HIV disclosure

Key take-home messages

• Experiences of and processes to disclosure are extremely diverse and can be impacted by ethnicity, race, gender, sexuality, age, nationality, culture and class.
• Disclosure can have a significant impact on adherence to medical regimens, virus transmission, access to support services and reductions in mental health symptoms.
• Several disclosure models have been developed relevant to particular identity groups or communities, but none that could be considered ‘universal’.
• Effective support systems, the presence of a confidant and increased level of HIV awareness ease the disclosure process.

• Determinants of Health
  • Stigma/discrimination
• Population(s)
  • General HIV+ population