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Questions: What thoughts have you had since your test about talking to someone else about the results? Who were the people you thought about telling your results soon after the test? Who were the people you did not want to hear about your HIV test results? How and why were you thinking about telling them (or not)? What is your relationship to them? With whom did you discuss your test results? Why did you decide to tell them about the test results? How did they react when you told them? How did you decide not to tell anyone about your test results? Did you tell your sexual partner? How is that? III. Changes in Their Life Now that They Have Learned They are HIV Positive A. Family situation B. Friends and acquaintances C. Work relationships D. Health E. Sexual activity Conversation Guide for People Living With HIV/AIDS I. Demographic Information This section provides basic demographic data about the individual and should be an informal get-to-know-you introduction. Remember, the tone and context of the interview process matters as much as the “facts” that are discovered. Please tell me a few things about yourself and your life Age Marital status Family Living situation Education Work experience, past and present II. Getting Tested for HIV Circumstances of first HIV test Subsequent HIV tests Counseling received Referrals given III. Health Status Health situation before getting tested the first time Health status now Effect of health status on working and social life Taking ARVs 86
Obtaining drugs; effect on health status IV. Showing HIV Serostatus to Others Here we want the respondent to talk about the showing of his or her HIV status to anyone at all, as it has occurred or changed over time. This temporal dimension is critical. It is important to ask directly about revelation to a sexual partner(s). Time period right after being tested First few months After one year Current situation Drawbacks to disclosing serostatus to sexual partner, to family, to others Benefits of disclosing serostatus to sexual partner, to family, to others. V. Respondent’s Participation in Activities of the PLWHA Association Becoming a member Common activities Actions of association in the community 87
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SOCIAL CONTEXT OF DISCLOSING HIV TE
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Cover photo: Iringa bus station (Jo
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5.4 Benefits of VCT ...............
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Many institutions
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Study Objectives EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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HIV Counselling The respondents wer
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discrimination than are women. In a
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1.2 Statement of the Problem It is
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1.5 Significance of the Study The s
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Major Lakes HIV prevalance (THIS 20
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Stigma tends to affect men and wome
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The other challenge that VCT facili
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to their sexual partner or did not
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Disclosure to significant others ca
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and that encouraging disclosure onl
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4. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS OF DATA
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testing to side-step the stigma ass
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(b) Alamano Health Centre Alamano H
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Twenty-five of the respondents (44
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4.6.1 Conversation Guide for Respon
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showing such information in confide
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5.2 Conditions under Which People S
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Researcher: Where did you take your
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Page 95 and 96: REFERENCES AMREF. 2008. Angaza HIV
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