Research

Giving HIV a place: Coping Strategies and Life Choices of HIV discordant couples

Recognising HIV discordance and addressing the needs of discordant couples should form an integral part of global and national responses to the HIV epidemic. Where the transmission and acquisition of HIV by definition take place in relationships where one person is HIV-positive and the other HIV-negative, it is important to understand coping strategies and life choices in HIV discordant relationships and to learn from them for global HIV prevention efforts.

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On World AIDS Day 2009, GNP+, the University of the Witwatersrand and the Human Sciences Research Council released an exploratory study of coping strategies and life choices made by HIV-discordant couples in long-term relationships. The study, which was conducted with 51 couples in South Africa, Tanzania and the Ukraine, assessed the sexual health, reproductive desires, strategies for preventing HIV transmission to the negative partner, and sexual and reproductive health service needs of HIV discordant couples.

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GNP+ is collaborating with the Centre for Health Policy at the University of the Witwatersrand and the Human Sciences Research Council to conduct research with HIV Discordant Couples. The exploratory study assesses the sexual health, reproductive desires, strategies for preventing HIV transmission to the negative partner, and sexual and reproductive health service needs of HIV discordant couples in long-term relationships. The purpose of the study is to inform GNP+’s positive living, HIV prevention and advocacy programmes for people living with HIV.

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