ArticleAIDS patient care and STDs2016
I Knew I Would Be Safer. Experiences of Kenyan HIV Serodiscordant Couples Soon After Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Initiation.
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- Oral preexposure prophylaxis use and the risk of bacterial sexually transmitted infections and HIV among African women: A prospective observational cohort study.PLoS medicine · 2026Trial
- Scale up of PrEP integrated in public health HIV care clinics: a protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster-randomized rollout in Kenya.Implementation science : IS · 2018Trial
- Exploring Adolescent Girls' and Young Women's Perceptions of HIV Prevention Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Use: A Qualitative Synthesis of Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2026Review
- Leading with HOPE: A Clinical Communication Campaign to Promote Partner HIV Testing in Assisted Partner Notification and Antenatal Care Programs in Uganda.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Experiences of Sexuality in HIV Serodiscordant Gay Couples.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Factors associated with awareness of and willingness to use PrEP among stable, heterosexual HIV-serodifferent couples in seven African countries, 2019-2022.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2025Article
- Awareness and openness to the use of PrEP among a nationally representative sample of South African adults.The Pan African medical journal · 2024Article
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- Preferences for pre-exposure prophylaxis delivery among HIV-negative pregnant and breastfeeding women in Zambia: evidence from a discrete choice experiment.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2024Article
- Implementation of a safer conception programme for HIV-affected men and women in rural Uganda.Global public health · 2024Article
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- Untapped Potential for Safer Conception Messaging to Transform PrEP Rollout and Promote Service Engagement Among Serodiscordant Couples.AIDS and behavior · 2022Article
- HIV-serodifferent couples' perspectives and practices regarding HIV prevention strategies: A mixed methods study.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Factors motivating female sex workers to initiate pre- exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention in Zimbabwe.PloS one · 2022Article
- Experiences of HIV Positive Serostatus Disclosure to Sexual Partner Among Individuals in Discordant Couples in Mbarara City, Southwestern Uganda.HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2022Article
- Integrating PrEP delivery in public health family planning clinics: a protocol for a pragmatic stepped wedge cluster randomized trial in Kenya.Implementation science communications · 2021Article
- Impact of the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic on HIV/AIDS Programming in Kenya: Evidence from Kibera Informal Settlement and COVID-19 Hotspot Counties.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Effect of a storytelling intervention on the retention of serodiscordant couples in ART/PrEP services at antenatal clinic in Namacurra province in Zambézia, Mozambique.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2021Article
- PrEP reminds me that I am the one to take responsibility of my life: a qualitative study exploring experiences of and attitudes towards pre-exposure prophylaxis use by women in Eswatini.BMC public health · 2021Article
- "We are in this together:" dyadic-level influence and decision-making among HIV serodiscordant couples in Tanzania receiving access to PrEP.BMC public health · 2021Observational
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Abstract
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV-uninfected persons is highly efficacious for HIV prevention. Understanding how people at risk for HIV will use PrEP is important to inform PrEP scale-up and implementation. We used qualitative methods to gather insights into couples' early experiences with PrEP use within the Partners Demonstration Project, an open-label implementation study evaluating integrated delivery of PrEP and antiretroviral therapy (ART). PrEP is offered to HIV uninfected partners until the HIV-infected partner initiates and sustains ART use (i.e., PrEP as a "bridge" to ART initiation and viral suppression). From August 2013 to March 2014 we conducted 20 in-depth dyadic interviews (n = 40) with heterosexual HIV serodiscordant couples participating at the Thika, Kenya study site, exploring how couples make decisions about using PrEP for HIV prevention. We developed and applied deductive and inductive codes to identify key themes related to experiences of PrEP initiation and use of time-limited PrEP. Couples reported that PrEP offered them an additional strategy to reduce the risk of HIV transmission, meet their fertility desires, and cope with HIV serodiscordance. Remaining HIV negative at follow-up visits reinforced couples' decisions and motivated continued adherence to PrEP. In addition, confidence in their provider's advice and client-friendly services were critical to their decisions to initiate and continue use of PrEP. Strategies for wide-scale PrEP delivery for HIV serodiscordant couples in low resource settings may include building capacity of health providers to counsel on PrEP adoption while addressing couples' concerns and barriers to adoption and continued use.
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