Perceived Benefits and Drawbacks of Disclosure Practices: An Analysis of PLWHAs' Strategies for Disclosing HIV Status.

摘要: People living with HIV/AIDS must make decisions about how, where, when, what, and to whom disclose their HIV status. This study explores perceptions of benefits drawbacks various disclosure strategies. The authors interviewed 53 people from a large AIDS service organization in northeastern U.S. state used combination deductive inductive coding analyze strategies advantages disadvantages Deductive codes consisted eight subsumed under three broad categories: mode (face-to-face, non–face-to-face, third-party disclosure), context (setting, bringing companion, planning time), content (practicing incremental disclosure). Inductive identified for enacting each specific strategy. discussion focuses on theoretical explanations the reasons against strategy enactment utility these findings practical...