Disclosure
- Pediatric Disclosure: Talking to Children about HIV - This slide set discusses the issues involved in disclosing HIV status to children, describes the advantages and disadvantages of disclosure, and describes how to assist families getting ready to talk to their child about HIV. It includes sample case studies.- Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. 2006
- Counselling Guidelines on the Disclosure of HIV Status - This document provides guidelines on effective counseling, reviews possible consequences of disclosure and nondisclosure of HIV status, and discusses issues of disclosure to the media.- Southern Africa AIDS Training Programme. June 2000.
- To Disclose or Not to Disclose: The Dilemma Confronting Families Living with HIV/AIDS - Presented by the Coordinator of The Child Life Program Women & Family Services Department of GMHC. Topics include: Barriers to Disclosing HIV Status, Fear of Rejection, Impact on Children and the Family, Benefits of HIV Disclosure and Family Disclosure Planning. - 2003
- Telling an HIV-infected Child of His Diagnosis - Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative
- Dating and HIV - For many HIV+ women, the big issue is disclosure. How do you tell a partner (or potential partner) and when?- The Well Project
- HIV and Disclosure - The article talks about such issues as: Preparing for Disclosure, How Disclosure Affects You and Others, Who Needs to Know, Who Does Not Need to Know, Who You May Want to Tell,Disclosing to Children, Disclosure and Relationships. -The Well Project is an initiative conceived, developed, and administered by HIV+ women and those who are affected by this disease.
- Commentary on the AAP Disclosure of Illness Status to Children with HIV - Disclosure of HIV diagnosis to infected children and youth is a complex process that presents a challenge to both families and health care providers. Stigmitization of HIV infection and concerns regarding children?s ability to cope with knowledge of life-threatening often result in families working hard to keep diagnosis a secret. Families may fear taunting or being ostracized. In other case, parents or guardians fear their child will "give up" and their health will decline once the child learns of the HIV diagnosis. Further, because of the multigenerational nature of pediatric HIV, disclosure to children often leads to difficult questions about transmission, parents' sexuality and/or drug use history as well as questions about death--their own as well as their parent's.- American Psychological Association
- Kids with HIV Should Be Told - The policy stance, published in the current issue of Pediatrics, is timely since the number of children and teens with HIV/AIDS is increasing and those infected are living longer.- American Academy of Pediatrics
- "What's Best for You: Families Living with HIV Talk About Disclosure" - Telling a child that he or she is HIV positive involves many personal and practical issues. This video helps parents decide when and if to disclose a child's or parent's diagnosis and how some parents have successfully talked about HIV with their families. - 1994
- Disclosure of Illness Status to Children and Adolescents With HIV Infection - Studies suggest that children who know their HIV status have higher self-esteem than children who are unaware of their status. Parents who have disclosed the status to their children experience less depression than those who do not. This statement addresses our current knowledge and recommendations for disclosure of HIV infection status to children and adolescents.