Marital disharmony in a couple's marriage and its psychological effects on their children during the HIV disclosure process in Kenya
- Published
- Accepted
- Subject Areas
- Epidemiology, Global Health, Health Policy, HIV, Public Health
- Keywords
- HIV, HIV disclosure, Parental HIV disclosure, Kenya, Sub-Saharan Africa, Psychological Effects of HIV Disclosure, HIV Disclosure Reactions, HIV testing, HIV Counseling, HIV Disclosure Process
- Copyright
- © 2015 Gachanja
- Licence
- This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ PrePrints) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
- Cite this article
- 2015. Marital disharmony in a couple's marriage and its psychological effects on their children during the HIV disclosure process in Kenya. PeerJ PrePrints 3:e1327v1 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1327v1
Abstract
The aim of this research brief is to summarize a case report study that described an HIV-positive married couple’s poor disclosure experience of their illnesses to all their children in the household. It is important to communicate this couple’s HIV disclosure experience to healthcare professionals so that they are aware of the problems that can occur if married or cohabiting couples do not collaborate with each other during the disclosure process. The data presented in the case report study and in this research brief should be used to provide targeted counseling to HIV-positive parents or cohabiting couples considering disclosure to their children.
Author Comment
This research brief summarizes a case report study titled "A Couple’s Marital Disharmony and its Psychological Effects on their Children during the HIV Disclosure Process in Kenya." The original full text open source article is located at http://hcs.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/hcs/article/view/166.