Emotions and HIV Nondisclosure

What is this project about?

The purpose of the study is to examine how people living with HIV/AIDS and people who are HIV negative feel about HIV nondisclosure in order to better understand the criminalization of HIV nondisclosure in Canada.

I am specifically interested in exploring:

  • Feelings about being diagnosed and living with HIV

  • How it feels to experience HIV nondisclosure from a sexual partner

  • Feelings about nondisclosure and disclosure generally

  • How people respond to experiencing HIV nondisclosure including decisions to go or not to go to the police

  • How people living with HIV feel about the criminalization of HIV nondisclosure