Health Care Workers, Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Erin Graves
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Hiv Aids

Professional attitude of health care workers toward serving HIV/AIDS patients and drug users: questionnaire design and evaluation of reliability and validity

AIDS Care ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 1448-1455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lai-Chu See ◽  
Yu-Ming Shen ◽  
Chia-Ling Chen ◽  
Tsuei-Mi Huang ◽  
Yi-Hua Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Questionnaire Design ◽  
Aids Patients ◽  
Professional Attitude ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Hiv Aids

scholarly journals A Study on Perception of Health Care Workers In Relation To HIV/AIDS in Jamnagar District

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Kapil Gandha ◽  
Kishor Dhaduk ◽  
Dipesh Parmar ◽  
Kaushik Lodhiya ◽  
Pradeep Pithadia
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Perception Of Health ◽  
Hiv Aids

Emerging workplace issues for Chinese health care workers in the new millennium: HIV/AIDS

Work ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek R. Smith ◽  
Wei Ning
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Workplace Issues ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Hiv Aids ◽  
New Millennium

HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination among health care workers at Tanta University Hospitals, Egypt

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (31) ◽  
pp. 30755-30762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Ali Kabbash ◽  
Ehab A. Abo Ali ◽  
Mostafa Mahmoud Elgendy ◽  
Mostafa Mohamed Abdrabo ◽  
Helal Mohamed Salem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
University Hospitals ◽  
Stigma And Discrimination ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Related Stigma ◽  
Hiv Aids

Health care workers and HIV/AIDS: A critical review of the literature

1995 ◽  
Vol 41 (11) ◽  
pp. 1535-1567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet M. Horsman ◽  
Paschal Sheeran
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Hiv Aids

Oral health-care workers and HIV infection control practices in Nigeria

2005 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
E O Ogunbodede ◽  
M O Folayan ◽  
M A Adedigba
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Infection Control ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Oral Health Care ◽  
Oral Manifestations ◽  
First Case ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Hiv Aids

The first case of HIV infection was reported in Nigeria in1986. Since then, the prevalence has risen from less than 0.1% in 1987 to 5.8% in 2002, and an estimated 3.6 million Nigerians now live with HIV/AIDS. More than 40 oral manifestations of HIV infection have been recorded and between 70% and 90% of persons with HIV infection will have at least one oral manifestation at sometime during the course of their disease. Oral health-care workers (OHCWS) are expected to play active roles in the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS. In this study, a one-day workshop was organized for 64 oral health workers in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, focusing on the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS, the oral manifestations, control and prevention of HIV in a dental environment, oral care of the infected patient and the ethical, legal and social aspects of HIV/AIDS. Participants' knowledge and practices of infection control were assessed with an infection control checklist administered pre- and post-workshop. Sixty (90.8%) respondents believed that HIV/AIDS was not yet a problem in Nigeria, and 58 (90.6%) believed that drugs have been developed which can cure HIV infection and AIDS. The men complied more with waste disposal regulations than women ( P=0.010). Twenty-nine of 58 (50.0%) did not discard gloves which were torn, cut or punctured. Seven (12.1%) did not change gloves between patients' treatment. Conscious efforts should be made to train OHCWS on all aspects of HIV/AIDS prevention and care. It must never be assumed that adequate information will be acquired through tangential sources.

HIV/AIDS and health care workers: Contact with patients and attitudes towards them

1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Knussen ◽  
Catherine A. Niven
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Hiv Aids

scholarly journals HIV/AIDS occupational exposure and integrative care; knowledge, attitude, and skills of healthcare workers in Gansu Province, China

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 3501
Author(s):  
Leela S. Mundra ◽  
Sadaf Aslam ◽  
Juxia Zhang ◽  
Han Lin ◽  
Peng Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Occupational Exposure ◽  
Infection Control ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Gansu Province ◽  
Composite Score ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Hiv Aids

Background: For HIV infected patients, distinct infectious disease hospitals currently exist in China, therefore, attitudes promoting separation within health care settings persist both in healthcare workers and community. The misinformation and fear of infection negatively affect Health Care Workers, (HCWs) attitudes towards caring for patients with HIV. However, the level of knowledge, attitudes, and skills (KAS) towards occupational exposure to HIV and post-exposure standards of care are unknown in Gansu, China. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and skills of health care workers regarding HIV occupational exposure and treatment. We analyzed findings in a total of 324 HCWs through a self-reported questionnaire. Results: HCWs with a higher than average KAS composite score compared to HCWs with a lower KAS score were more likely to be working clinically (p=0.0023), and had completed a university degree or above (p=0.0370). The univariate analysis model also showed additional factors that HCWs having a higher KAS composite score were significantly associated with being a physician (OR 9.22; p=0.045) and receiving formal infection control training (OR 4.20; p<0.0001). Conclusions: Our study provides considerable information on occupational exposure regarding HIV/AIDS in Gansu Province of China. A continuous education is necessary to increase the level of knowledge, attitude and skills of HCWs about the risk of infection at the workplace. With the adoption of standardized occupational exposure protocols and infection control programs, we should be able to reduce barriers of HIV care into general hospital facilities which in turn can modify their attitudes. 

scholarly journals Challenges confronting health care workers in government's ARV rollout: rights and responsibilities

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 486
Author(s):  
Yousuf A Vawda ◽  
Farhana Variawa
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Successful Outcome ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
The Public ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Hiv Aids

South Africa is renowned for having a progressive Constitution with strong protection of human rights, including protection for persons using the public health system. While significant recent discourse and jurisprudence have focused on the rights of patients, the situation and rights of providers of health care services have not been adequately ventilated. This paper attempts to foreground the position of the human resources personnel located at the centre of the roll-out of the government's ambitious programme of anti-retroviral (ARV) therapy. The HIV/AIDS epidemic represents a major public health crisis in our country and, inasmuch as various critical policies and programmes have been devised in response, the key to a successful outcome lies in the hands of the health care professionals tasked with implementing such strategies. Often pilloried by the public, our health care workers (HCWs) face an almost Herculean task of turning the tide on the epidemic. Unless the rights of HCWs are recognised and their needs adequately addressed, the best laid plans of government will be at risk. This contribution attempts to identify and analyse the critical challenges confronting HCWs at the coalface of the HIV/AIDS treatment programme, in particular the extent to which their own rights are under threat, and offers recommendations to remedy the situation in order to ensure the successful realisation of the ARV rollout.

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