Disclosing hepatitis C infection within everyday contexts implications for accessing support and healthcare

Title: Disclosing hepatitis C infection within everyday contexts implications for accessing support and healthcare
Creator: Hopwood, Max; Nakamura, Tamo; Treloar, Carla
Relation: Journal of Health Psychology Vol. 15, Issue 6, p. 811-818
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105310370499
Publisher: Sage Publications
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2010
Description: In this paper the authors quantify hepatitis C disclosure outcomes across social contexts and identify the factors associated with widespread disclosure of infection. In a cross-sectional survey of people with hepatitis C (N = 504) more than half reported receiving a bad reaction from someone following disclosure. Unauthorized disclosure occurred, and many participants had been pressured into disclosing their infection. The factors associated with widespread disclosure were: education level; knowing other people with hepatitis C; feeling fatigued; receiving disclosure advice; and experiencing unauthorized disclosure. Bad reactions following disclosure are common and may impede health-seeking behaviour including uptake of hepatitis C treatment.
Subject: disclosure; discrimination; healthcare; hepatitis C
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/928970
Identifier: uon:10503
Identifier: ISSN:1359-1053
Language: eng
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