Definitions

Share – we are going to use this term rather than ‘disclose’

Sharing can involve letting someone know who have an illness but not that is HIV or can involve letting someone know you have an illness and that it isHIV. Partial or full disclosure

Sharing can involve you telling someone yourself, or another person telling someone with or without your permission.

Also secondary disclosure?

Sharing is a process

  • May take place over time – e.g. I have an illness → I have HIV
  • There may be further conversations after
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