HIV-Positive Status Disclosure and Associated Factors among HIV-Positive Adult Patients Attending Art Clinics at Public Health Facilities of Butajira Town, Southern Ethiopia.
Tamirat Melis BerheLire LemmaAddissu AlemayehuDesalegn AjemaMustefa GlagnSamuel Dessu SiferPublished in: AIDS research and treatment (2020)
Although the majority of the participants (90%) of them disclosed their HIV-positive status, lack of disclosure by few people can tackle HIV prevention and control programs. Health programs could improve disclosure of HIV-positive status by providing counseling service, strengthening adherence of antiretroviral therapy, suppressing viral load, and avoiding (reducing) stigma on HIV-positive patients by their community.
Keyphrases
- hiv positive
- antiretroviral therapy
- public health
- south africa
- hiv infected
- men who have sex with men
- hiv aids
- human immunodeficiency virus
- mental health
- hiv infected patients
- hiv testing
- healthcare
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- primary care
- ejection fraction
- mental illness
- signaling pathway
- prognostic factors
- depressive symptoms
- peritoneal dialysis
- skeletal muscle
- risk assessment
- type diabetes
- climate change
- social support
- patient reported outcomes