Positive, Open, Proud: an Adapted Disclosure-based Intervention to Reduce HIV Stigma
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2024
Keywords
HIV, Disclosure, Women, Social Stigma, Psychosocial Intervention, Mental Disorders
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2024.1469465
Abstract
HIV stigma among people living with HIV (PLWH) is well documented and linked to adverse physical and mental health outcomes among this population. Further, stigma may affect HIV disclosure decisions, which has important individual and public health implications. For women, HIV stigma and disclosure may be compounded by gender-based discrimination and violence. Despite the ill effects of HIV stigma, particularly for women, few evidence-based disclosure interventions to reduce stigma among PLWH exist. However, there is strong evidence for the efficacy of Honest, Open, Proud (HOP), a disclosure-based stigma-reduction intervention for people with mental illness. Given that mental illness and HIV are similar in that they are both stigmatized yet concealable conditions, we propose using the ADAPT-ITT model to adapt HOP into Positive, Open, Proud, a disclosure-based stigma-reduction intervention for PLWH, describing its unique potential for women living with HIV.
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Frontiers in Global Women's Health, v. 5, art. 1469465
Scholar Commons Citation
Chenneville, Tiffany; Kosyluk, Kristin; Gabbidon, Kemesha; Franke, Molly; Serpas, Dylan; and Galea, Jerome, "Positive, Open, Proud: an Adapted Disclosure-based Intervention to Reduce HIV Stigma" (2024). Social Work Faculty Publications. 277.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/sok_facpub/277
