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ABSTRACT
Introduction: People living with HIV are fully aware of their risk behavior and
future threats that might arise. The rapid progress of HIV serves the
population with many options of healthcare services and treatments.
Insufficient knowledge and information will only lower the outcomes of HIV
eradication efforts. The ultimate goals to eradicate HIV are to upscale status
notification and treat all with appropriate antiretroviral and viral suppression,
but it needs sufficient information to administer. Programs and interventions
have already been proposed, but an inquiry is needed to ensure all the
information is actually there. The study aimed to explore the experience of
people living with HIV acquiring HIV-related information.
Methods: This study used phenomenological qualitative study and in-depth
interviews were conducted to 12 people living with HIV. Semi-structured
questions were delivered to all participants which explored their tangible
experience in terms of nurturing sufficient HIV-related information.
Results: The study found four consequential themes: non-government
organizations play a major role in HIV education, peers are a comfortable
platform to discuss, it is all over the media and healthcare personnel are a
source of knowledge.
Conclusion: The distribution of HIV information and knowledge is now
widespread. This situation marks part of the success in fighting HIV.
Remarkable attempts can be maintained by optimizing the viable option of
information delivery