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“It Really Proves To Us That We Are Still Valuable”: Qualitative Research To Inform A Safer Conception Intervention For Men Living With Hiv In South Africa, Lynn T. Matthews, Letitia Greener, Hazar Khidir, Christina Psaros, Abigail Harrison, F. Nzwakie Mosery, Mxolisi Mathenjwa, Kasey O'Neil, Cecilia Milford, Steven A. Safren, David R. Bangsberg, Jennifer A. Smit
“It Really Proves To Us That We Are Still Valuable”: Qualitative Research To Inform A Safer Conception Intervention For Men Living With Hiv In South Africa, Lynn T. Matthews, Letitia Greener, Hazar Khidir, Christina Psaros, Abigail Harrison, F. Nzwakie Mosery, Mxolisi Mathenjwa, Kasey O'Neil, Cecilia Milford, Steven A. Safren, David R. Bangsberg, Jennifer A. Smit
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Objective: Many men living with HIV want to have children. Opportunities to reduce periconception HIV transmission include antiretroviral therapy as prevention, pre-exposure prophylaxis, limiting condomless sex to peak fertility, and sperm processing. Whether men have knowledge of or want to adopt these strategies remains unknown.
Methods: We conducted focus group discussions (FGDs) with men accessing HIV care in South Africa in 2014 to inform a safer conception intervention for men. Eligible men were 25–45 years old, living with HIV, not yet accessing treatment, and wanting to have a child with an HIV-negative or unknown serostatus female partner (referred …