Self-Disclosure of HPV Infection to Sexual Partners

Disclosure decisions of persons with genital HPV infection were examined. The research questions focused on relationships among knowledge of transmission, beliefs about the obligation to disclose knowledge of HPV infection to sexual partners, factors that influence the disclosure decision, and evalu...

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Veröffentlicht in:Western journal of nursing research 2000-04, Vol.22 (3), p.285-302
Hauptverfasser: Keller, Mary L., von Sadovszky, Victoria, Pankratz, Barbara, Hermsen, Joan, Sowell, Richard L., Demi, Alice S.
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Zusammenfassung:Disclosure decisions of persons with genital HPV infection were examined. The research questions focused on relationships among knowledge of transmission, beliefs about the obligation to disclose knowledge of HPV infection to sexual partners, factors that influence the disclosure decision, and evaluations of the decision. Participants were 92 persons diagnosed with HPV 6 months prior to data collection. Sixty-three women and 29 men whose average age was 23.1 years constituted the sample. A subset of 48 persons provided detailed information about their reasons for disclosing or not disclosing knowledge of HPV and subsequent evaluation of their behavior. Knowledge of HPV transmission was adequate; however, there was no relationship between transmission knowledge and disclosure beliefs. Participants tended to disclose the presence of HPV to partners at point of diagnosis, but not to new partners 6 months later. Both disclosers and nondisclosers felt positively about their decision. Possible changes in clinical interventions for persons with HPV infection are discussed.
ISSN:0193-9459
1552-8456
DOI:10.1177/01939450022044421