Prevalence, socio-demographics and service use determinants associated with disclosure of HIV/AIDS status to infected children: a systematic review and meta …

B Armoon, MJ Fleury, P Higgs, AH Bayat… - Archives of Public …, 2022 - Springer
Background Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
(AIDS) is a public health issue of global importance. To our knowledge, no previous meta …

Antiretroviral treatment adherence: knowledge and experiences among adolescents and young adults in Soweto, South Africa

S Hornschuh, JJ Dietrich… - AIDS Research and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) management of adolescents and young adults (AYAs)
is particularly pertinent to sub‐Saharan Africa, where the pediatric HIV burden is marked …

“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 …

The role of internalised HIV stigma in disclosure of maternal HIV serostatus to children perinatally HIV‐exposed but uninfected: a prospective study in the United …

M Davtyan, D Kacanek, J Lee, C Berman… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Decisions to disclose HIV serostatus may be complicated by internalised HIV
stigma. We evaluated the association of internalised HIV stigma in biological mothers living …

[HTML][HTML] HIV positive status disclosure and associated factor among HIV infected children in pediatric ART clinics in Gondar town public health facilities, North West …

BF Abegaz, TA Walle, AD Tilahun - Journal of infection and public health, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Due to the increasing availability of antiretroviral treatment, HIV infected
children are living longer which points out the necessity of disclosure. And which is …

Communication of HIV diagnosis in proper time: scoping review

L Cremonese, SM de Mello Padoin… - Revista da Escola de …, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
Objective: To map how the communication of the HIV infection diagnosis occurs in
pediatrics. Methods: Scoping review of the 64 original articles. We selected research papers …

[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 …

Current practices around HIV disclosure to children on highly active antiretroviral therapy

GD Naidoo, NH McKerrow - South African Journal of Child Health, 2015 - ajol.info
Background. The introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for children has resulted in
survival into adolescence. This is associated with the challenge of disclosing HIV status to …

Breaking down barriers to tell: a mixed methods study of health worker involvement in disclosing to children that they are living with HIV in rural South Africa

H Myburgh, E Calitz, JP Railton, C Maluleke… - Journal of the …, 2018 - Elsevier
Disclosing to a child that s/he is living with HIV is necessary to promote adherence to
treatment and improve health outcomes. Facilitating disclosure between caregivers and …

Factors associated with HIV status disclosure to orphans and vulnerable children living with HIV: results from a Longitudinal Study in Tanzania

S Bajaria, A Exavery, N Toroka… - AIDS Research and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background. The Tanzanian national guideline for pediatric HIV disclosure recommends
beginning disclosure as early as age 4–6 years; full disclosure is recommended at the age …