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[Exercising sexual and reproductive rights: a qualitative study of heterosexual people with HIV in Mexico]
Lourdes Campero1, Tamil Kendall, Marta Caballero
1Centro de Investigación en Salud Poblacional, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
Objective:
To analyze experiences of heterosexual Mexican people living with HIV (PLWHA) related to the exercise of their sexual and reproductive rights.
Material And Methods:
Qualitative study based on 40 in-depth interviews with PLWHA in four Mexican States.
Results:
Lack of support and counseling limits the exercise of sexual and reproductive rights by PLWHA, especially women. Principal limitations include feelings of frustration and confusion, fear of re-infection, scanty information, lack of power to negotiate condom use, social stigma and discrimination, and limited access to services and adequate technologies.
Conclusion:
To increase awareness and exercise of rights by PLWHA it is necessary to: improve sexual education; promote processes of cultural change to combat gender inequality and stigma and discrimination; and provide timely and scientific information about HIV prevention.
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