Perceptions and Experiences of HIV Nurses on Peer Support for People Living With HIV in the Netherlands: A Qualitative Study.

BackgroundPeer support is an important intervention to achieve increased quality of life for people with HIV. We set out to understand the perceptions and experiences of HIV nurses with peer support in the Netherlands.MethodsWe conducted 21 semi-structured interviews which were analysed using thematic analysis.

Stigma-related disclosure concerns and negative self-image have not improved over a decade in older people with HIV.

Objective: Stigma impedes the HIV care continuum and contributes to problematic mental health outcomes, non-adherence and reduced quality of life. We prospectively analysed changes in HIV stigma measures over 10-years among older people with HIV (PWH).

Design: PWH participating in the AGEhIV Cohort Study completed the full Berger HIV Stigma Scale (HSS) between 2012-2014 (T0) and two of the HSS subscales - i.

Mode of administration matters: Willingness of people with HIV to switch to future long-acting treatments, and health care professionals' intention to discuss these options.

Introduction: Understanding preferences for long-acting regimens (LAR) of people with HIV and health care professionals (HCPs) is important to optimize and personalize care. We identified preferences for current and future LAR among people with HIV and investigated HCPs' willingness to discuss these options.

Methods: This study was conducted during routine clinic visits at Amsterdam UMC between September 2023 and March 2024.

High Prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Found in Well-Treated People with HIV after the Introduction of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures.

People with HIV (PWH) are at greater risk of experiencing mental health problems, such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The purpose of our study was to determine the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD in PWH. PWH in care Amsterdam University Medical center (Amsterdam UMC) with access to the electronic patient portal were offered patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) between May 2022 and May 2023, including the PC-PTSD-5 screen for PTSD as part of routine clinical care.

Optimising HIV care using information obtained from PROMs: protocol for an observational study.

Introduction: Successful antiviral therapy has transformed HIV infection into a chronic condition, where optimising quality of life (QoL) has become essential for successful lifelong treatment. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) can signal potential physical and mental health problems related to QoL. This study aims to determine whether PROMs in routine clinical care improve quality of care as experienced by people with HIV (PWH).

Between delivering chronic care and answering patients' burdens: Understanding HIV specialist nurses' experiences in the age of treatment.

Aim(s): To understand the experiences of HIV nurses in the context of ambivalence between biomedical treatment advancements and the continuing burden for people living with HIV and negative representations of HIV.

Design: An interpretative phenomenological study was conducted using in-depth interviews.

Methods: Twenty-one interviews with nurses were conducted between November 2021 and March 2022.

The role of self-care interventions on men's health-seeking behaviours to advance their sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Background: Self-care interventions are influencing people's access to, expectation and understanding of healthcare beyond formal health delivery systems. In doing so, self-care interventions could potentially improve health-seeking behaviours. While many men proactively engage in maintaining and promoting their health, the focus on men's health comes from the recognition, at least partially, that male socialization and social norms can induce men and boys to have a lower engagement in institutionalized public health entities and systems around their sexual and reproductive health and rights, that could impact negatively on themselves, their partners and children.

Prioritising gender, equity, and human rights in a GRADE-based framework to inform future research on self care for sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Introduction: In January 2019, the WHO reviewed evidence to develop global recommendations on self-care interventions for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Identification of research gaps is part of the WHO guidelines development process, but reliable methods to do so are currently lacking with gender, equity and human rights (GER) infrequently prioritised.

Methods: We expanded a prior framework based on Grading of Evidence, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) to include GER.

'It [HIV] is part of the relationship': exploring communication among HIV-serodiscordant couples in South Africa and Tanzania.

In many sub-Saharan African countries, a high proportion of people living with HIV are in long-term serodiscordant relationships. This paper explores how HIV serodiscordance shapes communication among couples in long-term HIV-serodiscordant relationships. A total of 36 couples were purposively recruited through healthcare providers and civil society organisations in South Africa (26) and Tanzania (10).

Sexual relations and childbearing decisions of HIV-discordant couples: an exploratory study in South Africa and Tanzania.

This article reports on the influence of HIV on sexual relations and childbearing decisions of 36 HIV-discordant couples, 26 in South Africa and 10 in Tanzania, recruited into an exploratory study through hospital antiretroviral treatment clinics and civil society organisations working with people living with HIV. Self-administered questionnaires were used to obtain social and demographic information, while couples' sexual relations and childbearing decisions were explored through in-depth, semi-structured individual and couple interviews. The majority of the HIV-positive partners were women, who were on antiretroviral treatment.

Sexual and reproductive health services and HIV testing: perspectives and experiences of women and men living with HIV and AIDS.

All over the world HIV has been stigmatised, making it difficult for people living with HIV to access testing, treatment, care and counselling or even to act on a diagnosis or get advice and treatment, for fear of being judged. Prejudice in society has also often been reflected and reproduced by health care providers. A human rights approach, which positively incorporates sexual and reproductive rights, rather than a restricted medical view, is therefore essential for the achievement of true partnerships between health care providers and service users.