Male Partner Influence on Women’s HIV Prevention Trial Participation and Use of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis: the Importance of “Understanding”

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 784-793

  Montgomery, Elizabeth T ^a   van der Straten, Ariane ^a,b   Stadler, Jonathan ^c   Hartmann, Miriam ^a   Magazi, Busisiwe ^c   Mathebula, Florence ^c   Laborde, Nicole ^a   Soto Torres, Lydia ^d  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Microbicides; PrEP; South Africa; Women

Indexed keywords

AGENTS USED INTRAVAGINALLY; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOUTH AFRICA; VAGINAL CREAMS, FOAMS, AND JELLIES;

EID: 84939994297     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0950-5     Document Type: Article

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