Psychosocial Effects of HIV Status Disclosure to Family and Partner

Running head: LITERATURE REVIEW
Literature Review
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Project topic-Synopsis
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Working project title:
Integrating Literature Review
To explore the psychosocial effects of HIV status disclosure to family and partner
Project aims and objectives of the research topic/question:
Aim: The aim of the assignment is to analyze the Psychosocial effects of HIV status disclosure
of an adult to family and partner
Objectives?
To analyze the psychosocial impact elicited upon the family on discovering the news
To analyze the psychosocial impact on the partner upon the disclosure of news
Topic choice rationale?
HIV/AIDS has emerged out to be a global pandemic that not only disrupts the physical health
well-being but also affects the social security and the mental and emotional health (Adams et al.
2016). The disease condition not only affects the standard of life of the patient alone but also
affects the family and the dear ones living in close association with the patient. The rationale for
the study broadly focuses on assessing the psychosocial impact of HIV/AIDS on the immediate

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family members and the close ones. It should be noted here that a number of research studies
have focused on the health promotion campaigns to spread awareness about the disease and
reduce the severity of the symptoms internationally (Roy et al. 2015); (Gobind and Ukpere 2014).
However, the psychosocial impact associated with the dearth of the disease on the immediate
family members has not been studied in detail in context to UK. The thorough analysis of the
findings would help in developing strategies to equip the family members to cope with the drastic
effect of the disease.
Detailed Search strategy:
Search of year 2013 to date 2018 October
In order to conduct a Integrating Literature Review, a thorough research was conducted across
the popular scientific databases. The relevant papers were retrieved based on stringent inclusion
and exclusion criteria. The papers were then analysed on the basis of thematic analysis.
List of where data was sourced?
 CINAHL Plus
 Sage Journal
 Science Direct