Publication Date
January 2017

Original Abstract
This study explores how family, secrecy and silence contribute to the adoption of stigma management strategies among youth with perinatally acquired HIV (PAHIV).

A qualitative method was used. Eighteen youths with PAHIV aged 13-22 years old took part in a semi-structured interview. An exploratory content analysis was performed. Analyses of interviews allowed identification of two HIV stigma management trajectories, both sensitive to the family context: [1] a consolidation of family ties, which contributes to solidarity in stigma management; and [2] a weakening or dissolution of family ties, which contributes to solitary stigma management strategy. Family conditions that support the children in their efforts to develop active stigma management strategies are described.

Children likely to experience weakening or dissolution family ties must build strong bonds in the clinical environment and maintain these into adulthood so as to afford them the support they need.

Reference 
Proulx-Boucher, K., Fernet, M., Blais, M., Lapointe, N., Samson, J., J. Lévy, J., Otis, J., Morin, G., Thériault, J. and Trottier, G. (2017). Trajectoires de gestion de la stigmatisation chez les jeunes atteints du VIH périnatal et de leurs familles : une perspective qualitative. AIDS and Behavior. DOI: 10.1007/s10461-016-1667-4.

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