Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Email: yaklilu12 gmail. Once an infection has been established, determinants influence people living with HIV to disclose or not their HIV-positive status to sexual partners. The I 2 statistic was used to assess variation across studies.
Meta-analysis of weighted inverse variance random-effects model was used to estimate the pooled proportion. We conducted subgroup and sensitivity analyses to investigate the cause of heterogeneity and the impact of outliers on the overall estimation, respectively.
A trend analysis was also performed to show the presence of time variation. HIV-positive status disclosure was influenced by psychosocial factors. A multidimensional approach is required to increase seropositive disclosure in Ethiopia.
By , nearly Of these people, Universal HIV testing, safe sexual intercourse, having sex with only one partner, and the initiation of antiretroviral therapy ART all contribute to the prevention and control HIV epidemic transmission. Individual perception and psychosocial processes may be influenced by psychological intervention and all of its components. The disclosure status of people living with HIV can be influenced by psychological process, modified behaviors and lifestyles. Furthermore, having witnessed someone publicly disclosing their HIV-positive status and receiving financial and nutritional assistance reduces the fear of stigma and discrimination, thereby improving HIV disclosure.
Disclosure is thought to be an ongoing social and psychological process of sharing critical health and personal information with others. Although several individual studies reported the proportion of HIV status disclosure to sexual partners in Ethiopia, there are no data as to the country level. Therefore, the purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to estimate the proportion of people living with HIV who disclosed their HIV-positive status to sexual partners and to identify associated factors in Ethiopia.
