IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bcp/journl/v7y2023i4p1219-1231.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Assessment of HIV Status Disclosure of People Living with HIV in Harare, Zimbabwe

Author

Listed:
  • Henry Wasosa

    (Department of Psychology, the Catholic University of Eastern Africa)

  • Lornah Irene Ayako

    (Department of Psychology, the Catholic University of Eastern Africa)

Abstract

HIV and AIDS is the most stigmatized illness in the world. It is a difficult decision for People living with HIV (PLWHIV) to disclose their seropositive status. This qualitative study aimed at exploring HIV disclosure occurrences in Harare, Zimbabwe. In-depth interviews were conducted for fifteen (15) participants who are PLWHIV, are on ARVs and have disclosed their status. The interviews were audio recorded then transcribed and analyzed using qualitative content analysis and the emerging themes were noted. Findings revealed that majority of PLHIV who have disclosed their HIV status to their significant other received overwhelming support including compliance to adherence of medication. Few of them who disclosed faced stigma, discrimination and tensed relationship. The study also revealed that people who have knowledge on HIV/AIDS have no issue in dating a PLHIV. The study recommends more HIV/AIDS education on disclosure to the population at large and a similar study to be conducted in other parts of the country and globally to find out whether the same findings would be obtained.

Suggested Citation

  • Henry Wasosa & Lornah Irene Ayako, 2023. "Assessment of HIV Status Disclosure of People Living with HIV in Harare, Zimbabwe," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 7(4), pages 1219-1231, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:7:y:2023:i:4:p:1219-1231
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/Digital-Library/volume-7-issue-4/1219-1231.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/articles/assessment-of-hiv-status-disclosure-of-people-living-with-hiv-in-harare-zimbabwe/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Issifou Yaya & Bayaki Saka & Dadja Essoya Landoh & P’Niwè Massoubayo Patchali & Akouda Akessiwè Patassi & Abdoul-samadou Aboubakari & Makawa-Sy Makawa & Mathias Kouamé N’Dri & Sékandé Senanou & Bassan, 2015. "HIV Status Disclosure to Sexual Partners, among People Living with HIV and AIDS on Antiretroviral Therapy at Sokodé Regional Hospital, Togo," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(2), pages 1-9, February.
    2. Tone Lindheim, 2022. "Participant Validation: A Strategy to Strengthen the Trustworthiness of Your Study and Address Ethical Concerns," Springer Books, in: Gry Espedal & Beate Jelstad Løvaas & Stephen Sirris & Arild Wæraas (ed.), Researching Values, chapter 13, pages 225-239, Springer.
    3. Obermeyer, C.M. & Baijal, P. & Pegurri, E., 2011. "Facilitating HIV disclosure across diverse settings: A review," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 101(6), pages 1011-1023.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Bach Xuan Tran & Long Hoang Nguyen & Tung Thanh Tran & Carl A Latkin, 2018. "Social and structural barriers for adherence to methadone maintenance treatment among Vietnamese opioid dependence patients," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(1), pages 1-13, January.
    2. Préau, Marie & Beaulieu-Prévost, Dominic & Henry, Emilie & Bernier, Adeline & Veillette-Bourbeau, Ludivine & Otis, Joanne, 2015. "HIV serostatus disclosure: development and validation of indicators considering target and modality. Results from a community-based research in 5 countries," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 146(C), pages 137-146.
    3. Gabriele Prati & Bruna Zani & Luca Pietrantoni & Diego Scudiero & Patrizia Perone & Lella Cosmaro & Alessandra Cerioli & Massimo Oldrini, 2016. "The role of knowing someone living with HIV/AIDS and HIV disclosure in the HIV stigma framework: a Bayesian mediation analysis," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 50(2), pages 637-651, March.
    4. Dima, Alexandra L. & Stutterheim, Sarah E. & Lyimo, Ramsey & de Bruin, Marijn, 2014. "Advancing methodology in the study of HIV status disclosure: The importance of considering disclosure target and intent," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 108(C), pages 166-174.
    5. Wangnan Cao & Hai Ming Wong & Chun Chang & Emeka Pascal Agudile & Anna Mia Ekström, 2019. "Behavioral interventions promoting HIV serostatus disclosure to sex partners among HIV-positive men who have sex with men: a systematic review," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 64(7), pages 985-998, September.
    6. Conroy, Amy A. & Wong, Lauren H., 2015. "How reliable are self-reports of HIV status disclosure? Evidence from couples in Malawi," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 144(C), pages 28-37.
    7. Maria Letícia Santos Cruz & Claudete A. Araújo Cardoso & Mariana Q. Darmont & Paulo Dickstein & Francisco I. Bastos & Edvaldo Souza & Solange D. Andrade & Marcia D’All Fabbro & Rosana Fonseca & Simone, 2016. "Children and Adolescents with Perinatal HIV-1 Infection: Factors Associated with Adherence to Treatment in the Brazilian Context," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 13(6), pages 1-12, June.
    8. Chia-Hui Yu & Chu-Yu Huang & Nai-Ying Ko & Heng-Hsin Tung & Hui-Man Huang & Su-Fen Cheng, 2021. "The Lived Experiences of Stigmatization in the Process of HIV Status Disclosure among People Living with HIV in Taiwan," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(10), pages 1-12, May.
    9. Tseng, Hsiao-Ting & Ibrahim, Fahad & Hajli, Nick & Nisar, Tahir M. & Shabbir, Haseeb, 2022. "Effect of privacy concerns and engagement on social support behaviour in online health community platforms," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 178(C).

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:7:y:2023:i:4:p:1219-1231. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Dr. Pawan Verma (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.