Critical perspectives on serodiscordance in family life

该项目旨在制作澳大利亚受艾滋病毒、丙型肝炎或乙肝影响的家庭的第一张经验性图片，以阐明家庭如何在不同的家庭和社区背景下管理逆境。该项目计划与个人、家庭和其他利益攸关方进行定性研究，以揭示家庭形式的多样性与对血清不一致或混合感染状态的理解和经历之间的相互作用。在发展血清不一致性的批判性理论时，不同于生物医学对“风险管理”的强调，人们期望在适应差异和干扰、管理秘密和污名以及在家庭内承担护理和治疗的责任方面有新的见解。该项目还预计会产生关于家庭对社区福祉的贡献的新的重要知识。

This project aims to produce the first empirical picture of Australian families affected by HIV, hepatitis C or hepatitis B, to shed light on how families manage adversity in diverse households and community contexts. The project plans to conduct qualitative research with individuals, families and other stakeholders to reveal the interplay between diversity in family forms and understandings and experiences of serodiscordance, or mixed infection status. In developing a critical theory of serodiscordance that departs from the biomedical emphasis on ‘risk management’, novel insights are anticipated on accommodating difference and disruption, managing secrets and stigma, and responsibilising care and treatment within families. The project also anticipates the generation of new and important knowledge regarding the contributions of families to community wellbeing.