Other respondents mentioned being worried
about health professionals, especially those from
their community, disclosing their HBV status to
other community members. A screened man said:
“They are just nervous about you know, ‘Maybe
oh, they’re going to tell about my situation.’” Cautious
of possible disclosure, an unscreened woman
said some Africans “would actually prefer someone
from the outside because they see that if I get
someone from the outside and not everyone in the
community would know my business, so there is
an issue of privacy.” Another unscreened woman
said that her peers “will go to a clinic far away, so
they are not seen