@article{4e98b8da34ae4094bf9dc71076746e13,
title = "Sankofa pediatric HIV disclosure intervention did not worsen depression scores in children living with HIV and their caregivers in Ghana",
abstract = "Background: The {\textquoteleft}Sankofa{\textquoteright} pediatric HIV disclosure study (2013–2017) was an intervention that aimed to address the low prevalence of disclosure of HIV status in Ghana. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study at the intervention site in Kumasi, Ghana, in 2019, (2 years after study closure) and administered the 21-item Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the 10-item Child Depression Inventory (CDI) to caregiver-child dyads who received the intervention. Results: We enrolled 65% (N = 157) of the original dyads in the present study. Between Sankofa enrollment baseline and the present study, both children and caregivers had significant (p < 0.0001) mean reductions in CDI scores and BDI scores, respectively. CDI scores of the children were significantly correlated with BDI scores of the caregivers (r = 0.019, p = 0.019). No statistically significant associations between disclosure status and either CDI score or BDI score were found. Conclusions: Our findings did not support caregivers{\textquoteright} fears that disclosure leads to depression. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01701635 (date of registration Oct 5, 2012).",
keywords = "Depression, Disclosure intervention, Ghana, Pediatric HIV",
author = "{on Behalf of the Sankofa Team} and Christopher Radcliffe and Aba Sam and Quinn Matos and Sampson Antwi and Kofi Amissah and Amina Alhassan and Ofori, {Irene Pokuaa} and Yunshan Xu and Yanhong Deng and Reynolds, {Nancy R.} and Elijah Paintsil",
note = "Funding Information: This study was funded by a grant from National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD074253). The content of the paper does not necessarily represent the official view of NIH. CR was supported by the Yale University Downs International Health Student Travel Fellowship and the Yale University Lindsay Fellowship for Research in Africa. No funding source was involved in study design, data collection, data analysis, or manuscript drafting. The contents of this paper are solely the responsibility of the authors. Acknowledgements Funding Information: We thank the Sankofa Project caregiver and child dyads for their participations. We are grateful to the staff at Pediatric AIDS Clinics at Korle-Bu and Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospitals and the Ghana?Yale Partnership for Global Health for their support. We also wish to acknowledge all members of the Sankofa Study Team. The content of the paper is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official view of NIH. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01701635. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020, The Author(s).",
year = "2020",
month = dec,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1186/s12889-020-09678-2",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "20",
journal = "BMC public health",
issn = "1471-2458",
publisher = "BioMed Central",
number = "1",
}