Observational studyAIDS care2019
The impact of HIV couple testing and counseling on social support among pregnant women and their partners in Lilongwe, Malawi: an observational study.
Observational study in AIDS care, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of interventions to promote couples-based HIV testing and family health during pregnancy and postpartum in Kenya: a multicentre, couples-based, randomised controlled trial.The lancet. HIV · 2026Trial
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- Support, not blame: safe partner disclosure among women diagnosed with HIV late in pregnancy in South Africa and Uganda.AIDS research and therapy · 2024Article
- Mixed-methods cross-sectional study of the prevention of vertical HIV transmission program users unaware of male partner's HIV status, in six South African districts with a high antenatal HIV burden.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Partnership Dynamics and HIV-Related Sexual Behaviors Among Adolescent Mothers in South Africa: A Longitudinal Analysis of HIV Prevention Trials Network 068 Data.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2022Article
- The mediating role of partner communication on contraceptive use among adolescent girls and young women participating in a small-group intervention in Malawi: A longitudinal analysis.Global public health · 2022Article
- Factors associated with a history of treatment interruption among pregnant women living with HIV in Malawi: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2022Article
- Consequences of male partner engagement policies on HIV care-seeking in three African countries: Findings from the SHAPE UTT study.Global public health · 2021Article
- Female adherence self-efficacy before and after couple HIV testing and counseling within Malawi's Option B+ program.AIDS care · 2020Observational
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Abstract
Couples HIV testing and counseling (couple counseling) promotes safer sexual behaviors, increases communication between couples, and decreases HIV transmission. However, the impact of couple counseling on social support, critical for persons living with HIV, has not been examined. Ninety couples with a recently tested HIV-positive pregnant woman (female-positive couples) and 47 couples with a recently tested HIV-negative pregnant woman (female-negative couples) were enrolled in an observational study at an antenatal clinic in Malawi. Each couple member was assessed immediately before and one month after couple counseling for partner, family, and peer social support using the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. Before couple counseling, social support was lower among women than men in both female-positive couples (β = -10.00, p < .01) and female-negative couples (β = -8.43, p < .01). After couple counseling, social support increased for women in female-positive couples (β = 4.01, p < .01) and female-negative couples (β = 4.69, p < .01) but not for men in either type of couple. Couple counseling could be an effective strategy to increase social support for women, including those with recent HIV diagnoses.
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