Influence of Male Partners on HIV Disclosure Among South African Women in a Cluster Randomized PMTCT Intervention.

ABSTRACT: Disclosure of HIV serostatus is beneficial for women, their partners, and their infants as it enables women to actively participate in preventative care (Hodgson et al. in PLoS ONE 9(11):e111421, 2014; Odiachi et al. in Reprod Health 15(1):36, 2018). Therefore, it is important that interventions addressing HIV prevention include elements that foster disclosure of HIV to partners. This study conducted in South Africa utilizes the "Protect Your Family" (PYF) behavioral intervention and compares Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) among women participating in the program versus those in a control program. Within both groups, male partners were either present or not present for the intervention. The purpose of this study was to examine differential disclosure over time for indiv

SUBMITTER: Abbamonte JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10174224 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature