ArticleInternational journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being2018
Sexuality and childbearing as it is experienced by women living with HIV in Sweden: a lifeworld phenomenological study.
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- "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
- Effectiveness of educational intervention among seropositive women about knowledge about HIV sexual transmission.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2023Article
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- Patterns of changing pregnancy intentions among women living with HIV in Canada.BMC women's health · 2021Article
- Dose-related and contextual aspects of suboptimal adherence to antiretroviral therapy among persons living with HIV in Western Europe.European journal of public health · 2021Article
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- The experience of pregnancy among women living with HIV in Nordic countries: A qualitative narrative enquiry.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
The effectiveness of antiretroviral treatment has reduced sexual HIV transmission and mother-to-child-transmission. To optimally support women living with HIV, health care providers need deepened knowledge about HIV, sexuality and childbearing. The aim of this study was to describe the phenomenon sexuality and childbearing as experienced by women living with HIV in Sweden. Data were collected by phenomenon-oriented interviews with 18 HIV-positive women. A reflective lifeworld analysis based on phenomenological philosophy was conducted, describing the meaning structure of the phenomenon. The essence of the phenomenon is that perceptions about HIV and its contagiousness profoundly influence sexual habits and considerations in relation to pregnancy and childbearing. These perceptions are formed in combination with knowledge and interpretations about HIV by the women themselves and by their environments. The essence is further described by its constituents: Risk of transmission imposes demands on responsibility; The contagiousness of HIV limits sexuality and childbearing; Knowledge about HIV transmission provides confident choices and decisions; and To re-create sexuality and childbearing. Although HIV has a low risk of transmission if being well treated, our study shows that HIV-positive women feel more or less contagious, which influences sexuality and decision-making in relation to become pregnant and give birth.
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