OBJECTIVE: To examine HIV disclosure among people living with HIV in London. METHODS: Between June 2004 and June 2005, 1687 people living with HIV (73% response) receiving medical care in National Health Service (NHS) clinics in northeast London completed a confidential, self-administered questionnaire. Respondents were asked whether they had told anyone else that they had HIV, and if so, whom. RESULTS: The analysis included 1407 people: 667 black African heterosexual respondents (453 women, 214 men) and 740 gay men (633 white, 107 ethnic minority). The majority of respondents (88.0%) had told at least 1 other person about their HIV infection, but this varied between groups: white gay men, 95.0%; ethnic minority gay men, 93.5%; black African heterosexual women, 84.8%; black African heterosexual men, 76.6% (P < 0.001). Black African heterosexual men (65.3%) and women (60.4%) were less likely to have told their current partner about their HIV infection than white (86.2%) or ethnic minority gay men (85.2%): black African men, adjusted odds ratio (AOR) 0.25, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.14, 0.44, P < 0.001; black African women, AOR 0.24, 95% CI 0.15, 0.39, P < 0.001 (reference group, white gay men). Only 1 in 5 respondents (21.6%) had disclosed their HIV status to their employer (white gay men, 30.5%; ethnic minority gay men, 15.8%; black African heterosexual women, 10.5%; black African heterosexual men, 8.8%; P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: In this London study there were striking differences, by ethnicity, in the extent to which people with HIV disclosed their infection. This has important implications in light of the 2005 Disability Discrimination Act and recent prosecutions in the UK for the reckless transmission of HIV.
OBJECTIVE: To examine HIV disclosure among people living with HIV in London. METHODS: Between June 2004 and June 2005, 1687 people living with HIV (73% response) receiving medical care in National Health Service (NHS) clinics in northeast London completed a confidential, self-administered questionnaire. Respondents were asked whether they had told anyone else that they had HIV, and if so, whom. RESULTS: The analysis included 1407 people: 667 black African heterosexual respondents (453 women, 214 men) and 740 gay men (633 white, 107 ethnic minority). The majority of respondents (88.0%) had told at least 1 other person about their HIV infection, but this varied between groups: white gay men, 95.0%; ethnic minority gay men, 93.5%; black African heterosexual women, 84.8%; black African heterosexual men, 76.6% (P < 0.001). Black African heterosexual men (65.3%) and women (60.4%) were less likely to have told their current partner about their HIV infection than white (86.2%) or ethnic minority gay men (85.2%): black African men, adjusted odds ratio (AOR) 0.25, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.14, 0.44, P < 0.001; black African women, AOR 0.24, 95% CI 0.15, 0.39, P < 0.001 (reference group, white gay men). Only 1 in 5 respondents (21.6%) had disclosed their HIV status to their employer (white gay men, 30.5%; ethnic minority gay men, 15.8%; black African heterosexual women, 10.5%; black African heterosexual men, 8.8%; P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: In this London study there were striking differences, by ethnicity, in the extent to which people with HIV disclosed their infection. This has important implications in light of the 2005 Disability Discrimination Act and recent prosecutions in the UK for the reckless transmission of HIV.
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