ArticleAIDS and behavior2017
"If She is Drunk, I Don't Want Her to Take it": Partner Beliefs and Influence on Use of Alcohol and Antiretroviral Therapy in South African Couples.
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- Couple-Based Intervention to Improve HIV Care Engagement for Women and their Partners in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Outcomes of a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CareTrial
- Intersectional Stigma and Health of People Living with HIV on ART Who Use Alcohol in Southwestern Uganda.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
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- Effects of economic empowerment and relationship strengthening intervention on financial behaviors among couples living with HIV: TheSSM - population health · 2025Article
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- Managing multimorbidity together: relationship dynamics and dual medication adherence for hypertension and HIV in Malawi.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2025Observational
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- Barriers, Facilitators, and Strategies to Improve Participation of a Couple-Based Intervention to Address Women's Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2024Article
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- Relationship Dynamics are Associated with Self-Reported Adherence but not an Objective Adherence Measure in Malawi.AIDS and behavior · 2022Article
- Alcohol-Antiretroviral Therapy Interactive Toxicity Beliefs and Intentional Medication Nonadherence: Review of Research with Implications for Interventions.AIDS and behavior · 2021Review
- Testing for saturation in qualitative evidence syntheses: An update of HIV adherence in Africa.PloS one · 2021Article
- Alcohol-related beliefs and non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy in Cape Town, South Africa.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2020Article
- The Unaddressed Needs of Alcohol-Using Couples on Antiretroviral Therapy in Malawi: Formative Research on Multilevel Interventions.AIDS and behavior · 2020Article
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Abstract
Alcohol consumption and beliefs about mixing alcohol and ART are associated with decreased adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART). In this study, we examined how romantic partners influence alcohol and ART use. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 24 HIV-positive individuals and their primary partners (48 individuals) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Almost 17% of participants spontaneously expressed beliefs that alcohol and ART should not be mixed. Participants who held these beliefs influenced their partners' behaviors by either discouraging the mixing of alcohol and ART, which sometimes resulted in missed pills when drinking, or by helping partners manage their medications when drinking. Other participants encouraged partners to take ART no matter what. Messages on alcohol and ART may need to be refined for ART patients who cannot abstain from alcohol. Primary partners should be included in these education efforts and their influence could be leveraged to help reduce alcohol consumption and maintain adherence.
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