Pratt Madeline C, Owembabazi Moran M, Menninger Alex T, Kanini Eunice, Kansiime B Rosemary, Smith Patricia M, Turan Janet M, Matthews Lynn T, Atukunda Esther C
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Global Health Collaborative, Mbarara, Uganda.
AIDS Behav. 2025 May;29(5):1414-1427. doi: 10.1007/s10461-025-04611-3. Epub 2025 Jan 17.
Many men with HIV (MWH) want to have children and may encounter HIV- and infertility-related stigma experiences. Integration of reproductive health and HIV care for men is rare. When available, safer conception care focuses on HIV prevention but lacks fertility support. We conducted qualitative in-depth interviews in Uganda with 30 MWH who desired more children and self-reported no partner pregnancy after 12 or more months of conception attempts. We separately interviewed 10 female partners. Interviews explored stigma experiences and factors impacting engagement in HIV and reproductive care. We used vignettes to elicit responses to stories of couples experiencing challenges of HIV and subfertility. The study team discussed, coded, and analyzed data from individual participant interview transcripts, inductively identifying emergent themes. The following overarching themes emerged: (1) Reproductive goals often take priority over HIV prevention among HIV-affected couples in this context, influenced by multi-level subfertility stigma in society. (2) MWH may pursue behaviors that increase risk of HIV transmission to meet their reproductive goals. (3) Men and women are eager to maintain their primary partnerships, prevent HIV transmission, and meet their reproductive goals with guidance from healthcare providers. Further research is needed on the causes of subfertility and infertility among HIV-affected couples in East Africa to better support their conception goals. Additionally, studies on the intersection of HIV and infertility stigma in high-fertility, high-HIV prevalence areas are essential for designing interventions that meet couples' social, emotional, and medical needs.
许多感染艾滋病毒的男性(MWH)想要孩子,可能会遭遇与艾滋病毒和不孕症相关的耻辱经历。为男性提供生殖健康与艾滋病毒护理的整合情况很少见。即便有相关服务,安全受孕护理也侧重于艾滋病毒预防,缺乏生育支持。我们在乌干达对30名希望生育更多子女且在尝试受孕12个月或更长时间后自我报告称伴侣未怀孕的感染艾滋病毒男性进行了定性深入访谈。我们还分别采访了10名女性伴侣。访谈探讨了耻辱经历以及影响参与艾滋病毒和生殖护理的因素。我们使用了一些短文来引发对经历艾滋病毒和生育力低下挑战的夫妇故事的回应。研究团队对来自个体参与者访谈记录的数据进行了讨论、编码和分析,归纳识别出浮现的主题。浮现出以下总体主题:(1)在这种情况下,受社会多层次生育力低下耻辱感的影响,在受艾滋病毒影响的夫妇中,生殖目标往往优先于艾滋病毒预防。(2)感染艾滋病毒的男性可能会采取增加艾滋病毒传播风险的行为来实现其生殖目标。(3)男性和女性渴望在医疗保健提供者的指导下维持他们的主要伴侣关系、预防艾滋病毒传播并实现其生殖目标。需要对东非受艾滋病毒影响夫妇中生育力低下和不孕的原因进行进一步研究,以更好地支持他们的受孕目标。此外,在高生育率、艾滋病毒高流行地区研究艾滋病毒与不孕耻辱感的交叉情况对于设计满足夫妇社会、情感和医疗需求的干预措施至关重要。
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