Gari, Taye (2008) HIV Positive Status Disclosure to Sexual Partners among Women PLWHA at Hawassa Referral Hospital, SNNPR - Ethiopia. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
Background: Disclosure of HIV status may lead to increased opportunities for social support, to discuss and implement HIV risk reduction with partners and improved access to treatment. Thus, status disclosure is major public health goal for HIV prevention & treatment Objective: Determine the magnitude and determinants of HIV sero-status disclosure to sexual partners among women people living with HIV/AIDS at Hawassa Referral Hospital, SNNPR. Method: A Cross sectional survey was conducted among 384 HIV positive women who had sexual partner and age 18 years attending ART clinic from March to April 2008. Using a structured and pre-tested questionnaire, data were collected through patient interview consecutively until the required number reached over one month period. Ethical clearance from concerned bodies and informed consent from participants was obtained. X2 tests, odds ratios and logistic regression were done to explore associations between different variables and status disclosure. Result: Overall 85.7% the women had disclosed their HIV positive status to their sexual partners. The common barriers reported for non disclosure of HIV status were fear of abandonment; fear of break-up in relationship and fear of stigma. The negative partner reaction reported by those women who disclosed to sexual partner in this study was found to be high (59.3%). Majority (77.9%) had sexual intercourse in the past 6 month. 9.1% of the women were pregnant since they tested for HIV and condom was inconsistently used by most of the women. Being married, taking ARV treatment for more than one year and knowing the HIV status of the sexual partner were predictors of HIV positive status disclosure. Conclusion: Even though, the magnitude of HIV positive status disclosure to sexual partner in this study is encouraging, negative partner reactions following disclosure were reported by large proportion of women. Follow up counselling, couple counselling and testing, integrating ART service to reproductive health service particularly F/P should be emphasized in order to facilitate safe status disclosure and to address the sexual and reproductive health needs of PLWHA’s.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Emmanuel Ndorimana |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Aug 2018 12:17 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Aug 2018 12:17 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/8141 |
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