Children's Positive and Negative Emotional Responses to an HIV Disclosure Study in South Africa.

ABSTRACT: The benefits of HIV status disclosure to children is widely cited. However, few studies have reported how children respond to the process in a longitudinal fashion. This paper describes children's responses, as documented by healthcare providers (HCPs), during a longitudinal disclosure study conducted at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital in Soweto, South Africa. Two HCPs facilitating disclosure recorded observations of 30 participating children (60% female), aged 7-13 years. Participants attended an average of six disclosure counseling sessions over 78 weeks. Observations documented by HCPs included the child's behavior and expressed emotions during the disclosure counseling sessions. The data was analyzed using content analysis. Mixed responses were observed in children who receive

SUBMITTER: Ramsammy CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9192950 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature