@article{ref1,
title="Social support and violence-prone relationships as predictors of disclosure of HIV status among newly diagnosed HIV-positive South Africans",
journal="AIDS and behavior",
year="2018",
author="Fifield, Jocelyn and O'Sullivan, Lucia and Kelvin, Elizabeth A. and Mantell, Joanne E. and Exner, Theresa and Ramjee, Gita and Blanchard, Kelly and Hoffman, Susie",
volume="22",
number="10",
pages="3287-3295",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1090-7165",
doi="10.1007/s10461-018-2136-z",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-018-2136-z"
}