Table 4.
Partner-level use and awareness of which HIV prevention strategies were being used, by couple HIV serostatus
| Seroconcordant positive | Seroconcordant negative | Serodiscordant | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size | N=8 couples a | N=17 couples | N=13 couples a | ||||||
| Couples’ use of HIV prevention strategies | Couples’ use of HIV prevention strategies | Couples’ use of HIV prevention strategies | |||||||
| Only one partner uses | Both partners use | Both partners knew about each other’s use | Only one partner uses | Both partners use | Both partners knew about each other’s use | Only one partner uses | Both partners use | Both partners knew about each other’s use | |
| Strategy | N | N | % | N | N | % | N | N | % |
| TasP | 1 | 7 | 6/7 | -- | -- | -- | 12 | -- | 10/12 |
| PrEP | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 1/2 | 8 | -- | 8/8 |
| Condoms | 2 | 1 | 3/3 | 7 | 2 | 5/9 | 3 | 2 | 3/5 |
| HIV/STI testing | 1 | 0 | 1/1 | 5 | 5 | 4/10 | 6 | 0 | 5/6 |
| None | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5/10 | 3 | 0 | 1/3 |
Notes.
Some participants reported using more than one prevention strategy.
a
One partner living with HIV in this group of couples did not participate in the interview (e.g., 25 partnered men in the serodiscordant couple group and 15 partnered men in the seroconcordant positive couple group).