Women's views on consent, counseling and confidentiality in PMTCT: a mixed-methods study in four African countries

Table 7 Measures of stigma and disclosure (HIV-positive PMTCT testers only)

	N	%
Disclosure
Important that nobody knows results
Very important	53	85.5
Somewhat important	4	6.5
Not important	5	8.1
Kept status secret
No	13	20.6
Yes	50	79.4
Told someone results
No	11	17.5
Yes	52	82.5
Told partner results*
No	32	62.7
Yes	19	37.3
Told family results*
No	19	37.3
Yes	32	62.7
Told friend results*
No	46	90.2
Yes	5	9.8
Stigma and discrimination
Self-Stigma:
feel worthless because HIV+
Undecided/disagree/strongly disagree	48	80
Strongly agree/agree	12	20
feel guilty because HIV +
Undecided/disagree/strongly disagree	47	81
Strongly agree/agree	11	19
Enacted stigma/discrimination:
personally been made to feel bad
No	44	74.6
Yes	15	25.4
health workers ignored or avoided caring for you
No	59	98.3
Yes	1	1.7
Reported community stigma:
heard of people who have been badly treated
No	31	51.7
Yes	29	48.3
Good things happened because status known
No	20	34.5
Yes	38	65.5

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