Brienna Naughton

Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Abstract Introduction Assisted partner services (APS), or notification for sexual partners of people diagnosed with HIV, is an efficient, effective, and high yield strategy to identify people living with HIV and is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Communal coping The interdependence model posits that communal coping is a process in which couples ‘share an understanding about the health threat that they are facing and the courses of action required to manage the threat, and recognise the utility of a joint response’.30 32 Men and women who characterised their relationships as having predisposing facilitators such as trust and open communication were more likely to express desire for engaging in communal coping, including identifying...