“What will my child think of me if he hears I gave him HIV?”: a sequential, explanatory, mixed-methods approach on the predictors and experience of caregivers on disclosure of HIV status to infected children in Gombe, Northeast Nigeria

Table 1 Characteristics of the 17 caregivers interviewed in the qualitative component of the study

Caregiver code no	Type of caregiver	Caregiver HIV status	Child’s age category*	Orphan?	Disclosure done?
01	Uncle	Negative	Mid adolescence	Yes	Yes
02	Mother	Positive	Mid adolescence	No	Yes
03	Mother	Positive	Early adolescence	No	No
04	Adopted mother	Negative	Early adolescence	Yes	No
05	Mother	Positive	Early adolescence	Yes	Yes
06	Mother	Positive	Early adolescence	No	No
07	Mother	Positive	School age	No	No
08	Aunt	Negative	Early adolescence	Yes	Yes
09	Mother	Positive	School age	No	No
10	Aunt	Negative	Early adolescence	Yes	Yes
11	Mother	Positive	School age	No	No
12	Father	Positive	Mid adolescence	No	Yes
13	Father	Positive	Late adolescence	No	Yes
14	Mother	Positive	School age	No	No
15	Father	Positive	Mid adolescence	No	Yes
16	Father	Positive	Early adolescence	No	No
17	Father	Positive	Early adolescence	No	No

Note: Caregivers’ gender, parent vs non parent caregiver, HIV positive/ negative status, varying levels of education and religious backgrounds were other characteristics that were considered in purposively selecting caregivers for the in-depth interviews in addition to the main characteristics of whether or not caregivers have made disclosure to their children. *School age (6–9 years), Early adolescence (10–13 years), Mid adolescence (14–16 years) and Late adolescence (17–18 years) [17].

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