ReviewAIDS patient care and STDs2016
Sexuality and Reproduction in HIV-Positive Women: A Meta-Synthesis.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Motherhood and decision-making among women living with HIV in developed countries: a systematic review with qualitative research synthesis.Reproductive health · 2021Pooled it
- Access to sexual and reproductive health services for women living with HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean: systematic review of the literature.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2019Pooled it
- Reproductive decision-making of Black women living with HIV: A systematic review.Women's health (London, England)Pooled it
- Exploring the Intersection of Mental and Reproductive Health Among Women Living with HIV in Spain: A Qualitative Secondary Data Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- "Discrimination is harder to live with than the disease": an interview study of the perceptions and experiences of sexual and reproductive health and rights among women living with HIV in Sweden.Sexual and reproductive health matters · 2023Article
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- Sexual Development in Perinatally HIV-Infected Young People: A Systematic Review and Explorative Study.Sexual medicine · 2022Review
- Reproductive Desire in Women Living with HIV/AIDS with Serodiscordant Partners.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Factors and Priorities Influencing Satisfaction with Care among Women Living with HIV in Canada: A Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping Study.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Psychosocial health in pregnancy and postpartum among women living with - and without HIV and non-pregnant women living with HIV living in the Nordic countries - Results from a longitudinal survey study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Factors associated with the reproductive health of women living with HIV in Iran.European journal of obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive biology: X · 2022Article
- Discussing reproductive goals with healthcare providers among women living with HIV in Canada: the role of provider gender and patient comfort.Sexual and reproductive health matters · 2021Article
- Factors Associated with HIV and Vulnerability Contexts for Women in Brazil.Archives of sexual behavior · 2021Article
- How is becoming pregnant whilst HIV-positive? Voices of women at a selected rural clinic in Mpumalanga Province of South Africa.SAHARA J : journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance · 2020Article
- Sexuality and childbearing as it is experienced by women living with HIV in Sweden: a lifeworld phenomenological study.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2018Article
- Sexual (Dis)satisfaction and Its Contributors Among People Living with HIV Infection in Sweden.Archives of sexual behavior · 2018Article
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- Fertility care interventions should be provided as the first line options for HIV+ serodiscordant couples who desire children in settings with affordable access to care, regardless of their fertility status.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2017Article
- The experience of pregnancy among women living with HIV in Nordic countries: A qualitative narrative enquiry.Women's health (London, England)Article
- Perceived Risk in Women with High Risk Pregnancy: A Qualitative Study.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchArticle
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Abstract
The increased access to effective antiretroviral treatment (ART) has made HIV comparable to a chronic disease in terms of life expectancy. Needs related to sexuality and reproduction are central to overall health and well-being. An interpretative meta-synthesis was performed to synthesize and assess how HIV-positive women's experiences of sexuality and reproduction have been described in qualitative studies. A total of 18 peer-reviewed qualitative studies were included, which comprised a total of 588 HIV-positive interviewed women. The studies originated from resource-rich countries outside the Asian and African continents. The analysis, resulting in a lines-of-argument synthesis, shows that HIV infection was a burden in relation to sexuality and reproduction. The weight of the burden could be heavier or lighter. Conditions making the HIV burden heavier were: HIV as a barrier, feelings of fear and loss, whereas motherhood, spiritual beliefs, and supportive relationships made the HIV burden lighter. The findings are important in developing optimal health care by addressing conditions making the burden of HIV infection lighter to bear. In future research there is a need to focus not only on examining how HIV-positive women's sexual and relationships manifest themselves, but also on how health care professionals should provide adequate support to the women in relation to sexuality and reproduction.
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