Psychosocial and Health System Factors in Disclosure of HIV Status to Children Living with HIV in Malawi: A Formative Evaluation of a Disclosure Resource

This study aimed to evaluate the current practice of HIV disclosure to Malawian children and to assess the need and acceptability of a series of age-appropriate story books intended to help with the disclosure process. A mixed methods approach was used to collect data from 700 adults caring for chil...

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Main Author: Kalembo, Fatch Welcome
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/65967
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description This study aimed to evaluate the current practice of HIV disclosure to Malawian children and to assess the need and acceptability of a series of age-appropriate story books intended to help with the disclosure process. A mixed methods approach was used to collect data from 700 adults caring for children living with HIV. The prevalence of non-disclosure of HIV was 64%, and 98% of participants supported the idea of developing the proposed story books.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-659672019-03-12T03:06:20Z Psychosocial and Health System Factors in Disclosure of HIV Status to Children Living with HIV in Malawi: A Formative Evaluation of a Disclosure Resource Kalembo, Fatch Welcome This study aimed to evaluate the current practice of HIV disclosure to Malawian children and to assess the need and acceptability of a series of age-appropriate story books intended to help with the disclosure process. A mixed methods approach was used to collect data from 700 adults caring for children living with HIV. The prevalence of non-disclosure of HIV was 64%, and 98% of participants supported the idea of developing the proposed story books. 2017 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/65967 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Kalembo, Fatch Welcome
Psychosocial and Health System Factors in Disclosure of HIV Status to Children Living with HIV in Malawi: A Formative Evaluation of a Disclosure Resource
title Psychosocial and Health System Factors in Disclosure of HIV Status to Children Living with HIV in Malawi: A Formative Evaluation of a Disclosure Resource
title_full Psychosocial and Health System Factors in Disclosure of HIV Status to Children Living with HIV in Malawi: A Formative Evaluation of a Disclosure Resource
title_fullStr Psychosocial and Health System Factors in Disclosure of HIV Status to Children Living with HIV in Malawi: A Formative Evaluation of a Disclosure Resource
title_full_unstemmed Psychosocial and Health System Factors in Disclosure of HIV Status to Children Living with HIV in Malawi: A Formative Evaluation of a Disclosure Resource
title_short Psychosocial and Health System Factors in Disclosure of HIV Status to Children Living with HIV in Malawi: A Formative Evaluation of a Disclosure Resource
title_sort psychosocial and health system factors in disclosure of hiv status to children living with hiv in malawi: a formative evaluation of a disclosure resource
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/65967