"Telling my husband I have HIV is too heavy to come out of my mouth": Pregnant women's disclosure experiences and support needs following antenatal HIV testing in eastern Uganda

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Rujumba, Joseph ^a,b   Neema, Stella ^a   Byamugisha, Robert ^b,c   Tylleskär, Thorkild ^b   Tumwine, James K ^a   Heggenhougen, Harald K ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Mbale Regional Referral Hospital   (Uganda)

Author keywords

HIV disclosure to partner; HIV testing by proxy; Intersectionality; Pregnant women; Support needs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUALITY; UGANDA; VIOLENCE; ADOLESCENT; HUMAN RELATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPOUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANT WOMEN; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867477223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.15.2.17429     Document Type: Article

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