{"id":50714,"date":"2021-08-12T10:42:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T10:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psi2030.wpengine.com\/?post_type=star_publication&p=50714"},"modified":"2023-10-09T15:35:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T19:35:46","slug":"discordance-disclosure-and-normative-gender-roles-barriers-to-couple-testing-within-a-community%e2%80%91level-hiv-self%e2%80%91testing-intervention-in-urban-blantyre-malawi","status":"publish","type":"star_publication","link":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/pt\/star_publication\/discordance-disclosure-and-normative-gender-roles-barriers-to-couple-testing-within-a-community%e2%80%91level-hiv-self%e2%80%91testing-intervention-in-urban-blantyre-malawi\/","title":{"rendered":"Discordance, Disclosure and Normative Gender Roles: Barriers to Couple Testing Within a Community\u2011Level HIV Self\u2011Testing Intervention in Urban Blantyre, Malawi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA community-based HIV self-testing study in Blantyre, Malawi demonstrated that not all individuals living in couples tested with their partner. We describe factors dissuading individuals in couples from self-testing with their partner. Data were drawn from qualitative study exploring consequences of HIV self-testing within couples. In-depth interviews were conducted with 33 individuals living in couples who tested alone. Participants expressed fear of dealing with HIV-discordant relationships. Failure to self-test with a partner was correlated with gender, with more men than women overtly declining or unconsciously unable to have joint HIV self-test. Men feared exposure of infidelity and were often not available at home for economic reasons. Barriers to uptake of couple HIV self-testing seemed to be shaped by gendered dichotomies of social-relationships. To help achieve the first 90% of the UNAIDS 90:90:90 goals, it is important to overcome structural barriers to realise the full potential of HIV self-testing.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAUTHORS: Moses Kelly Kumwenda, Elizabeth Lucy Corbett, Jeremiah Chikovore, Mackwellings Phiri, Daniel Mwale, Augustine Talumba Choko, Marriot Nliwasa, Rodrick Sambakunsi, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Tore Jarl Gutteberg, Alister Munthali, Nicola Desmond\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"template":"","star_resource_type":[2172],"star_language":[2177],"star_country":[2207],"star_population_served":[2218,2219],"star_health_area":[2235,2234],"class_list":["post-50714","star_publication","type-star_publication","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","star_resource_type-abstract","star_language-english","star_country-malawi","star_population_served-couples","star_population_served-general-population","star_health_area-hiv","star_health_area-hivst"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/star_publication\/50714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/star_publication"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/star_publication"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/star_publication\/50714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"star_resource_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/star_resource_type?post=50714"},{"taxonomy":"star_language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/star_language?post=50714"},{"taxonomy":"star_country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/star_country?post=50714"},{"taxonomy":"star_population_served","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/star_population_served?post=50714"},{"taxonomy":"star_health_area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/star_health_area?post=50714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}