SynthesisBMC public health2019
Sero-positive HIV result disclosure to sexual partner in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- HIV sero-status disclosure and associated factors among HIV positive women in East Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Implications for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- The proportion of HIV disclosure to sexual partners among people diagnosed with HIV in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Associated factors of HIV testing behaviours among sexual partners/spouses between young and middle-aged/older people living with HIV in China: a cross-sectional study.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Recent and Local HIV Infections among Newly Diagnosed Cases in Two Districts of Chongqing, China (2019-2021).AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with HIV testing among young women in Ghana.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- HIV remission trial investigators' attitudes towards risk and risk mitigation in trials that include treatment interruption.Journal of virus eradication · 2023Article
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- Evaluation of the interventions on HIV case management and its association with cART adherence and disclosure of the disease status among HIV-positive adults under treatment.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Prevalence for the Disclosure of HIV Status to Sexual Partners and Its Determinants among Adults under cART in Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia.Journal of tropical medicine · 2022Article
- Disclosure of HIV status among patients new to HIV care in Southern Ethiopia: role of perceived social support and other factors.AIDS care · 2021Article
- Video-Based Intervention for Improving Maternal Retention and Adherence to HIV Treatment: Patient Perspectives and Experiences.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The role of sexual compulsivity in unprotected intercourse among STI patients in Shanghai, China.BMC public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe infection of HIV continues to be an important public health problem in Ethiopia. Disclosing own HIV positive result is crucial, and considered as a good indicator of behavior change towards HIV/AIDs. A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to pool the prevalence of positive HIV status disclosure to sexual partners and determine the influence of selected factors.
methodsThis systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted in Ethiopia among HIV positive people receiving health care at health facilities. In this review, primary studies were searched in Medline via PubMed, Google scholar and Google up to November, 2018. Data on disclosure of HIV positive result, knowledge of partner's HIV status and prior discussion on HIV were extracted, and effect sizes like proportion and odds ratios were pooled. Heterogeneity and publication bias were assessed by chi-square and I2, and Egger test, respectively.
resultsA total of 12 studies with 4528 participants were included in to this review to estimate the prevalence of disclosure of HIV positive result to sexual partner, and 10 and 7 studies were included to determine the associations of the outcome variable with knowledge of sexual partner's HIV status and with prior discussion on HIV, respectively. The pooled prevalence of HIV status disclosure to sexual partner was 73% (95% CI: 64, 82%). Having the knowledge of sexual partner's HIV status [OR: 95%CI; 17.63 (7.88, 39.45)], and previous discussion on HIV [OR: 95% CI; 9.24 (5.56, 15.37)] increased the disclosure of own HIV positive result to sexual partner. The sub-group analysis indicated a prevalence of 74% in Oromia, 86% in Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples (SNNPR), 87% in Amhara, 73% in Addis Ababa, and 54% in Tigray.
conclusionsDisclosure of HIV status to sexual partner is lower than expected. Knowledge of partner's HIV status and previous discussion on HIV were strong predictors of HIV positive status disclosure. Strategies helpful for encouraging open HIV discussion need to be strengthened to increase HIV positive result disclosure. Furthermore, since the heterogeneity of studies is high, large nationally representative study is suggested.
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