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    • “We chose PrEP because I wanted to be sure that this child my wife was going to conceive was indeed mine.” Factors influencing the choice of safer conception methods and experiences with its use: a qualitative study among HIV sero-discordant couples in Zimbabwe

    • Research
    • Open access
    • Published:
    • Joelle M. Brown,
    • Petina Musara,
    • Serah Gitome,
    • Miria Chitukuta,
    • Bismark Mataveke,
    • Thandiwe Chirenda,
    • Nyaradzo Mgodi,
    • Prisca Mutero,
    • Allen Matubu,
    • Gift Chareka,
    • Charles Chasakara,
    • Caroline Murombedzi,
    • Tinei Makurumure,
    • Carolyn Smith Hughes,
    • Elizabeth Bukusi,
    • Craig R. Cohen,
    • Stephen Shiboski,
    • Lynae Darbes,
    • George W. Rutherford,
    • Z. Michael Chirenje &
    • …
    • Felix Mhlanga

    BMC Public Healthvolume 24, Article number: 1936 (2024) Cite this article

    Abstract

    Background

    Safer conception services are needed to minimize HIV transmission among HIV sero-discordant couples desiring pregnancy. Few studies have evaluated the choices couples make when they are offered multiple safer conception methods or real-world method acceptability. This paper addresses an important knowledge gap regarding factors that influence the choice of safer conception methods, couples' actual experiences using safer conception methods, and why some couples switch safer conception methods.

    Methods

    Between February and June 2019, we conducted semi-structured in-depth interviews among 14 men and 17 women, representing 17 couples who exited the SAFER study—a pilot safer conception study for HIV sero-discordant couples in Zimbabwe that offered couples a choice of ART with monthly viral load monitoring (ART/VL), oral PrEP, vaginal insemination, and semen washing. All couples in SAFER had used at least two safer conception methods.

    Results

    We found that safer conception method choice often centered around a desire for intimacy, condomless sex, and certainty in the concep

    John Heffron

    American stand-up comic (born 1970)

    John Heffron (born July 19, 1970) is an American stand-up comic.

    Career

    John started his comedy career as a student at Eastern Michigan University, skipping night classes to perform stand-up comedy. He got his first gig as an emcee at the Main Street Comedy Showcase on the University of Michigan campus. After graduating, John immediately began working in his field of choice, touring the college circuit performing at more than 80 shows each year. By that time, he was already a seasoned comic with more than four years of experience. The college audience related to his type of humor, which talked about his days in college, the retro music that he and his classmates listened to and the Pop Rocks candy he played with as a kid. This material made him a hit on college campuses, where he recorded his first comedy CD Kid With A Cape.

    By the age of 25, John was a successful headlining comedian who decided to also put his degrees in communications and psychology to work by taking a job as radio sidekick to Danny Bonaduce (later replaced by Steve Cochran) on the highly-rated Q95-5 Detroit radio morning show. He worked in Detroit for five years before making his way back to Los Angeles, making his home in Hollywood.

    John has made numerous television appearances including NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, CBS's The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, two Comedy Central Presents specials, and two seasons of Last Comic Standing. He won the title of Last Comic Standing in season 2. In addition, John has performed at the prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy Festivals in Montreal and Bermuda, as well as the HBO Comedy Festival in Aspen.

    Also an entrepreneur, John—along with partner Joel Zimmer—Heffron released a board game, That Guy Game, which puts girls on a scavenger hunt for guys. According to InStyle, Entertainment Weekly and Glamour magazines, it became an i

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    John Heffron's Bio

    Energetic and accessible, acclaimed standup John Heffron shares an array of relatable experiences from childhood through life as a married father. Heffron was the winner of the second season of NBC’s hit reality competition Last Comic Standing and has since performed on The Tonight Show, Chelsea Lately, The Late Late Show, HBO, FX, VH1, A&E, and CMT. Heffron remains one of a small handful of veteran performers to tape two separate Comedy Central specials and has an hour-long special, Middle Class Funny, on Netflix.

    Heffron has guested on WTF with Marc Maron, The Joe Rogan Experience, and Ari Shaffir’s Skeptic Tank. He hosts several of his own podcasts including The State I'm In, Heffron and Reep Show, and most recently The Critical 48, a weekly podcast hosted by John and his wife Rie, about their working life and relationship. The idea is to discuss what it is like when two people have crazy work schedules and can only meet up each week for about 48 hours.

    In addition to headlining clubs and appearing at festivals around the world, Heffron remains in high demand as a performer at events for numerous Fortune 500 companies including Mercedes, Frito Lay, and Johnson & Johnson.

    His four albums, Middle Class Funny DVD, and best-selling advice book I Come to You From the Future: Everything You’ll Need to Know Before You Know It are available on iTunes and Amazon.

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