Sankofa pediatric HIV disclosure intervention did not worsen depression scores in children living with HIV and their caregivers in Ghana

The 'Sankofa' pediatric HIV disclosure study (2013-2017) was an intervention that aimed to address the low prevalence of disclosure of HIV status in Ghana. We conducted a cross-sectional study at the intervention site in Kumasi, Ghana, in 2019, (2 years after study closure) and administere...

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Published in:BMC public health 2020-10, Vol.20 (1), p.1578-1578, Article 1578
Main Authors: Radcliffe, Christopher, Sam, Aba, Matos, Quinn, Antwi, Sampson, Amissah, Kofi, Alhassan, Amina, Ofori, Irene Pokuaa, Xu, Yunshan, Deng, Yanhong, Reynolds, Nancy R, Paintsil, Elijah
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Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Caregivers
Caregivers - psychology
Child
Childhood depression
Children
Children & youth
Clinical Trials as Topic
Correlation analysis
Cross-Sectional Studies
Depression
Depression - psychology
Disclosure
Disclosure intervention
Disclosure of information
Enrollments
Female
Ghana
Ghana - epidemiology
Health aspects
HIV
HIV Infections - psychology
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Minors - psychology
Pediatric HIV
Pediatric HIV infections
Pediatric research
Pediatrics
Psychological aspects
Questionnaires
Risk factors
Social aspects
Statistical analysis
System theory
Teaching hospitals
Teenagers
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Summary:The 'Sankofa' pediatric HIV disclosure study (2013-2017) was an intervention that aimed to address the low prevalence of disclosure of HIV status in Ghana. We conducted a cross-sectional study at the intervention site in Kumasi, Ghana, in 2019, (2 years after study closure) and administered the 21-item Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the 10-item Child Depression Inventory (CDI) to caregiver-child dyads who received the intervention. We enrolled 65% (N = 157) of the original dyads in the present study. Between Sankofa enrollment baseline and the present study, both children and caregivers had significant (p 
ISSN:1471-2458
1471-2458
DOI:10.1186/s12889-020-09678-2