Erschienen in:
09.05.2018 | Original Paper
Social Support and Violence-prone Relationships as Predictors of Disclosure of HIV Status Among Newly Diagnosed HIV-positive South Africans
verfasst von:
Jocelyn Fifield, Lucia O’Sullivan, Elizabeth A. Kelvin, Joanne E. Mantell, Theresa Exner, Gita Ramjee, Kelly Blanchard, Susie Hoffman
Erschienen in:
AIDS and Behavior
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Ausgabe 10/2018
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Abstract
Despite the salience of social support and violence as potential outcomes of disclosure, how pre-existing social support and relationship violence among people living with HIV shapes and influences HIV status disclosure has received limited attention. Following the Disclosure Process Model, this study investigated pre-disclosure support and violence-prone relationships as predictors of disclosure using data from a prospective study of 459 newly diagnosed South African women and men. Most (88%) disclosed their status to at least one person by their 8-month interview. Level of social support was unrelated to disclosure to a partner. However, those with higher levels of support had higher odds of disclosing to family and to others. Women in violence-prone relationships were more likely to report disclosure to a partner than were those not in such relationships, counter to expectations. The findings suggest that the same mechanisms may not explain processes of disclosure across all relationship types.