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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
'He lacks his fatherhood': Safer conception technologies and the biological imperative for fatherhood among recently-diagnosed Xhosa-speaking men living with HIV in South Africa
Culture, Health and Sexuality, Volume 15, No. 9, Year 2013
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Description
This paper explores notions of fatherhood and their linkages to fertility desires and intentions among a treatment-naïve cohort of Xhosa-speaking male key informants living with HIV, aged 20-53 in Cape Town, South Africa. Analysis is based on an initial 27, and 20 follow-up, interviews with men who were part of a study that assessed the acceptability of safer conception and alternative parenting strategies among men and women newly diagnosed with HIV to inform an intervention. Grounded theory analysis revealed themes related to the cultural imperative of biologically-connected fatherhood. Certain safer-conception strategies aimed at minimising the risk of HIV transmission were perceived as threats to paternity. These findings suggest that understanding of social and cultural beliefs related to notions of paternity and fatherhood may inform the implementation of acceptable safer-conception options for HIV-positive men and their infected and uninfected female partners in a high-HIV prevalence, low-resource setting. © 2013 Taylor & Francis.
Authors & Co-Authors
Taylor, Tonya Nicole
United States, New York
Suny Downstate Health Sciences University
Mantell, Joanne E.
United States, New York
New York State Psychiatric Institute
Nywagi, Ntobeko
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Cishe, Nomazizi
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Cooper, Diane D.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Statistics
Citations: 40
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1080/13691058.2013.809147
ISSN:
13691058
e-ISSN:
14645351
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Design
Randomised Control Trial
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Grounded Theory
Study Approach
Qualitative
Study Locations
South Africa
Participants Gender
Male
Female