… disclosure within social networks were critical barriers to talking about HIV with sexual
partners and disclosure decisions … risk, partner type and perceived partner trustworthiness. The …

… for HIV disclosure/nondisclosure with a friend, intimate partner… disclosure to family members,
whereas a need for honesty … most frequently for HIV disclosure to an intimate partner. In the …

… the health implications of their HIV status and make informed choices for the future. To this
… In order to achieve dependability for the study, the researcher developed an audit trial. The …

… decision-making around disclosure to sexual partners … To enhance the credibility, dependability
and confirmability of the … Dependability was addressed by training and supervision of the …

… who will conduct the home visits included trustworthiness, effective communication skills, …
by a multiplicity of factors in their decisions regarding HIV testing [46] and disclosure of their …

… Disclosure decisions are often made to tell everyone (… more likely not to disclose their HIV
status to a partner, friend or … clinician, such as clinical honesty and openness with respect to …

… findings from studies in the region ensured reliability and validity of our interview material. …
diagnosed partners’ HIV status. However, this should be done for beneficial reasons in cases …

… After a representative and trustworthy model emerged from the data, it was appraised for its
… In “making choices,” these HIVpositive men contemplated the type of sexual relationships …

… level, disclosure is motivated by an effort to maintain honesty in … reasons for disclosing their
HIV status to their partners, … complexity of the decisions HIV-positive pregnant women need to …

… told that the decision of disclosing HIV test results was … disclosed their HIV status to their
spouse. Thus, we evaluate the reliability of self-reported disclosure of HIV status to a spouse. To …