Trial reportAIDS and behavior2011
The importance of male partner involvement for women's acceptability and adherence to female-initiated HIV prevention methods in Zimbabwe.
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52 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Involving fathers in prevention of mother to child transmission initiatives--what the evidence suggests.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2012Pooled it
- Depression Among Pregnant and Breastfeeding Persons Participating in Two Randomized Trials of the Dapivirine Vaginal Ring and Oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.AIDS and behavior · 2024Trial
- Does the Ring Work? Perceptions and Understanding of the Efficacy of a Dapivirine Vaginal Ring for HIV Prevention Amongst Women in a Placebo-Controlled Trial.AIDS and behavior · 2022Trial
- Impact of Women's Home Environment on Use of the Dapivirine Vaginal Ring for HIV Prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2021Trial
- Giving voice to the end-user: input on multipurpose prevention technologies from the perspectives of young women in Kenya and South Africa.Sexual and reproductive health matters · 2021Trial
- The impact of the DREAMS partnership on HIV incidence among young women who sell sex in two Zimbabwean cities: results of a non-randomised study.BMJ global health · 2021Trial
- Impact of Male Partner Involvement on Women's Adherence to the Dapivirine Vaginal Ring During a Phase III HIV Prevention Trial.AIDS and behavior · 2020Trial
- Social harms in female-initiated HIV prevention method research: state of the evidence.AIDS (London, England) · 2019Trial
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- Impact of Partner-Related Social Harms on Women's Adherence to the Dapivirine Vaginal Ring During a Phase III Trial.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2018Trial
- "We have heard it together": a qualitative analysis of couple HIV testing and counselling recruitment in Malawi's Option B+ programme.African journal of AIDS research : AJAR · 2017Trial
- Acceptability and use of a dapivirine vaginal ring in a phase III trial.AIDS (London, England) · 2017Trial
- Building young women's knowledge and skills in female condom use: lessons learned from a South African intervention.Health education research · 2016Trial
- "People have options": a qualitative study of experiences and influences of PrEP choice among women in South Africa.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2025Article
- The Effect of Disclosure of PrEP Use on Adherence Among African Young Women in an Open-Label PrEP Study: Findings from HPTN 082.AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
- "There is nothing that can prevent me from supporting her:" men's perspectives on their involvement and support of women's use of topical therapy for cervical precancer treatment in Kenya.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Article
- "There is nothing that can prevent me from supporting her:" Men's perspectives on their involvement and support of women's use of topical therapy for cervical precancer treatment in Kenya.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2023Article
- Evidence and gap map report: Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) interventions for strengthening HIV prevention and research among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).Campbell systematic reviews · 2023Article
- Male partners' support and influence on pregnant women's oral PrEP use and adherence in Malawi.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2023Article
- Impact of the Momentum pilot project on male involvement in maternal health and newborn care in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a quasi-experimental study.BMC women's health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Enlisting male partner involvement is perceived as an important component of women's successful uptake of female-initiated HIV prevention methods. We conducted a longitudinal study among a cohort of 955 Zimbabwean women participating in a clinical trial of the effectiveness of a female-initiated HIV prevention method (the diaphragm and lubricant gel) to: (a) describe the extent to which women involved their male partners in the decision to use the study products, and (b) measure the effect perceived male partner support had on their acceptability and consistent use of these methods. Reported levels of male partner involvement in discussions and decisions regarding: joining the study, study activities, the outcome of HIV/STI test results, and product use were very high. In multivariate analyses, regular disclosure of study product use and partner approval for the diaphragm and gel were significantly associated with women's acceptability and consistent use of the products; an essential component for determining efficacy of investigational prevention methods. These results support the need for more sophisticated measurement of how couples interact to make decisions that impact study participation and investigational product use as well as more rigorous adaptations and evaluations of existing strategies to involve male partners in female-initiated HIV prevention trials.
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