ArticleBMJ open2018
Perinatally acquired HIV-positive status disclosure and associated factors in Dire Dawa and Harar, Eastern Ethiopia: a health facility-based cross-sectional study.
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- HIV Serostatus Disclosure and Its Predictors Among Children Living With HIV in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- Disclosure of diagnosis by parents and caregivers to children infected with HIV in Hawassa, southern Ethiopia: a multicentre, cross-sectional study.International health · 2025Article
- Human immunodeficiency virus positive status disclosure among children in northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.African health sciences · 2023Article
- Antiretroviral therapy non-adherence among children living with HIV in Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia: a case-control study.BMC pediatrics · 2022Article
- Prevalence, socio-demographics and service use determinants associated with disclosure of HIV/AIDS status to infected children: a systematic review and meta-analysis by 1985-2021.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2022Article
- Factors associated with children's HIV- positive status disclosure in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2022Article
- Disclosure Status and Associated Factors Among Children on Antiretroviral Therapy in Ethiopia.Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics · 2021Article
- Truth, Deception, and Coercion; Communication Strategies Used by Caregivers of Children with Perinatally Acquired HIV During the Pre-Disclosure and Post-Disclosure Period in Rural Communities in South Africa.Global pediatric health · 2021Article
- The Consequences of Delaying Telling Children with Perinatal HIV About Their Diagnosis as Perceived by Healthcare Workers in the Eastern Cape; A Qualitative Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- The association between diagnosis disclosure and adherence to antiretroviral therapy among adolescents living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2020Article
- HIV Positive Status Disclosure and Its Associated Factors Among Children on Antiretroviral Therapy in West Shoa Zone, Western Ethiopia, 2019: A Mixed Method Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2020Article
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- Telling Children with Perinatal HIV About Their HIV Serostatus: Healthcare Workers' Practices and Barriers to Disclosing in a South African Rural Health District.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
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Abstract
objectivesThe aim of this study was to assess the level and factors associated with caregivers' disclosure of perinatally HIV-infected (PHIV+) children's seropositive status.
designWe conducted a cross-sectional study in five public health facilities providing HIV treatment and care in Dire Dawa and Harar, Eastern Ethiopia. The data were collected from 310 caregivers through face-to-face interviews and record reviews. Data analyses were done using STATA V.14.2 and statistical significance was declared at p value <0.05.
resultsThe study revealed that the level of PHIV+ diagnosis disclosure was 49.4% (95% CI 43.8 to 54.9). Mean age at disclosure was 11.2 years. Disclosure level was higher among children who frequently asked about their health status (aOR (adjusted OR) 2.04, 95% CI 1.04 to 4.03) and when caregivers knew other people who had a disclosure experience (aOR 2.49, 95% CI 1.17 to 5.32). Disclosure level was less among children of 12 years or below (aOR 0.04, 95% CI 0.02 to 0.09) and among caregivers practising deception about the children's HIV positive status (aOR 0.38, 95% CI 0.19 to 0.74).
conclusionOnly half of the caregivers disclosed their child's PHIV+ diagnosis. To facilitate disclosure, caregivers should be counselled about the appropriate age of disclosure and related misconceptions that hinder it. It is also apparent that caregivers need to be guided as to how to address children's frequent questions about their health status. These interventions can be made in a one-on-one approach or through patient group counselling when they come to get healthcare services.
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