Sexual inactivity and sexual satisfaction among women living with HIV in Canada in the context of growing social, legal and public health surveillance.

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Published in J Int AIDS Soc on December 01, 2015

Authors

Angela Kaida1, Allison Carter2,3, Alexandra de Pokomandy4,5, Sophie Patterson2,3, Karène Proulx-Boucher4, Adriana Nohpal3, Paul Sereda3, Guillaume Colley3, Nadia O'Brien4,5, Jamie Thomas-Pavanel6, Kerrigan Beaver6, Valerie J Nicholson2, Wangari Tharao7, Mylène Fernet8, Joanne Otis8, Robert S Hogg2,3, Mona Loutfy6,9, CHIWOS Research Team

Author Affiliations

1: Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; kangela@sfu.ca.
2: Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
3: British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
4: Chronic Viral Illness Service, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
5: Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
6: Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
7: Women's Health in Women's Hands Community Health Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
8: Département de Sexologie, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
9: Department of Medicine and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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