Open AccessWhat's Love Got to Do With It? Explaining Adherence to Oral Antiretroviral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV-Serodiscordant Couples
Author(s) -
Norma C. Ware,
Monique A. Wyatt,
Jessica Haberer,
Jared M. Baeten,
Alexander Kintu,
Christina Psaros,
Steven A. Safren,
Elioda Tumwesigye,
Connie Celum,
David R. Bangsberg
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0b013e31824a060b
Subject(s) - serodiscordant , emtricitabine , pre exposure prophylaxis , qualitative research , medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , family medicine , psychology , gynecology , clinical psychology , antiretroviral therapy , men who have sex with men , viral load , sociology , social science , syphilis
Adherence may be the "Achilles heel" of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a promising biomedical approach to HIV prevention. This article presents an explanation of PrEP adherence for African serodiscordant couples derived from qualitative data.