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Title: | Concerns about partner infidelity are a barrier to adoption of HIV-prevention strategies among young South African couples | Contributor(s): | Parker, Lisa (author); Pettifor, Audrey (author); Sibeko, Jabu (author); Maman, Suzanne (author); MacPhail, Catherine (author) | Publication Date: | 2014 | Open Access: | Yes | DOI: | 10.1080/13691058.2014.905707 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/16454 | Open Access Link: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4832568 | Abstract: | As part of a larger study to examine the feasibility and acceptability of a couples-based HIV-prevention intervention, we conducted formative in-depth interviews with 10 couples to explore topics such as challenges in practising safer sex, HIV-prevention strategies, gender power and violence, and issues of trust and infidelity. In this study, both men and women perceived infidelity as ubiquitous in their social context and were therefore unable to discuss HIV risk and prevention without suspicions of infidelity in their own relationship. This impacted couples' ability openly and effectively to discuss strategies to prevent HIV and thus may have contributed to the limited uptake of HIV-prevention strategies, such as condom use and HIV testing. The contentious nature of safe-sex discussions placed both members of the couple at a higher risk for HIV acquisition within the partnership. This study sheds light on how existing relationship norms in South Africa influence HIV-prevention communication within couples and suggests that new ways of approaching conflictual issues such as mistrust and infidelity are vital in order for HIV-prevention programmes to succeed. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Culture, Health and Sexuality, 16(7), p. 792-805 | Publisher: | Routledge | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1464-5351 1369-1058 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 111710 Health Counselling 111712 Health Promotion |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 420307 Health counselling 420603 Health promotion |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 920413 Social Structure and Health 920412 Preventive Medicine |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 200207 Social structure and health 200413 Substance abuse 200412 Preventive medicine |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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