Critical perspectives on serodiscordance in family life

该项目旨在为受艾滋病毒、丙型肝炎或乙型肝炎影响的澳大利亚家庭提供第一张经验图片，以阐明家庭如何在不同的家庭和社区环境中管理逆境。该项目计划对个人、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况的理解和经验之间的相互作用。在发展一种与“风险管理”的生物医学重点不同的血清不一致的批判理论时，人们期望在适应差异和破坏、管理秘密和耻辱以及负责家庭内的护理和治疗方面有新的见解。该项目还期望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.