ArticleAIDS patient care and STDs2018
Couple-Level Dynamics and Multilevel Challenges Among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Framework of Dyadic HIV Care.
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- Qualitative dyadic analysis in care partnership research: a scoping review.BMC medical research methodology · 2025Article
- Transportation, administrative burden, and COVID-19: A structural intersectional analysis of barriers to HIV care among Black sexual minority men living with HIV in the US South.SSM. Qualitative research in health · 2025Article
- Barriers to Retention in Care among Adults with HIV in Developed Countries: An Integrative Review.AIDS and behavior · 2025Review
- Mediating roles of social support in lives of men who have sex with men living with HIV.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2025Article
- Medical mistrust of health systems as a moderator of resilience and self-reported HIV care engagement in Black and Latinx young adults living with HIV.Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology · 2025Article
- Main Partner Relationships and the HIV Care Cascade: Examining the Predictive Utility of Sexual Agreements, Partner Concordance, and Drug Use Among Sexual Minority Men Living With HIV in the USA.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2024Article
- LAI-ART Awareness, Willingness, Barriers and Facilitators among Black Sexual Minority Men Living with HIV in the US South.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Communal or Autonomous? Coping Experiences of Chinese Serodiscordant Male Couples to HIV Care: A Dyadic Qualitative Analysis.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- Acceptability of the LetSync App Wireframes for an mHealth Intervention to Improve HIV Care Engagement and Treatment Among Black Partnered Sexual Minority Men: Findings from In-Depth Qualitative Interviews.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Relationship Quality and Health Among Black Same-Sex Male Couples: Protocol for a Symbolic Netnography Study.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- "We in This Fight Together…": HIV Treatment and Prevention Among Couples of HIV-Discordant Black and Latino Men Who Have Sex with Men.Journal of prevention and health promotion · 2022Article
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- Couples-focused intervention to improve engagement in HIV care: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Added Benefits of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Use on HIV Incidence with Minimal Changes in Efficiency in the Context of High Treatment Engagement Among Men Who Have Sex with Men.AIDS patient care and STDs · 2020Article
- Recent HIV Risk Behavior and Partnership Type Predict HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Adherence in Men Who Have Sex with Men.AIDS patient care and STDs · 2019Article
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Abstract
The primary romantic relationship may offer critical opportunities for improving HIV care among key populations affected by high rates of HIV infection and low rates of care engagement, such as black men who have sex with men. A conceptual framework is needed to identify dyadic processes involved in addressing challenges in retention in care and adherence to antiretroviral therapy. This study conducted dyadic and individual-level qualitative analyses of individual interviews with men living with HIV from 14 black gay couples (n = 28). Interviews explored each partner's perspectives on challenges to and supportive strategies for retention in care and medication adherence. Findings highlighted challenges at various levels of care engagement and patterns of dyadic interactions that impeded or facilitated HIV care. Couple-level processes (i.e., couple's resilience, interdependence) underlined a joint problem-solving approach toward addressing challenges in care engagement. Findings support a conceptual framework of dyadic HIV care that highlights the impacts of dyadic and individual factors on coordination of care and treatment to influence retention and adherence. The generalizability of study findings is limited by the small sample size. Implications for intervention design include leveraging drivers of partner support, including couples' resilience, in enhancing joint problem-solving in HIV care among black gay couples.
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