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Table 4 Major emergent themes and sub-themes from the qualitative data

From: “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

Themes

Sub-Themes

Barriers

Stigma and discrimination

Blame, guilt and responsibility

Fear of the unknown

The ‘right time’

Multi-layer disclosure of secrets

Cultural sensitivity

Process

Ongoing and gradual

Other peoples’ or shared responsibilities

Impact

Mutually empowering

Intimacy and peer support