Workplace Disclosure Decision Guide

Bibliography

Risks

You or a family member being stigmatized

  1. Audet, C.M., McGowan, C.C., Wallston, K.A., Kipp, A.M. (2013). Relationship between HIV stigma and self-isolation among people Llving with HIV in Tennessee. PLoS ONE 8(8), e69564. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0069564 
  2. Beaulieu, M., Otis, J., Blais, M., Godin, G., Cox, J.J, Côté, J., …  & Zunzunegui, M.V. (2012). A model of quality of life of women living with HIV. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, 11(3), 210-232. DOI: 10.1080/15381501.2012.703559 
  3. Brown, J.L., Vanable, P.A., Naughton, J.D., & Carey, M.P. (2015). Identifying HIV-infected women’s psychosocial stressors: Findings from a qualitative study, Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, 14(2), 188-205, DOI:10.1080/15381501.2013.806235

Being fired

  1. Audet, C.M., McGowan, C.C., Wallston, K.A., Kipp, A.M. (2013). Relationship between HIV stigma and self-isolation among people Llving with HIV in Tennessee. PLoS ONE 8(8), e69564. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0069564 
  2. Brown, J.L., Vanable, P.A., Naughton, J.D., & Carey, M.P. (2015). Identifying HIV-infected women’s psychosocial stressors: Findings from a qualitative study, Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, 14(2), 188-205, DOI:10.1080/15381501.2013.806235
  3. Degroote, S., Vogelaers, D., Koeck, R., Borms, R., De Meulemeester, L., & Vandijck, D. (2014). HIV disclosure in the workplace. Acta Clinica Belgica, 69(3), 191–193. https://doi.org/10.1179/2295333714Y.0000000013

You or a family member being subject to violence

  1. Wielding, S., & Scott, A. (2017). What women want: social characteristics, gender-based violence and social support preferences in a cohort of women living with HIV. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 28(5), 486–490. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956462416654046
  2. Adeoye-Agboola, D., Evans, H., Hewson, D., & Pappas, Y. (2016). Factors influencing HIV disclosure among people living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria: a systematic review using narrative synthesis and meta-analysis. Public Health, 136, 13–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2016.02.021

Leaving others who may be more vulnerable to stigma to fend for themselves: nothing changes

  1. DeVries, D.H., Koppen, L., Lopez, A.M., & Foppen, R. (2016). The vicious cycle of stigma and disclosure in “self-management”: A study among the Dutch HIV population. AIDS Education and Prevention, 28(6), 485-498
  2. Wagener, M., Opstal, S., Miedema, H., Brandjes, D., Dahmen, R., Gorp, E., & Roelofs, P. (2014). Employment-Related Concerns of HIV-Positive People in the Netherlands: Input for a Multidisciplinary Guideline. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 24(4), 790–797. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-014-9510-0

Risking being well liked and well respected, open to public scrutiny

  1. Poindexter, C., Henrickson, M., Fouché, C., Brown, D., & Scott, K. (2013). “They don’t even greet you”: HIV stigma and diagnosis disclosure experienced by HIV-positive African immigrants and refugees in New Zealand. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, 12(1), 99–120. https://doi.org/10.1080/15381501.2013.765715
  2. Pride, L. (2013). To tell or not to tell: Negotiating disclosure for people living with HIV on antiretroviral treatment in a South African setting. SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS, 10(S1), 17–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/02664763.2012.755320

Benefits

Receiving much needed disability benefits

  1. Poindexter, C., & Shippy, R. (2010). HIV diagnosis disclosure: Stigma management and stigma resistance. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 53(4), 366–381. https://doi.org/10.1080/01634371003715841

Increasing awareness about HIV in the workplace

  1. Degroote, S., Vogelaers, D., Koeck, R., Borms, R., De Meulemeester, L., & Vandijck, D. (2014). HIV disclosure in the workplace. Acta Clinica Belgica, 69(3), 191–193. https://doi.org/10.1179/2295333714Y.0000000013

Supporting others who have disclosed through your collectivity

  1. Poindexter, C., & Shippy, R. (2010). HIV diagnosis disclosure: Stigma management and stigma resistance. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 53(4), 366–381. https://doi.org/10.1080/01634371003715841

Promoting education and better supports for the future

  1. DeVries, D.H., Koppen, L., Lopez, A.M., & Foppen, R. (2016). The vicious cycle of stigma and disclosure in “self-management”: A study among the Dutch HIV population. AIDS Education and Prevention, 28(6), 485-498
  2. Poindexter, C., Henrickson, M., Fouché, C., Brown, D., & Scott, K. (2013). “They don’t even greet you”: HIV stigma and diagnosis disclosure experienced by HIV-positive African immigrants and refugees in New Zealand. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, 12(1), 99–120. https://doi.org/10.1080/15381501.2013.765715
  3. Poindexter, C., & Shippy, R. (2010). HIV diagnosis disclosure: Stigma management and stigma resistance. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 53(4), 366–381. https://doi.org/10.1080/01634371003715841
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