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Sexual Relationships Outside Primary Partnerships And Abstinence Are Associated With Lower Adherence And Adherence Gaps: Data From The Partners Prep Ancillary Adherence Study, Alexander Kintu, Susan E. Hankinson, Raji Balasubramanian, Karen Ertel, Elioda Tumwesigye, David Bangsberg, Jessica E. Haberer
Sexual Relationships Outside Primary Partnerships And Abstinence Are Associated With Lower Adherence And Adherence Gaps: Data From The Partners Prep Ancillary Adherence Study, Alexander Kintu, Susan E. Hankinson, Raji Balasubramanian, Karen Ertel, Elioda Tumwesigye, David Bangsberg, Jessica E. Haberer
OHSU-PSU School of Public Health Faculty Publications and Presentations
Objective—To assess the role of sexual relationships on levels and patterns of adherence to medication for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against HIV.
Methods—We enrolled 1,147 HIV-negative individuals in long-term serodiscordant relationships at three sites in Uganda from the Partners PrEP Study- a randomized placebo-controlled trial of daily oral tenofovir and emtricitabine/tenofovir. We used generalized estimation equations to assess the effects of sexual relationships on low adherence (
Results—Fifty-three percent were male, 51% were 18-34 years and 24% were polygamous. Participants who reported sex in the past month with someone other than their primary partner and with
Conclusions—Risk of low overall adherence …
South Africans With Recent Pregnancy Rarely Know Partner’S Hiv Serostatus: Implications For Serodiscordant Couples Interventions, Lynn T. Matthews, Lizzie Moore, Tamaryn L. Crankshaw, Cecilia Milford, Fortunate N. Mosery, Ross Greener, Christina Psaros, Steven A, Safren, David Bangsberg, Jennifer A. Smit
South Africans With Recent Pregnancy Rarely Know Partner’S Hiv Serostatus: Implications For Serodiscordant Couples Interventions, Lynn T. Matthews, Lizzie Moore, Tamaryn L. Crankshaw, Cecilia Milford, Fortunate N. Mosery, Ross Greener, Christina Psaros, Steven A, Safren, David Bangsberg, Jennifer A. Smit
OHSU-PSU School of Public Health Faculty Publications and Presentations
Background: Implementation of safer conception strategies requires knowledge of partner HIV-serostatus. We recruited women and men in a high HIV-prevalence setting for a study to assess periconception risk behavior among individuals reporting HIV-serodiscordant partnerships. We report screening data from that study with the objective of estimating the proportion of individuals who are aware that they are in an HIV-serodiscordant relationship at the time of conception.
Methods: We screened women and men attending antenatal and antiretroviral clinics in Durban, South Africa for enrollment in a study of periconception risk behavior among individuals with serodiscordant partners. Screening questionnaires assessed for study eligibility …