Table 3 Participants’ Experiences Being HIV-Positive
Family/friend support on the matter of HIV | |
Full support (family and friends) | 2 |
Family support | 1 |
Friend support | 2 |
Some support (some family and/or some friends) | 6 |
No support | 1 |
Experience/perception of country of origin context for HIV | |
Lack of medication | 5 |
Discrimination (including fear of discrimination) | 2 |
Stigma and prejudice (including lack of information) | 4 |
No experience in country of origin | 1 |
Received initial guidance on how to access necessary healthcare services in Spain | |
NGO guidance (including associations) | 6 |
Hospital staff (social worker) | 1 |
Friend guidance (friend, family member) | 5 |
Experience of applying for insurance card in Spain | |
Positive | 9 |
Negative | 3 |
Perceived reasons for negative experience while trying to access healthcare services or after receiving care | |
Hospital staff (not entitled to health insurance card) | 1 |
Not entitled by the law (3-month registration requirement not met) | 2 |
Not explained the system in advance (received a bill) | 1 |
N/A (participants who did not identify negative experience) | 8 |
Perceived experience while trying to access other health services/follow-ups | |
Positive | 9 |
Negative | 1 |
Unknown or not applicable | 2 |
Emotional experience of living with HIV | |
Distress | 4 |
Distress in the initial stages | 5 |
No negative thoughts expressed | 3 |
Experience of discrimination in country of origin | |
Fear of discrimination | 5 |
Experienced discrimination | 2 |
No experience of discrimination | 1 |
Other (unknown or not applicable) | 4 |
Experience of discrimination in Spain | |
Fear of discrimination | 2 |
Experienced discrimination | 2 |
No experience of discrimination | 3 |
Other (felt differential treatment, unknown, unclear) | 5 |
Knowledge/experience of 2012 RDL and RD | |
Aware and did not change anything | 1 |
Somewhat aware and did not change anything | 3 |
Not aware and was not in the country | 4 |
Not aware and was in the country | 1 |
Not aware and unclear if he/she was in the country | 3 |