By Dr Asha Sofia Persson

Journal articles

Persson AS; Brown G; McDonald A; Korner H, 2014, 'Transmission and prevention of HIV among heterosexual populations in Australia', AIDS Education and Prevention: an interdisciplinary journal, 26, pp. 245 - 255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/aeap.2014.26.3.245

Newman CE; Persson AS; de Wit J; Reynolds R; Canavan P; Kippax S; Kidd M, 2013, 'At the coalface and the cutting edge: General practitioners' accounts of the rewards of engaging with HIV medicine', BMC Family Practice, 14, pp. 1 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-14-39

Hopwood MN; Newman C; Persson A; Watts I; de Wit J; Reynolds R; Canavan P; Kippax S; Kidd M, 2013, 'Expert perspectives on the contribution of HIV general practice nursing to the 'extraordinary story' of HIV medicine in Australia', Primary Health Care Research and Development, 15, pp. 180 - 189, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1463423613000108

Hopwood MN; Newman C; de Wit J; Kippax S; Persson A; Kidd M, 2013, 'No ordinary mainstream illness: How HIV doctors perceive the virus', Qualitative Health Research, 24, pp. 6 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732313514139

Persson AS, 2013, 'Non/infectious corporealities: tensions in the biomedical era of 'HIV normalisation'', Sociology of Health and Illness, 35, pp. 1065 - 1079, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12023

Newman CE; Persson AS; Paquette D; Kidd M, 2013, 'The new cultural politics of the waiting room: Straight men, gay-friendly clinics and 'inclusive' HIV care', Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 10, pp. 87 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13178-013-0111-z

Persson AS, 2012, 'Notes on the concepts of serodiscordance and risk in couples with mixed HIV status', Global Public Health, 8, pp. 209 - 220, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2012.729219

Persson AS, 2012, 'The undoing and doing of sexual identity among HIV-positive heterosexual men in Australia', Men and Masculinities, 15, pp. 311 - 328, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1097184X12450015

Persson AS; Newman C, 2012, 'When HIV-positive children grow up: A critical analysis of the transition literature in developed countries', Qualitative Health Research, 22, pp. 656 - 667, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732311431445

Persson AS, 2011, 'HIV-negativity in serodiscordant relationships: The absence, enactment, and liminality of serostatus identity', Medical Anthropology, 30, pp. 569 - 590, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01459740.2011.561456

Persson AS; Ellard JM; Newman CE; Holt M; de Wit J, 2011, 'Human rights and universal access for men who have sex with men and people who inject drugs: a critical reflection on 2010 UNGASS narrative country progress reports', Social Science and Medicine, 73, pp. 467 - 474, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.05.047

Persson AS, 2010, 'Embodied worlds: A semiotic phenomenology of Satyananda Yoga', Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 16, pp. 797 - 815, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9655.2010.01654.x

Persson AS, 2010, 'Reflections on the Swiss Consensus Statement in the context of qualitative interviews with heterosexuals living with HIV', AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio - Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 22, pp. 1487 - 1492, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2010.482122

Newman CE; Persson AS, 2009, 'Fear, complacency and the spectacle of risk: The making of HIV as a public concern in Australia', Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Health Illness and Medicine, 13, pp. 7 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363459308097358

Persson AS; Richards W, 2008, 'From closet to heterotopia: A conceptual exploration of disclosure and `passing` among heterosexuals living with HIV', Culture, Health and Sexuality, 10, pp. 73 - 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691050701669048

Persson AS; Newman CE, 2008, 'Making monsters: Heterosexuality, crime and race in recent Western media coverage of HIV', Sociology of Health and Illness, 30, pp. 632 - 646, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9566.2008.01082.x

Persson AS, 2008, 'Sero-silence and sero-sharing: Managing HIV in serodiscordant heterosexual relationships', AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio - Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 20, pp. 503 - 506, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540120701787487

Persson AS; Richards W, 2008, 'Vulnerability, gender and `proxy negativity`: Women in relationships with HIV-positive men in Australia', Social Science and Medicine, 67, pp. 799 - 807, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.05.010

Persson AS, 2007, 'Intimate immensity: Phenomenology of place and space in an Australian yoga community', American Ethnologist, 34, pp. 44 - 56

Newman CE; Persson AS; Ellard JM, 2006, '`We just don`t know`: Ambivalence about treatment strategies in the Australian community-based HIV media', Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Health Illness and Medicine, 10, pp. 191 - 210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363459306061788

Persson AS; Newman CE, 2006, 'Potency and vulnerability: Troubled `selves` in the context of antiretroviral therapy', Social Science and Medicine, 63, pp. 1586 - 1596, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.04.001

Persson AS, 2005, 'Facing HIV: Body shape change and the (in)visibility of illness', Medical Anthropology, 24, pp. 237 - 264

Persson AS, 2005, 'Northern Exposure: HIV and Body Shape Change in the Northern Rivers', Talkabout, 1

Persson AS, 2004, 'Incorporating Pharmakon: HIV, medicine, and body shape change', Body and Society, 10, pp. 45 - 67

Persson AS; Race KD; Wakeford E, 2003, 'HIV health in context: Negotiating medical technology and lived experience', Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Health Illness and Medicine, 7, pp. 397 - 415

Conference Papers

Persson A; Newman C; Hamilton M; Bryant J; valentine K; Drysdale K; Gray R, 2019, 'The embodied relationality of blood-borne viruses: How families matter in the context of a stigmatised viral infection', in Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, London, pp. 112620, presented at AIDS Impact, London, 29 July 2019 - 31 July 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112620

Conference Posters

Drysdale K; Newman CE; Persson A; Gray R; Bryant J; Hamilton M; valentine K; Wallace J, 2019, 'Mapping experiences of serodiscordance: incorporating visual methodologies to represent families affected by HIV and viral hepatitis', Perth, presented at 2019 Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference, Perth, 16 September 2019 - 19 September 2019

Hamilton M; Botfield J; Persson A; Newman CE; Bryant J; valentine K; Wallace J, 2018, 'Hidden carers? Understanding the needs of carers of people with HIV in the contemporary treatment era', Auckland, presented at IUSTI Asia Pacific Congress, Auckland, 01 November 2018 - 03 November 2018

Newman CE; Persson A; Miller A, 2014, '‘For as long as I can remember, I’ve been taking medication’: How young people in Australia with perinatally acquired HIV remain engaged with HIV care and treatment over time', Melbourne, presented at 20th International AIDS Conference, Melbourne, 20 July 2014 - 25 July 2014

Newman CE; Mao L; Persson A; Holt M; Slavin S; Kidd MR; Post JJ; Wright E; de Wit J, 2014, '‘Not until I’m absolutely half-dead and have to’: Accounting for non-use of HIV treatment through qualitative interviews with people living with HIV in Australia', Melbourne, presented at 20th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014), Melbourne, 20 July 2014 - 25 July 2014

Newman CE; de Wit J; Persson A; Holt M; Slavin S; Kidd MR; Post JJ; Wright E; Mao L, 2014, 'Understanding concerns about HIV treatment as prevention among people with HIV who are not using antiretroviral therapy in Australia', Melbourne, presented at 20th International AIDS Conference, Melbourne, 20 July 2014 - 25 July 2014

Conference Presentations

Hamilton M; Gray R; Botfield J; Newman C; Drysdale K; Persson A; valentine K; Bryant J; Wallace J, 2019, 'Linked lives and chronic illness: extending life-course analysis to families affected by blood borne viruses', presented at The Australian Sociological Association 2019 Conference, Sydney, 26 November 2019 - 28 November 2019

Newman C; Persson A; Gray R; Drysdale K; Bryant J; valentine K; Hamilton M; Wallace J, 2019, 'The secret-keepers and the super-sharers: understanding the family life of blood borne viruses today', presented at The Australian Sociological Association 2019 Conference, Sydney, 26 November 2019 - 28 November 2019

Mitchell E; Kelly-Hanku A; Mek A; Nake Trumb R; Persson A; Worth H; Bell S, 2019, 'Caring masculinities in the context of HIV serodiscordant relationships in Papua New Guinea', presented at Joint Australasian Sexual Health and HIV&AIDS Conferences, Perth, 16 September 2019 - 19 September 2019

Persson A; Kelly-Hanku A; Mek A; Mitchell E; Worth H; Nake Trumb R; Bell S, 2019, 'Polygyny, serodiscordance and HIV risk in Papua New Guinea: a qualitative exploration', presented at Joint Australasian Sexual Health and HIV&AIDS Conferences, Perth, 16 September 2019 - 19 September 2019

Persson A; Newman C; Hamilton M; valentine K; Wallace J; Bryant J; Gray R; Drysdale K, 2019, 'Risk perceptions and testing in families living with mixed HIV status', presented at 2019 Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference, Perth, 16 September 2019 - 19 September 2019

Newman C; Persson A; valentine K; Gray R, 2019, 'Understanding the family life of transmissible infections', presented at Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney, 09 September 2019 - 11 September 2019

Drysdale K; Newman C; Persson A, 2019, 'Mapping Intimacy: unanticipated methodological insights in researching familial relationships in the context of stigmatized infectious disease', presented at IIQM Qualitative Methods Conference, Brisbane, 01 May 2019 - 03 May 2019

Hamilton M; Botfield J; Newman C; Persson A; Bryant J; valentine K; Wallace J, 2018, 'Hidden carers? Understanding the needs of carers of people with HIV in the contemporary treatment era.', presented at Carers NSW 2018 Biennial Conference, Auckland, 01 November 2018 - 03 November 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/239788218X15411705099442

Newman C; Persson A; Drysdale K; Hamilton M; valentine K; Bryant J; Wallace J; Gray R; Rance J; Botfield J, 2018, 'Open doors and family secrets: Negotiating communication agreements among families affected by HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C', presented at IUSTI Asia Pacific Sexual Health Congress 2018, Auckland, 01 November 2018 - 03 November 2018

Persson A; Newman C; Kelly A, 2018, 'The many (interconnected and relational) strands of HIV: Qualitative findings from Australia and Papua New Guinea', presented at IUSTI Asia Pacific Sexual Health Congress 2018, Auckland, 01 November 2018 - 03 November 2018

Newman C; Persson A; Drysdale K; Hamilton M; valentine K; Bryant J; Wallace J; Gray R; Rance J; Botfield J, 2018, 'Exploring the role of families in HIV treatment decisions and practices.', presented at Australasian HIV Conference, Sydney, 24 September 2018 - 26 September 2018

Hamilton M; Botfield J; Persson A; Newman C; Bryant J; valentine K; Wallace J, 2018, 'Hidden carers? A scoping review of the needs of informal carers of people with HIV in the contemporary treatment era', presented at Australasian HIV Conference, Sydney, 24 September 2018 - 26 September 2018

Newman C; Drysdale K; Persson A; Rance J; Hamilton M; valentine K; Bryant J; Wallace J, 2018, 'Mediating biosocial possibilities: The deployment of biomedical technologies in HIV and viral hepatitis family disclosure narratives', presented at 2018 annual meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science: TRANSnational STS, Sydney, 24 September 2018 - 26 September 2018

Persson A; Newman C; Drysdale K; Hamilton M; valentine K; Bryant J; Gray R; Rance J; Botfield J, 2018, 'Understanding divergent family responses to a blood borne virus diagnosis', presented at Australasian HIV Conference, Sydney, 24 September 2018 - 26 September 2018

Drysdale K; Newman C; Persson A, 2018, 'Family intimacies: conceptualising serodiscordance in families living with or affected by stigmatized infectious disease through family mapping methodologies', presented at 12th Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference, Shanghai, 12 August 2018 - 15 August 2018

Newman CE; Persson A; Drysdale K; Rance J; Hamilton M; valentine K; bryant J; Wallace J, 2018, '"I found out I have HIV but it's all good, I'm on medication": The deployment of biomedical technologies in HIV and viral hepatitis family disclosure narratives', presented at 2018 In Sickness and in Health Conference, Sydney, 07 June 2018 - 09 June 2018

Persson AS; Newman C; Hamilton M; Bryant J; Wallace J; valentine K; Botfield J, 2017, 'Understanding the needs of families affected by blood-borne viruses: The case for extending the concept of “serodiscordance”.', presented at 29th Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference, Canberra, 06 November 2017 - 08 November 2017

Newman CE; Persson A; Holt M; Callander D; Manolas P; Schmidt H; Gordon T; Rutherford A; Ooi C; de Wit J, 2017, 'Sexual health professional perspectives on the politics of belonging for heterosexually-identified men who have sex with men', presented at TASA Conference 2017: Belonging in a Mobile World, Perth, -

Newman CE; Lea T; Aggleton P; Persson A; Kumar S, 2017, 'Uncovering evidence of belonging: ‘counter-exclusion’ narratives in the Queer Generations study', presented at TASA Conference 2017: Belonging in a Mobile World, Perth., Perth, -

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