"I have never talked to anyone to free my mind" - challenges surrounding status disclosure to adolescents contribute to their disengagement from HIV care: a qualitative study in western Kenya.
Judith J ToromoEdith ApondiWinstone M NyandikoMark OmolloSalim BakariJosephine AluochRami KantorJ Dennis FortenberryKara Wools-KaloustianBatya ElulRachel C VreemanLeslie A EnanePublished in: BMC public health (2022)
Complex challenges surrounding HIV status disclosure to adolescents contribute to care disengagement. There is need to enhance training and resources for HCW, and to empower caregivers to support children and adolescents before, during, and after HIV status disclosure. This should include counseling caregivers on how to provide children with developmentally-appropriate and accurate information about their health from an early age, and to support adolescent-caregiver communication and relationships. Optimally integrating peer support can further promote ALHIV wellbeing and retention in care.
Keyphrases
- young adults
- palliative care
- hiv testing
- healthcare
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv positive
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- men who have sex with men
- hepatitis c virus
- physical activity
- hiv aids
- quality improvement
- public health
- south africa
- health information
- high resolution
- pain management
- chronic pain
- mass spectrometry
- climate change
- human health