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Predictors of HIV status disclosure among people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Ghana: the disclosure conundrum and its policy implicationsin resource limited settings.
| العنوان: | Predictors of HIV status disclosure among people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Ghana: the disclosure conundrum and its policy implicationsin resource limited settings. |
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| المؤلفون: | Alhassan, Robert, Nutor, Jerry, Gyamerah, Akua, Boakye-Yiadom, Emily, Kasu, Emmanuel, Acquah, Evelyn, Doe, Emmanuel |
| المصدر: | AIDS Research and Therapy, vol 20, iss 1 |
| بيانات النشر: | eScholarship, University of California |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| المجموعة: | University of California: eScholarship |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | AIDS, Africa, Antiretroviral therapy, Ghana, HIV, Low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs), People living with HIV (PLHIV), Policy, Status self-disclosure, Sub-Saharan Africa, Humans, Disclosure, HIV Infections, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Cross-Sectional Studies, Resource-Limited Settings, Sexual Partners |
| الوصف: | BACKGROUND: Globally, over 40 million lives have been claimed by HIV/AIDS. In Ghana, more than 350,000 people are living with HIV. Non-disclosure of HIV status is a major barrier to HIV/AIDS eradication; yet, little is known of the determinants of HIV status disclosure in resource limited settings in Africa likeGhana. OBJECTIVE: Determine the predictors of HIV status disclosure among people living with HIV (PLHIV) and stimulate policy discourse on support systems for self-disclosure in Africa. METHODS: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study among PLHIV (n = 181) in sub-Saharan Africa, specifically the Volta region ofGhana. Bivariate probit regression was run to determine factors associated with HIV status disclosure among PLHIV. RESULTS: HIV status self-disclosure was reported by 50% of the respondents; nearly 65% disclosed their status to non-family members and non-partners. Significant correlates of HIV status disclosure either to partners or non-partners were marital status, monthly income, type of occupation, and being divorced due to HIV status (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: HIV status disclosure remainslow in Ghana like many African countries. There is the need for a renewed policy debate on tailored guidelines for HIV status self-disclosure and targeted support systems for PLHIV to ameliorate their predicaments and promote eradication of the epidemic in Africa. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | unknown |
| Relation: | qt7d1540vq; https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7d1540vq; https://escholarship.org/content/qt7d1540vq/qt7d1540vq.pdf |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12981-023-00569-1 |
| الاتاحة: | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7d1540vq https://escholarship.org/content/qt7d1540vq/qt7d1540vq.pdf https://doi.org/10.1186/s12981-023-00569-1 |
| Rights: | CC-BY |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.71A5A233 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12981-023-00569-1 |
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