This study aimed to assess fertility desire and factors associated among sexually active hiv positive reproductive age women attending the art clinics of the amhara region. This study aimed to determine the prevalence, factors and outcomes of hiv status disclosure to partners among hiv positive women attending hiv careandtreatment clinics ctcs at kilimanjaro region, northern tanzania. This study was aimed to assess the hiv positive status disclosure and associated factors among hiv positive adults attending in axum health facilities, northern ethiopia. The desire for children means the expression of people living with hiv plwhiv. Factors associated with disclosure of hiv serostatus to. Hiv serostatus disclosure and associated factors among people living with hiv aids attending a care and treatment centre in kisarawe district hospital, tanzania.
The chisquare test of significance suggest no associations between these groups regarding htc and clients agreement to disclosure of hiv status respectively. Serodiscordance exists when the known hiv result of one member of a couple pair is positive while that of hisher partner is negative. Identifying factors associated with disclosure is necessary to freely disclose of hiv positive status result to their sexual partners, parents and friends to achieve a. Nonadherence which is the leading cause of active antiretroviral therapy art resistance among clients is basically the failure to use antiretroviral drugs as prescribed for human immunodeficiency virus hiv by clients.
Factors associated with disclosure of hiv status among a. Disclosure of hiv seropositive status to sexual partners. Hiv status disclosure to sexual partners and associated factors among young adults, a mixed methods study article pdf available may 2019 with 35 reads how we measure reads. Discloser is more likely when the patient is older, male, and has a higher level of education. Hiv serostatus disclosure among people living with hivaids. Disclosure of hivpositive status to sexual partner and associated. Hepatitis c virus hcv is a common chronic bloodborne virus infection that affects an estimated 2. Factors potentially associated with disclosure respondents were asked to provide information on their age, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, education, employment, country of birth, immigration status, whether they were in a relationship, the hiv status of their partner, how long they hadbeenintherelationship,whethertheyhadhadunprotected. The main strength of this study is that it is one of the very few studies investigating adherence to art and associated risk factors among older hiv patients in ssa. Adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy haart regimen, of at least 95%, is necessary for effective therapeutic response among people living with human immunodeficiency virus plwhiv. The improvement of the socioeconomic status of art patients needs to be addressed to reduce dependence on support from other people and provide money to make followup appointments.
Factors potentially associated with disclosure respondents were asked to provide. Hivrelated stigma and discrimination among people need to be addressed to increase support to plwhiv and encourage disclosure of hiv status. Factors associated with hiv status disclosure to partners and its outcomes among hivpositive women attending care and treatment clinics at kilimanjaro region, tanzania. Aug 28, 2015 serodiscordance exists when the known hiv result of one member of a couple pair is positive while that of hisher partner is negative.
Analysis of hiv test uptake and factors associated with. Disclosure of hivpositive status to sexual partner and. This study determined the factors associated with nonadherence of plwhiv to haart regimen among patients attending a healthcare facility in akwa ibom state, nigeria. An hivpositive status disclosure to a sexual partner in this. This study sought to determine the prevalence of and the barriers to the disclosure of hiv status to infected children and adolescents in lower manyakrobo district in ghana. Prevalence of hepatitis c virus infection among clients of. Disclosure of positive hiv status by plhiv to their sexual partners is important in. Factors influencing hiv disclosure among people living with. Analysis of hiv test uptake and factors associated with testing and disclosure of hiv infection among health workers at chainama hills hospital college in lusaka district, zambia makani alfred, selestine nzala department of public health, health policy and management studies section, university of. Onethird 34% of all people living with hiv in 2009 resided in the ten.
Hiv positive status disclosure and associated factors. Factors for incomplete adherence to antiretroviral therapy. This study assessed whether non disclosure is associated with psychological symptoms, nonadherence to antiretroviral therapy art, and viral load vl nonsuppression. Hcv infection causes an estimated 8,00010,000 deaths each year from cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma and is the leading reason.
Mar 29, 2015 the aim of this study was to assess the disclosure and its associated factors of hiv positive status to sexual partners among patients attending antiretroviral therapy art clinic follow up at mekelle hospital, tigray, ethiopia. Policy maker and health care provider perspectives on reproductive decisionmaking amongst hiv infected individuals in south africa. Analysis of hiv test uptake and factors associated with testing and disclosure of hiv infection among health workers at chainama hills hospital college in lusaka district, zambia makani alfred, selestine nzala department of public health, health policy and management studies section, university of zambia, lusaka, zambia. To assess factors of disclosing hiv sero status to sexual partner among hiv positive pregnant women attending antenatal care in addis ababa public health centers, ethiopia. Depression is common among people living with hiv plwhiv and is associated with poorer therapeutic outcomes and risky behaviours. This study sought to determine the prevalence of disclosure of hiv status among a representative population of hiv infected children in kenya and to evaluate whether various sociodemographic, clinical, and emotional factors are associated with disclosure. Hiv positive serostatus disclosure and its determinants among. Prevalence and factors affecting disclosure of hiv status. Hiv serostatus disclosure among people living with hiv. Pdf a multiinstitutional, crosssectional study on disclosure of hiv. The study aimed to explore and describe the factors influencing disclosure of human immunodeficiency virus hiv status to sexual partners by peopleinfected with hiv in botswana, by undertaking an exploratory and descriptive qualitative study. Despite the importance of hiv status disclosure, partner disclosure is low in. We sought to estimate the prevalence of major depressive episode mde across plwhiv groups, to compare this with its prevalence in the general population and to assess factors associated with it. Disclosure of hiv diagnosis is frequently identified as a stressor by newly diagnosed patients.
Assessment of adult nutritional status and associated factors among art users in nekemte referral hospital and health center, east wollega zone, ethiopia. Pdf disclosure of hivpositive status to sexual partner and. Moreover, hiv serostatus disclosure among plwha was related to. Bccfe factors associated with disclosure of hiv status among a cohort of individuals on antiretroviral therapy in british columbia, canada. Factors associated with hiv status disclosure to partners. Factors associated with hiv status disclosure to most recent sexual.
Nature and extent of hiv self disclosure by seropositive. Frequency of hiv status disclosure, associated factors and outcomes among hiv positive pregnant women at mbarara regional referral hospital, southwestern uganda. Factors affecting hiv disclosure among partners in morongo, tanzania. The purpose of this study was to assess the disclosure of hivpositive status and its associated factors to sexual partners among patients attending antiretroviral therapy art clinic followup at mekelle hospital, tigray, ethiopia. Hiv care among lowincome women in the deep south of the usa. Factors affecting intention to disclose hiv status among adult. The aim of this study was to assess the disclosure and its associated factors of hiv positive status to sexual partners among patients attending antiretroviral therapy art clinic follow up at mekelle hospital, tigray, ethiopia.
Methods we conducted a crosssectional study, randomly sampling hivinfected children ages 614 years. Hiv positive status disclosure and associated factors among. In ghana, an estimated 33,000 children were said to be living with the hiv infection in 2012. Hiv serostatus disclosure and associated factors among people living with hivaids attending a care and treatment centre in kisarawe district hospital, tanzania. Hiv positive status disclosure and associated factors among children in. Factors associated with hiv status disclosure and its effect. Factors associated with nonadherence to antiretroviral. Pdf factors associated with hiv status disclosure to. In ethiopia, antiretroviral arv treatment began in 2003, and. Introduction disclosure of hiv status to children is essential for disease management but is not well characterized in resourcelimited settings.
An institution based cross sectional study was conducted at mekelle hospital. Clients disclosure of hiv status characteristics almost all 99 % of study clients agreed to disclose their hiv status to their partners. The purpose of this study was to assess the disclosure of hiv positive status and its associated factors to sexual partners among patients attending antiretroviral therapy art clinic followup at mekelle hospital, tigray, ethiopia. Data was collected through indepth interviews with people infected with hiv who had disclosed.
An exploration into the barriers and opportunities. Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus. Examine the extent and nature of hiv self disclosure by seropositive adults. The nature and extent of hivaids related stigma reported. Jan 15, 2018 socio demographic, social and behavioral factors that associated with hiv positive status disclosure among participants. Factors associated with hiv status disclosure and its effect on treatment adherence and quality of life among children 617 years on antiretroviral therapy in southern highlands zone, tanzania. Dejeneassociated factors and outcomes of disclosing hivsero positive status to sexual partners among women in mettu and gore towns, illubabor zone, southwest ethiopia. Disclosure of hiv status to family, friends, and a stable partner may be linked to improved health outcomes for people living with hiv. Fertility desire and associated factors among people living with hiv on art eastern ethiopia.
The world health organization who recommends that children should be informed of their hiv status at ages 6 to 12 years and full disclosure of hiv and aids be offered in a caring and supportive manner at about 8 to 10 years. We sought to examine the prevalence and correlates of. Factors associated with different disclosure intentions among plhiv in gem. Prevalence of, and barriers to the disclosure of hiv. Findings of this study indicated, the disclosure of hiv status is very low. Therefore, this study assessed the hiv positive sero status disclosure and its determinants among people living with hiv aids plwha followed by the antiretroviral therapy art clinic in jimma university specialized. To examine hiv disclosure among people living with hiv in london.
W ith the advent of antiretroviral therapy art, people living with hiv and aids plwha can now plan to live, instead of planning for death. Prevalence of, and barriers to the disclosure of hiv status. The aim of the study was to determine factors associated with nonadherence to art among adult hiv. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. A 2008 survey in rwanda was conducted to determine these factors. Prevalence of and factors associated with depression among. Disclosure status and disclosure intentions among hiv. A descriptive crosssectional study design was used. Factors associated with poor adherence to antiretroviral. Partner hiv serostatus disclosure and determinants of. Explore the relationship between stigma and discrimination and self disclosure of serostatus by plwhiv to sexual partners. Hiv disclosure to sexual partner and associated factors among. Hiv prevalence and associated factors lawrence marum, james n.
The potential factors correlated to hiv disclosure are shown in table. The objectives were to determine whether aspects such as sociodemographic. Health care workers shall be prepared to equip patients with the skills of disclosure and offer assistance in the process as necessary. However, the greatest psychosocial challenges that parents and caregivers of hiv infected children face is disclosure of hiv status to their infected children.
This study aimed to determine the prevalence, factors and outcomes of hiv status disclosure to partners among hivpositive women attending hiv careandtreatment clinics ctcs at kilimanjaro region, northern tanzania. We explored the short and longterm outcomes of disclosure among clients attending an urban hiv clinic in uganda. In addition, women who attained a high level of education were more likely to have disclosed their hiv status to a sexual partner than women who were uneducated. This study aimed to describe the prevalence of disclosure and associated factors among a cohort of hivinfected children and adolescents in kenya. Journal of aids and hiv research factors associated with. Analyze the relationship between plwhivs individual factors and hiv self disclosure to sexual partners. Pdf frequency of hiv status disclosure, associated. This study sought to determine the prevalence of disclosure of hiv status among a representative population of hivinfected children in kenya and to evaluate whether various sociodemographic, clinical, and emotional factors are associated with disclosure. The overall prevalence of disclosure of hiv status among pregnant women is 80. Significant proportions of hiv positive adults never disclose their hiv positive status. Art patients, associated factors, disclosure, jimma university specialized hospital, and people living with hivaids.
Predictors of hiv serostatus disclosure to partners among. Status and associated characteristics of hiv disclosure among. In this article, we evaluate factors associated with disclosure in rwanda among hivpositive children of 7 to 15 years. Methods a crosssectional study was conducted from january to june 2014 in 3 out of the 7 districts of kilimanjaro region. The objective of this study was to determine factors associated with hiv status disclosure and its effect on treatment adherence and healthrelated quality. Prevalence of disclosure of hiv status to hivinfected. Factors associated with hiv status disclosure to ones steady.
The nature and extent of hivaidsrelated stigma reported by aspiring faithbased leaders. Participants in the study included 1,034 children on haart and in the prehaart phase. Prior discussion with a partner regarding testing for hiv was strongly associated with subsequent disclosure of hiv status. Depression is the most prevalent psychiatric disorder among people living with hiv plwhiv and is associated with poor quality of life, additional comorbidities, disability, unemployment, poorer therapeutic outcomes and risky behaviors. Hiv positive serostatus disclosure and its determinants among people living with hiv. The objective of this study was to determine factors associated with hiv status disclosure and its effect on treatment adherence and healthrelated quality of life among children between 6 and 17. Disclosure of hivpositive status to sexual partner and associated factors among art users in mekelle hospital article pdf available in hivaids research and palliative care 7default. Disclosure of hiv status supports risk reduction and facilitates access to prevention and care services, but can be inhibited by the fear of negative repercussions. Full text fertility desire and associated factors among. There are several factors associated with facilitating disclosure of hiv status. Hiv self disclosure among this group is not promoted, it is likely to bring down the gains that have been made in.
Disclosure of hiv status the role of ethnicity among people living with hiv in london jonathan elford, phd, fowzia ibrahim, msc, cecilia bukutu, phd, and jane anderson, mbbs objective. Disclosure of hiv seropositive status to sexual partners and. Factors associated with hiv status disclosure to partners and its outcomes among hiv positive women attending care and treatment clinics at kilimanjaro region, tanzania. Factors associated with disclosure of hiv serostatus to sexual partners of patients receiving hiv care in kabale, uganda. The aim of the study was to determine factors associated with nonadherence to art among adult hiv clients in ngenda health center, kiambu county, kenya. Qualitative semistructured interviews were administered to a purposeful sample of 40 adult hiv clients that was. This study aimed to determine the prevalence, patterns and predictors of hiv serostatus disclosure to partners among hiv positive pregnant women in morogoro municipality, tanzania. The trends in aidsrelated death also differ, and in east europe and central asia, the. The study findings indicate that experiences of hiv status disclosure vary among spouses. Hiv positive serostatus disclosure and its determinants. A larger sample study will be needed to establish factors associated with adherence to art including drug refill and clinic visits. In subsaharan africa, in stable longterm couple partnerships married or cohabiting, serodiscordance is a growing source of hiv transmissions. To determine the intention to disclose the hivaids status among adult.
In this article, we evaluate factors associated with disclosure in rwanda among hiv positive children of 7 to 15 years. Disclosure of hiv positive status to sexual partners, friends or relatives is a main tool for prevention and care strategies. Disclosure of hiv status to sexual partner was associated with discussion about hiv. This study aimed to ascertain across nigeria, serodiscordance prevalence, partner hiv status disclosure. A crosssectional study of disclosure of hiv status to.
Factors associated with hiv status disclosure and its. This study aimed to determine the prevalence, factors and outcomes of hiv status disclosure to partners among hiv positive women attending hiv care and treatment clinics ctcs at kilimanjaro region, northern tanzania. Institutional based crosssectional study was conducted from july august, 20 in axum st. Factors influencing hiv disclosure among people living. Jul 23, 2014 consequently, hiv positive status disclosure among women has become one of the major concerns that should be addressed in hiv prevention and control activities. Lack of disclosure adversely affects the wellbeing of the child, including access to paediatric hiv treatment and care and adherence to treatment. Pdf disclosure of hivpositive status to sexual partner. Reasons for disclosure of hiv status by people living with. This study aimed to ascertain across nigeria, serodiscordance prevalence, partner hiv status disclosure and explore.
The aim of the study was to investigate which factors influence the disclosure of someones hiv positive status. Disclosure of hiv results to partners and their participation is encouraged in the program. Factors associated with hiv status disclosure to partners and. In subsaharan africa, in stable longterm couple partnerships married or cohabiting, serodiscordance is a growing source of hivtransmissions.
Full text prevalence of undernutrition and associated. Full text fertility desire and associated factors among hiv. As hiv becomes more of a chronic disease and plwha live longer, disclosure of hiv status is encouraged as a way to reduce sexual risk behavior and transmission of the virus, decrease stigma associated with hiv, and increase access to. This study aimed at assessing the magnitude and factors related to hiv positive status disclosure to sexual partners among hiv positive women.
Prevalence of hepatitis c virus infection among clients of hiv counseling and testing sites connecticut, 1999. Cheluget this chapter presents information on the coverage of hiv testing among those eligible, the prevalence of hiv in the respondents, and the factors associated with hiv infection in the population. Factors influencing disclosure of hiv status to sexual partners in botswana 21 population and sample the population comprised hiv positive persons attending a private medical clinic in gabarone, serving unemployed people, people in lowpaid jobs as well as private patients who can afford private healthcare services. Explore the relationship between stigma and discrimination and self disclosure of serostatus by plwhiv to sexual. Prevalence and factors associated with undernutrition among adults with major depressive disorder in northwest ethiopia.
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