Karalyn McDonald

Summary

Affiliation: La Trobe University
Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi Australian women living with HIV/AIDS are more sceptical than men about antiretroviral treatment
    K McDonald
    Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
    AIDS Care 13:15-26. 2001
  2. ncbi My body, my life, my choice: practices and meanings of complementary and alternative medicine among a sample of Australian people living with HIV/AIDS and their practitioners
    Karalyn McDonald
    Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
    AIDS Care 22:1229-35. 2010
  3. ncbi HIV-positive women in Australia explain their use and non-use of antiretroviral therapy in preventing mother-to-child transmission
    Karalyn McDonald
    Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society Mother and Child Health Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
    AIDS Care 23:578-84. 2011
  4. ncbi 'The old-fashioned way': conception and sex in serodiscordant relationships after ART
    Karalyn McDonald
    Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society and Mother and Child Health Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
    Cult Health Sex 13:1119-33. 2011
  5. ncbi Maternal bodies and medicines: a commentary on risk and decision-making of pregnant and breastfeeding women and health professionals
    Karalyn McDonald
    Mother and Child Health Research, La Trobe University, 215 Franklin St, Melbourne, Australia
    BMC Public Health 11:S5. 2011
  6. ncbi HIV as identity, experience or career
    M Bartos
    Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    AIDS Care 12:299-306. 2000

Detail Information

Publications6

  1. ncbi Australian women living with HIV/AIDS are more sceptical than men about antiretroviral treatment
    K McDonald
    Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
    AIDS Care 13:15-26. 2001
    ..These results are important considerations for health care workers in ensuring that HIV treatment services become more acceptable to HIV-positive women...
  2. ncbi My body, my life, my choice: practices and meanings of complementary and alternative medicine among a sample of Australian people living with HIV/AIDS and their practitioners
    Karalyn McDonald
    Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
    AIDS Care 22:1229-35. 2010
    ..Understanding this will enable better insight into the treatment choices of PLWHA, particularly those who may be described as sceptical of conventional medical science...
  3. ncbi HIV-positive women in Australia explain their use and non-use of antiretroviral therapy in preventing mother-to-child transmission
    Karalyn McDonald
    Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society Mother and Child Health Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
    AIDS Care 23:578-84. 2011
    ..Such an approach will facilitate better communication and encourage clinicians and patients to work towards a shared goal...
  4. ncbi 'The old-fashioned way': conception and sex in serodiscordant relationships after ART
    Karalyn McDonald
    Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society and Mother and Child Health Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
    Cult Health Sex 13:1119-33. 2011
    ..But a consequence of limited or no condom use was that some women reported worrying about ensuing stigma from their partner's and their families if their partner did seroconvert...
  5. ncbi Maternal bodies and medicines: a commentary on risk and decision-making of pregnant and breastfeeding women and health professionals
    Karalyn McDonald
    Mother and Child Health Research, La Trobe University, 215 Franklin St, Melbourne, Australia
    BMC Public Health 11:S5. 2011
    ..We will also consider the competing discourses that pregnant and breastfeeding women encounter when making decisions about medicine...
  6. ncbi HIV as identity, experience or career
    M Bartos
    Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    AIDS Care 12:299-306. 2000
    ..HIV as career, characteristic of both gay men and others, was associated with hyper-compliant treatment practice and context-dependent sexual practice...