“Is it all right for me to have a baby or not?”: Men living with HIV discuss fertility desires and interactions with providers

To our knowledge, no study in the United States has qualitatively examined fertility desires, experiences communicating with health care providers about sexual and reproductive health (SRH), and attitudes toward reproductive counseling and services in men living with HIV (MLWH) who have sex with women. We conducted focus groups and interviews with MLWH (N = 17) who have sex with women seeking HIV care in San Francisco. The men conveyed limited awareness of safer conception strategies. While many men expressed the desire to have a child, most reported that their providers had not discussed reproduction with them.

Source: Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care - October 27, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Shannon Weber, Jennifer M. Zakaras, Starr Hilliard, Deborah Cohan, Shari L. Dworkin Source Type: research