| Categories | Themes | Subtheme |
|---|---|---|
| fear of revealing the disease | Fear of other people's awareness of a person's illness | Fear of neighbors awareness of a person's illness Fear of provider awareness of a person's illness Fear of Family members and relatives of a person's illness |
| Fear of being seen | Fear of being seen by neighbors Fear of being seen by physician Fear of being seen by Family members and relatives |
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| Fear of confronting providers | Fear of inappropriate behavior | Fear of inappropriate verbal contact Fear of inappropriate physical contact |
| Fear of being denied by health care personnel | Fear of non-acceptance Fear of not providing outpatient services Fear of rejection |
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| Fear of being judged by health care personnel | Fear of being judged as a convict Fear of being judged guilty |
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| seeking support | Expectations from health care workers at peripheral levels | Expecting proper treatment of health care workers Expect to receive high quality of care Expect to receive the service in a reasonable time Expecting observance of the safety principles by health care workers Expecting spiritual support Expect health care providers to be good confidant. |
| Patients support provided by high level authorities of Ministry of Health | Equipping behavioral disease counseling centers Attempts by authorities to change the public's view about HIV positive patients Observance of HIV positive patients’ rights Introducing specific centers for HIV positive patients |
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| Not visiting health care providers/Not going to health centers | Self-Medication | Purchasing medicines without prescription Self-injection of medicines |
| Going to traditional healers | For tooth extraction Going to bonesetters Buying medication from traditional healers |