Effects of a peer educator program for HIV status disclosure and health system strengthening: Findings from a clinic-based disclosure support program in Mozambique.
Carol Dawson-RoseSarah A GutinFlorindo MudenderElsa HunguanaSebastian KevanyPublished in: PloS one (2020)
Supporting newly-diagnosed PLH is important both for their own health and that of others. For the newly-diagnosed, there are extensive challenges related to understanding the implications of their illness; social support from clinical care teams can be vital in planning and coping. Our study has shown that such support of PLH is also crucial to disclosure, in part via improving awareness of positive health implications for (and from) family, friends and other support networks.
Keyphrases
- social support
- newly diagnosed
- healthcare
- depressive symptoms
- quality improvement
- public health
- mental health
- antiretroviral therapy
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv infected
- health information
- palliative care
- primary care
- hiv testing
- hiv aids
- human health
- pain management
- climate change
- men who have sex with men
- chronic pain
- social media
- health insurance