“Because We’re So in Love”: The Experiences of HIV-Negative and HIV-Positive Partners in Serodiscordant Relationships in Vietnam

Oanh, Khuat Thi Hai; Cameron, Sally; Nguyen, Lan Anh

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-42725-6_19

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“…For people living with chronic illness, resilience is further specified as the capacity to negotiate life despite the adversities brought about by long-term suffering [8]. Resilience within couples can have fluid and multi-dimensional constructions, depending on the cultural and material contexts in which it is developed; such as: level of trust, the differences in economic position and power between couples, cultural understandings about HIV and about relationships [5,9,10]. For mixed HIV-status couples, resilience is found to be closely bound to HIV treatment and prevention [11].…”

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“…Attaining viral suppression via adherence to HIV treatment and prevention in this way could allow keeping life as normal for both HIV-positive and HIV-negative partners, and substantially comprise their resilience. Even so, asymmetric pressures and responsibilities of dealing with HIV-related challenges can arise among partners, shaping diverse presentations of resilience within mixed status relationships [10,14,15]. Recent work from Australia suggests that mixed HIV-status couples may also face distinct experiences within their home as compared to the public domain [16].…”

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“Live a normal life”: Constructions of resilience among people in mixed HIV status relationships in Canada

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Positive Plus One is a mixed-methods study of long-term mixed HIV-serostatus relationships in Canada (2016–19). Qualitative interviews with 51 participants (10 women, 41 men, including 27 HIV-positive and 24 HIV-negative partners) were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis to examine notions of relationship resilience in the context of emerging HIV social campaigns. Relationship resilience meant finding ways to build and enact life as a normal couple, that is, a couple not noticeably affected by HIV, linked to the partner with HIV maintaining viral suppression and achieving “undetectable = untransmittable” (U = U). Regardless of serostatus, participants with material resources, social networks, and specialized care were better able to construct resilience for HIV-related challenges within their relationships. Compared to heterosexual couples and those facing socioeconomic adversity, gay and bisexual couples were easier able to disclose, and access capital, networks and resources supporting resilience. We conclude that important pathways of constructing, shaping, and maintaining resilience were influenced by the timing of HIV diagnosis in the relationship, access to HIV-related information and services, disclosure, stigma and social acceptance.

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