Year: 2014
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: A quantitative, explorative, descriptive research approach was used to investigate why HIV \npositive people have a problem with disclosing their status. The HIV infection spread is \nincreasing globally, nationally and locally and disclosing would help reduce the spread of \ninfection through preventive measures. Interviews were conducted with 106 respondents \nat Kagiso primary health care clinics in the West Rand Health Region. \nReasons given by the respondents for non-disclosure of the HIV status were: \ndiscrimination, stigma to the HIV positive person and the family by the community, \nisolation and rejection by the family members, discrimination and possible dismissal at the \nworkplace, fear of losing a partner. The findings illustrate that a large percentage of the \npopulation know about HIV and its spread and know that by disclosing, one can get \nsupport from health resources and family, but people will not make their status public \nunless stigmatisation is addressed
Author: Tryphina Matlholoe Selebogo
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1564534146