Location of the study

% Disclosure of HIV diagnosis among children

Study Sample & size

Study design

Authors

A bidjan , Côte d'Iv oir e.

63%

229 adolescents

Cross section

Meless, et al. 2013[48]

West Africa

33.50%

650 adolescents

Cohort

Arrivé, et al. 2012[11]

Ghana, West Africa

21%

71 caregiver-child dyads

Cross section

Kallem, et al. 2011[23]

Rwanda, E &C Africa

65%

1,034 children 7-15 on HAART and in the pre-HAART phase

Cross section

Binagwaho, et al. 2012[26]

Adis Ababa, Ethiopia

16.30%

172 parents/caregivers of HIV-infected school-age children

Cross section

Abebe W, Teferra S, 2012[2]

Nigeria

13.50%

83 Caregivers of 96 children

Cross section

Brown, et al. 2011[22]

India

41.4% [75.3% inaccurate information]

145 children

Cross section

Bhattacharya, et al.2011[34]

India

14%

50 children

Cross section

Singh, et al. 2009[21]

Thailand

19.80%

Primary caregivers of 96 HIV-infected children aged 5 years  and older

Cross section

Boon-Yasidhi, et al. 2005[19]

United States

43%

 85 HIV-infected, school-age patients

Retrospective chart review

Mialky, et al. 2001[18]

New York city, USA

70%

196 PLHIV+ youth and their caregivers

Cross section

Santamaria, et al. 2011[25]

New York, USA

41% full disclosure
19% partial disclosure

73 perinatally HIV infected 6 years and older

Prospective cohort receiving care at hospital

Lee &  Johann-Liang, 1999[35]

Newark, 1999

57.1%

42 children older than 9 years

Descriptive cohort

Grubman, et al. 1995[16]

Table1: Reported disclosure of HIV diagnosis among HIV infected children/ adolescents

Figure 1: Review of articles searched from electronic data bases and showing the final yield of articles that were analyzed .

Figure 2: Schematic representation of process of perinatal HIV disclosure. Parents' preparedness is of prime importance for a successful disclosure. At both stages when parents are being prepared and when actual disclosure is taking place, information material on HIV should be used and parent-child bond should be reinforced.