Self-Disclosure Problems among Sexual Partners Living with HIV / AIDS: The Case of Hospital Clients in Addis Ababa

Mohammed, Abdu Ebrahim (2009) Self-Disclosure Problems among Sexual Partners Living with HIV / AIDS: The Case of Hospital Clients in Addis Ababa. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.

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Abstract

This study examines self-disclosure problems among sexual partners livin with HIV/AIDS who are hospital clients in City Government of Addis Ababa. In this study the experiences of HIV positive status, the nature of self disclosure, the benefits and probable risks of Self-disclosure, types and levels of sero-positive status self-disclosure related discussions and their association with the clients'socio-demographic variables were studied. The study applied quantitative research designs. Little qualitative methods were also injected to to supplement the data. A self-Report Questionnaire was prepared and administered for 300 participants who were clients of Black Lion and Zewditu Memorial Hospitals, proportionally, for the quantitative interpretation of the data. The qualitative data was also collected throgh interview guides, natural observations visits and document analyses. The data were analyzed through the application of both descriptive (percentage, mean, and standard deviation) and inferential (Chi-square (X2)) statistics. The researcher found that from all the participants more that half of them had known their sero-positive status between 1 to 5 years period, 64.3 percent were started usin ART while 27.3 did not start ART for different reasons (56.1 percent did not recommended by doctors and the rest 43.9 percent of them need some more counseling, time for decision and access to enough and nutritious foods), 72.7 percent knew their HIV positive status through medical related testing, 64 percent of the total participants (N=192) were self-disclosed their sero-positive status to their sexual partner(s) (43.75 percent of them disclosed the same day since dianosed, for example) while 36 percent of them (N=108) did not yet to do so. Amon the participants who disclosed their sero positive status the opportunity to utilize the benefits and refrains from the risks of self disclosure were found to be plentiful. Moreover, only a quarter of participants reavealed hiher level of sero-positive status self disclosure related discussions with their sexual partners, while about half of them have lesser level of disscussion and the rerst 24.7 percent of them have no discussion on the issue. In general, all the participants were found to be less frequently discussant of their sero-positive status to their sexual partner(s). In line with these, marital status has sinificant roup difference in the levels of self disclosure related discussions, while ethnicity has significant group difference in the levels of self disclosure related discussions, while ethnicity has sinificant group difference in the types of self disclosure related disussions. Whereas, average monthly family income, self disclosure and time period for self disclosure have shown sinificant group differences both in the types and levels of self disclosure related discussions. On average about 70 percent and 60 percent of the participants agreed on reasons for self-disclosure and self-non discloure, respectively. Thus, the reasons for self-disclosure and self-non disclosure used in this specific study could serve as reasons both in items or group levels that can be used in studyin similiar researches. Thus facilitating self disclosure related discussions among sexual parners living with HIV/AIDS shall have resonance effect and was the prior recommendations. It should be promoted and scaled up though professional post test counselin services, proper information dissemination programs through media. This will ease self disclosure for better prevention of the spread of HIV infection among sexual partners living

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Divisions:	Africana
Depositing User:	Kabiru Wallace Ndung'u
Date Deposited:	06 Sep 2019 14:18
Last Modified:	17 Dec 2021 14:11
URI:	http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/9528

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