To disclose or not to disclose? Caregivers experiences of disclosure of HIV status of children living with HIV in Accra, Ghana

DA Klutsey, M Amankwah‐Poku… - Lifestyle …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Status disclosure remains a major challenge for most caregivers of children
living with HIV/AIDS, and it remains suboptimal, resulting in reduced adherence and …

Characteristics of HIV-infected adolescents enrolled in a disclosure intervention trial in western Kenya

RC Vreeman, ML Scanlon, I Marete, A Mwangi, TS Inui… - AIDS care, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Knowledge of one's own HIV status is essential for long-term disease management, but
there are few data on how disclosure of HIV status to infected children and adolescents in …

Disclosure of HIV status to infected children in Ghana: a north-south comparison of enablers and barriers

SCY Appiah - 2021 - edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de
Background Understanding the living experiences of HIV+ children of disclosed status is
necessary for intervention design. This study examined the living context of HIV status …

Disclosure and health-related outcomes among children living with HIV and their caregivers

M Amankwah-Poku, DA Klutsey, KO Asante - AIDS Research and Therapy, 2021 - Springer
Background The prevalence of disclosure of status to children living with the Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is low in most sub-Saharan African countries, leading to poor …

“What will my child think of me if he hears I gave him HIV?”: a sequential, explanatory, mixed-methods approach on the predictors and experience of caregivers on …

O Wariri, A Ajani, MP Raymond, A Iliya, O Lukman… - BMC public health, 2020 - Springer
Background With increasing access to effective Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART), the
proportion of children who survive into later childhood with HIV has increased …

“It'sa secret between us”: a qualitative study on children and care-giver experiences of HIV disclosure in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

EM Sumbi, E Venables, R Harrison, M Garcia… - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background It is estimated that 64,000 children under 15 years of age are living with HIV in
the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Non-disclosure–in which the child is not informed …

Caregivers readiness to disclose HIV status: experiences and challenges of child disclosure in South Africa

K Tapscott - 2016 - open.uct.ac.za
Disclosure of HIV status to children is a challenging process for caregivers, as it involves
discussing a highly stigmatised disease, which may cause psychological stress to a child …

[HTML][HTML] Disclosure of HIV/AIDS status to infected children in Ghana–A north-south comparison of barriers and enablers

SCY Appiah, O Ivanova, M Hoelscher, I Kroidl… - Children and Youth …, 2021 - Elsevier
Disclosure of HIV status to infected children plays critical role in child health and wellbeing.
This study identifies and compares child HIV disclosure barriers and facilitators in Upper …

Caregiver perceptions and motivation for disclosing or concealing the diagnosis of HIV infection to children receiving HIV care in Mbarara, Uganda: a qualitative study

J Kiwanuka, E Mulogo, JE Haberer - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Disclosure of the diagnosis of HIV to HIV-infected children is challenging for
caregivers. Despite current recommendations, data suggest that levels of disclosure of HIV …

HIV diagnosis disclosure to infected children and adolescents; challenges of family caregivers in the Central Region of Ghana

A Hayfron-Benjamin, D Obiri-Yeboah, S Ayisi-Addo… - BMC pediatrics, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background Disclosure of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) to infected older
children and adolescents is essential for both personal health maintenance and HIV …