The ‘Fears’ of Disclosing HIV Status to Sexual Partners: A Mixed Methods Study in a Counseling Setting in Ghana
| Autor: | I.K. Baidoo, Thilde Rheinländer, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, A. Adu-Oppong, Daniel Amoako-Sakyi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Counseling Male medicine.medical_specialty Self Disclosure Social Psychology Social Stigma education Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Developing country HIV Infections Newly diagnosed Truth Disclosure medicine.disease_cause Ghana Interviews as Topic 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Nursing Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Surveys and Questionnaires HIV Seropositivity medicine Humans Confidentiality 030212 general & internal medicine Aged 030505 public health business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Fear Middle Aged medicine.disease Health psychology Sexual Partners Infectious Diseases ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDSOCIETY Female Hiv status InformationSystems_MISCELLANEOUS 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | AIDS and Behavior. 20:126-136 |
| ISSN: | 1573-3254 1090-7165 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10461-015-1022-1 |
| Popis: | Encouraging disclosure within a trusting and supportive environment is imperative in dealing with HIV/AIDS related stigma. However, disclosure rates and the factors that influence it are vaguely understood in African societies. This study aimed at determining the disclosure rate and factors that influence disclosure in Cape Coast, Ghana. In-depth interviews of 15 peer educators and a survey of 510 PLHIV were used in a mixed methods study design. Majority of the study participants (78.6 %) had disclosed their HIV positive status to their sexual partners. Although peer educators in this study portrayed the overall outcome of disclosure to be negative, 84.0 % of disclosers were accepted by their partners without negative consequences after disclosure. This study suggests that the existing support services ill prepares newly diagnosed HIV positive clients and hampers disclosure initiatives. Providing comprehensive support services and re-training peer educators may be crucial in creating a safe disclosure environment in Ghana. |
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