HIV related stigma associated with social support, alcohol use disorders, depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation among people living with HIV: a systematic review …

B Armoon, MJ Fleury, AH Bayat, Y Fakhri… - International journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background Stigma is a social phenomenon known to have a negative impact on the lives of
people living with HIV (PLWH). However, defining HIV-related stigma (HRS) is difficult …

Effectiveness of interventions promoting HIV serostatus disclosure to sexual partners: a systematic review

DF Conserve, AK Groves, S Maman - AIDS and Behavior, 2015 - Springer
Disclosure of HIV serostatus to sexual partners is mandated within certain states in the
United States and other countries. Despite these laws implemented and public health efforts …

The risks of partner violence following HIV status disclosure, and health service responses: narratives of women attending reproductive health services in Kenya

M Colombini, C James, C Ndwiga… - African Journal of …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Methods Thirty semi‐structured qualitative interviews were conducted with a group of HIV‐
positive women. Respondents were purposively selected to ensure wide facility …

Social support for improved ART adherence and retention in care among older people living with HIV in urban South Africa: a complex balance between disclosure …

L Knight, E Schatz - International Journal of Environmental Research and …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The number of older people living with HIV (OPLWH)(aged 50-plus) in South Africa is
increasing as people age with HIV or are newly infected. OPLWH are potentially vulnerable …

Perceived stigma as a contextual barrier to early uptake of HIV testing, treatment initiation, and disclosure; the case of patients admitted with AIDS-related illness in a …

S Madiba, E Ralebona, M Lowane - Healthcare, 2021 - mdpi.com
We explored the extent to which perceived HIV-related stigma influences the disclosure and
concealment of HIV status to family among adult patients hospitalised for AIDS-related …

Factors associated with 36-month loss to follow-up and mortality outcomes among HIV-infected adults on antiretroviral therapy in Central Kenya

P Wekesa, A McLigeyo, K Owuor, J Mwangi… - BMC public health, 2020 - Springer
Background The scale-up of HIV treatment programs has resulted in a reduction in HIV-
related morbidity and mortality. However, retention of patients in these programs remains a …

ART adherence and viral suppression are high among most non‐pregnant individuals with early‐stage, asymptomatic HIV infection: an observational study from …

JE Haberer, BM Bwana, C Orrell… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The success of universal antiretroviral therapy (ART) access and aspirations for
an AIDS‐free generation depend on high adherence in individuals initiating ART during …

Disclosure experience among COVID‐19‐confirmed patients in China: A qualitative study

W Sun, Y Zhou, WT Chen, F Huang… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To understand COVID patients' experiences of and perspectives on disclosure of their
illness and to explore and describe the factors affecting disclosure decisions among COVID …

The role of relationship dynamics and gender inequalities as barriers to HIV-serostatus disclosure: qualitative study among women and men living with HIV in Durban …

DS Bhatia, AD Harrison, M Kubeka, C Milford… - Frontiers in public …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Background This qualitative study investigated gender power inequalities as they contribute
to relationship dynamics and HIV-serostatus disclosure among men and women living with …

To disclose or not: experiences of HIV infected pregnant women in disclosing their HIV status to their male sexual partners in Blantyre, Malawi

AK Mkandawire, V Jumbe, AL Nyondo-Mipando - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background HIV status disclosure is one of the pillars of success of the elimination of Mother
to Child Transmission of HIV (eMTCT) program. However, there are challenges associated …