Advances in HIV prevention for serodiscordant couples

KE Muessig, MS Cohen - Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 2014 - Springer
Serodiscordant couples play an important role in maintaining the global HIV epidemic. This
review summarizes biobehavioral and biomedical HIV prevention options for serodiscordant …

Strategies to increase couples HIV testing and counselling in sub‐Saharan Africa: a systematic review

KM Hampanda, K Pelowich, K Freeborn… - African Journal of …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Introduction: Couple HIV testing and counselling (CHTC) is associated with measurable
benefits for HIV prevention and treatment. However, the uptake remains limited in much of …

Results of a couples-based randomized controlled trial aimed to increase testing for HIV

LA Darbes, NM McGrath, V Hosegood… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background: Although couples HIV testing and counseling (CHTC) is effective for facilitating
mutual disclosure and linkage to HIV care, uptake remains low. Using a randomized …

Couple interdependence impacts HIV‐related health behaviours among pregnant couples in southwestern Kenya: a qualitative analysis

AJ Rogers, L Achiro, EA Bukusi… - Journal of the …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction HIV infection is frequently transmitted within stable couple partnerships. In order
to prevent HIV acquisition in HIV‐negative couples, as well as improve coping in couples …

[HTML][HTML] Development of an economic and relationship-strengthening intervention for alcohol drinkers living with HIV in Malawi

AA Conroy, S Tebbetts, LA Darbes, JA Hahn… - AIDS and Behavior, 2023 - Springer
Heavy alcohol use among people with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa is driven by household
economics such as poverty and unemployment and has negative impacts on couple …

Concerns about partner infidelity are a barrier to adoption of HIV-prevention strategies among young South African couples

L Parker, A Pettifor, S Maman, J Sibeko… - Culture, health & …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

A systematic review of behavioral couples-based interventions targeting prevention of mother-to-child transmission in low-and middle-income countries

K Hampanda, K Pelowich, BH Chi, LA Darbes… - AIDS and Behavior, 2022 - Springer
There is increasing focus in HIV prevention and treatment on couples-based approaches.
No systematic review has synthesized prospective behavioral couples-based HIV trials …

Designing a couple-based relationship strengthening and health enhancing intervention for pregnant women living with HIV and their male partners in Zambia …

K Hampanda, TFL Matenga, S Nkwemu… - Social Science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction Interpersonal support can promote positive outcomes among people living with
HIV. In order to develop an acceptable psychoeducational couples-based intervention …

[HTML][HTML] Adapting an evidence-based HIV behavioral intervention for South African couples

WM Wechsberg, N El-Bassel, T Carney… - … , prevention, and policy, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background In South Africa, heterosexual couples are at risk for HIV infection and
transmission through substance use, gender-based violence and traditional gender roles …

[HTML][HTML] Implementation of couples' voluntary HIV counseling and testing services in Durban, South Africa

W Kilembe, KM Wall, M Mokgoro, A Mwaanga… - BMC public health, 2015 - Springer
Background Couples' voluntary HIV counseling and testing (CVCT) is an evidence-based
intervention that significantly reduces HIV incidence in couples. Despite the high prevalence …