- 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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