ArticleJournal of aging and health2022
From "Secret" to "Sensitive Issue": Shifting Ideas About HIV Disclosure Among Middle-Aged and Older Rural South Africans in the Era of Antiretroviral Treatment.
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- Ageing with HIV: Medicine Optimisation Challenges and Support Needs for Older People Living with HIV: A Systematic Review.Drugs & aging · 2023Pooled it
- Tell or Not to Tell: Changes in Ukrainian Older Adults' HIV Status Disclosure Practices During Intersecting Covid-19 and War Crises.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Episodic memory trajectories of older adults with and without HIV: A longitudinal population-based study in rural South Africa.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Study characteristics on health-related quality of life in older people living with human immunodeficiency virus: A narrative review.World journal of virology · 2025Article
- HIV and Viremia Prevalence in Nonmigrating Members of Migrant Households in Southern Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Population-Based Study.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2025Article
- Perceptions of HIV and mental illness as "Western" or "Traditional" illnesses: a cross-sectional study from Limpopo Province, South Africa.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2024Article
- The effects of HIV and systolic blood pressure on mortality risk in rural South Africa, 2010-2019: a data note.BMC research notes · 2023Article
- Perceptions of HIV and Mental Illness as "Western" or "Traditional" Illnesses: A Cross-Sectional Study from Limpopo Province, South Africa.Research square · 2023Article
- Antiretroviral therapy and aging as resources for managing and resisting HIV-related stigma in rural South Africa.SSM. Qualitative research in health · 2022Article
- 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 and Stigma.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- "A NOWADAYS DISEASE": HIV/AIDS AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN A RURAL SOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNITY.AJS; American journal of sociology · 2021Article
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objectiveAs HIV shifts from "death sentence" to "chronic condition," disclosure of HIV status to intimate partners and family is a significant component of both prevention and treatment adherence. While disclosure is closely considered in many studies, few examine middle-aged and older persons' (age 40+) perspectives or practices. We trace older rural South Africans' views on HIV disclosure to their partners and family members in a high prevalence community over a period of extensive antiretroviral treatment (ART) rollout.
methodsCommunity focus group discussions (FGD) conducted in 2013 and 2018 show shifts in older persons' thinking about HIV disclosure.
findingsOur FGD participants saw fewer negative consequences of disclosure in 2018 than in 2013, and highlighted positive outcomes including building trust (partners) as well as greater support for medication collection and adherence (family). DISCUSSION: Particularly as the epidemic ages in South Africa and globally, tracing changes in older persons' views on disclosure is an important step in developing messaging that could enhance treatment as prevention and ART adherence.
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