, HIV Infections - transmission, HIV Seronegativity, HIV Seropositivity - epidemiology, HIV Seropositivity - psychology, HIV Seropositivity - transmission, HIV-1, Human immunodeficiency virus, Human immunodeficiency virus 1, Human viral diseases, Humans, Immunodeficiencies, Immunodeficiencies. Immunoglobulinopathies, Immunopathology, Infectious diseases, Information, Interpersonal Relations, Kenya, Kenya - epidemiology, Male, Marriage, Medical sciences, Middle Aged, Patient Education as Topic, Prevention, Qualitative Research, Risk, Risk reduction, Risk Reduction Behavior, Safe Sex - psychology, serodiscordant, Sex Counseling, Sexual behavior, Sexual behaviour, Sexual Partners - psychology, Viral diseases, Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids, Women