Background
Methods
Identifying the research question
Population | This study’s population will include individuals aged between 10 and 24 years old. |
Concept | Disclosure of HIV status: Knowing your HIV status, informing someone about it such as sexual partner(s), family member(s), and others. |
Context | Prevalence of disclosure to/by adolescents/young people, who adolescents/young people disclose to, predictors of disclosure, safe sex practice in SSA countries: This will include all countries listed among the World Health Organization Africa Region (Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Togo, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe) |
Identifying relevant studies
Date | Database | Keywords | Search results |
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8/06/2020 | PubMed | ((((((((“adolescent”[MeSH Terms] OR “adolescent”[All Fields]) AND (“young”[All Fields] AND (“persons”[MeSH Terms] OR “persons”[All Fields] OR “people”[All Fields]))) OR (“adolescent”[MeSH Terms] OR “adolescent”[All Fields] OR “teenager”[All Fields])) OR (“adolescent”[MeSH Terms] OR “adolescent”[All Fields] OR “youth”[All Fields])) AND (“hiv”[MeSH Terms] OR “hiv”[All Fields])) OR (“hiv”[MeSH Terms] OR “hiv”[All Fields])) OR (“hiv”[MeSH Terms] OR “hiv”[All Fields] OR (“human”[All Fields] AND “immunodeficiency”[All Fields] AND “virus”[All Fields]) OR “human immunodeficiency virus”[All Fields])) OR (“acquired immunodeficiency syndrome”[MeSH Terms] OR (“acquired”[All Fields] AND “immunodeficiency”[All Fields] AND “syndrome”[All Fields]) OR “acquired immunodeficiency syndrome”[All Fields] OR “hiv aids”[All Fields])) AND (status[All Fields] AND (“disclosure”[MeSH Terms] OR “disclosure”[All Fields])) | 28,731 |
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
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Studies involving any country or countries included in the WHO Africa Region
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Studies focused on adolescents aged between 10 and 24 years old/studies with 80% of its study population within 10–24-year age group
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Studies presenting evidence of HIV-positive status disclosure
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Studies reporting findings on prevalence, predictors, persons disclose to, and safe sex relating to HIV-positive status disclosure
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All primary study designs
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Publications in English
Exclusion criteria
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Studies conducted in countries outside the WHO Africa Regions,
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Studies targeting HIV-negative adolescents
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Studies reporting findings on knowledge, attitude, and perception of adolescents toward HIV/AIDS
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Publications in other languages either than English
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Papers not reporting primary research data
Study selection
Charting the data
Author | |
Date of publication | |
Study of objective | |
Type of study design | |
Country | |
Study setting | |
Study population | |
Number of study participants | |
Sample size | |
Number with known HIV infection | |
Number disclosed | |
Person disclosed to | |
Reasons for non-disclosure | |
Factors influencing disclosure | |
Relationships between safe sex and HIV-positive status disclosure | |
Other significant findings | |
Conclusions and recommendations |