scholarly journals Attitude of health care providers in Abia State, Nigeria, to people living with HIV and AIDS

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Adisa ◽  
Ugochukwu Onyeonoro ◽  
Aniele Agu ◽  
Ndukauba Eleweke ◽  
Umezurike Chisara
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Living With Hiv

scholarly journals Stigma and discrimination among health care providers towards people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA)

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Mohamed Osman Elamin ◽  
Yahiya Rajaa ◽  
Hamed Ademola Adetunji ◽  
Sufian Khalid ◽  
Remah Siddiq
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Hiv Patients ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Stigma And Discrimination ◽  
Living With Hiv

Stigma and discrimination among medical care providers (MCPs) towards HIV patients is a common observed problem that can compromise effectiveness of prevention and treatment efforts by discouraging individuals from being tested or seeking information on how to protect themselves and others. This research aimed to determine the existence of stigma and discrimination among health care providers towards people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) in River Nile state. A descriptive cross sectional hospital based study conducted in Atbara, Edamer and Berber hospitals. Questionnaire containing six parts covering the personal data, knowledge about HIV, attitude, availability of PPDs and discriminatory practices of MCPs was used. The data was analyzed using the SPSS. Three hundred and nighty participated consisting of 136 doctors, 219 nurses, and 35 midwives. Out of these, 68.2% of participants had overall satisfactory knowledge, 30% had good knowledge, while only 1.8% had poor knowledge. Majority (74.4%) stated that MCPs were discriminatory in their practices towards HIV patients. There wa correlation between common discriminatory practices and total attitude, and availability of PPDs (p<0.05). No correlation between the common discriminatory practices and total knowledge scores.

scholarly journals Substance Use Among Older People Living With HIV: Challenges for Health Care Providers

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherry Deren ◽  
Tara Cortes ◽  
Victoria Vaughan Dickson ◽  
Vincent Guilamo-Ramos ◽  
Benjamin H. Han ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Older People ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Living With Hiv

scholarly journals Health care providers and HIV

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne C. Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Hiv Stigma ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Related Stigma ◽  
Convergent And Divergent Validity ◽  
Living With Hiv

The current investigation seeks to examine the attitudes and beliefs of health care providers in Canada about people living with HIV. The line of research consists of three studies. Study 1 was a qualitative study conducted with a critical lens. The critical lens was used in a series of four focus groups when qualitatively soliciting opinions about the range of attitudes, behaviours and cognitions health care providers may have towards people living with HIV. Study 2 used the information gathered from Study 1 to develop a scale to assess HIV stigma in health care providers. Items were created from examples and themes found in the qualitative study, and were tested via exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, test-retest reliability analysis, and assessed for convergent and divergent validity. Study 3 examined the newly developed scale’s relationship to proposed overlapping stigmas and attitudes, and tested the adapted intersectional model of HIV-related stigma with health care trainees using the newly developed HIV stigma scale as an outcome measure. The line of research found that HIV stigma continues to be a significant problem in the health care system. The scale developed in Study 2 demonstrates that HIV stigma can be conceptualized and assessed as a tripartite model of discrimination, stereotyping and prejudice, and that this conceptualization of HIV stigma supports an intersectional model of overlapping stigmas with homophobia, racism, stigma against injection drug use and stigma against sex work.

scholarly journals Stigmatizing attitudes toward people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) among primary health care providers in Kinta District, Perak

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-38
Author(s):  
Yuen Ching Chan ◽  
Maliza Mawardi ◽  
Adibah Hanim Ismail@Daud
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Primary Health Care Providers ◽  
Stigmatizing Attitudes ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

Background: Stigmatizing attitudes expressed by health care providers prevent some members of at-risk populations from accessing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) screening and care. This attitude contributes to the continuity of the infection dissemination within our community, which gives an impact on the healthcare service and the curtailment of the global HIV/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) pandemic. Objective: This study was conducted to identify stigmatizing attitudes toward people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and their determinants among primary health care providers in Kinta District, Perak. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 36 primary care clinics in Kinta District, Perak. Using stratified random sampling, 365 primary health care providers were recruited into the study. A validated self-administered questionnaire was used to obtain sociodemographic data as well as information on the healthcare experiences of healthcare providers, their knowledge of HIV/AIDS, and attitudes toward PLWHA. Determinants were identified using multiple linear regression. Results: More than half of the respondents (54.1%) had never provided care to HIV/AIDS patients. A minority (29.9%) had received training on HIV/AIDS. This study shows that doctors (Coef.= -9.50, 95% CI: -18.93, -0.07, p= 0.048), respondents with HIV-positive relatives, (Coef.= -5.61, 95% CI: -10.57, -0.65, p= 0.027), those who had provided care to HIV/AIDS patients (Coef.= -2.38, 95% CI: -4.31, -0.45, p= 0.016), and those with a higher knowledge score on HIV/AIDS (Coef.= -0.86, 95% CI: -1.59, -0.13, p= 0.021) were less likely to show stigmatizing attitudes toward PLWHA. Conclusion: The issue of stigmatizing attitudes toward PLWHA among primary health care providers needs to be addressed. This study finds that knowledge, profession, experiences with caring for PLWHA, gender, and having HIV-positive relatives are significant predictors of stigmatizing attitudes toward PLWHA among primary health care providers in Kinta District, Perak. Interventional programs to improve knowledge and awareness, as well as decrease stigma toward PLWHA, should be implemented among all health care providers, especially those who have no opportunity to provide direct care.

scholarly journals Exploring adaptations and successful implementation of Traditional Healers as adherence partners for people living with HIV in rural Mozambique: A qualitative assessment

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn M Audet ◽  
Mariah Pettapiece-Phillips ◽  
Jose Salato
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Patient Advocacy ◽  
Traditional Healers ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Hiv Education ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Living With Hiv

Abstract BackgroundImplementing evidence-based interventions to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is essential to controlling the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa. Evidence-based community health worker interventions address barriers to medication retention by shifting the task from overburdened health facilities and emphasizing a more patient-centered approach in a comfortable location.MethodsWe employed traditional healers to implement an evidence-based community health worker program for people living with HIV (PLHIV) in rural Mozambique. Participants received support services for 2 months after their first positive test. Healers were trained to provide counseling, HIV education, support with disclosure, and advocacy at the health unit. We interviewed 23 PLHIV and conducted focus groups with 19 traditional healers to explore implementation fidelity and identify unplanned adaptations made during the program.ResultsHealers and PLHIV report counseling, HIV education sessions, and support with disclosure were largely delivered with fidelity. Due to the extreme poverty in the region, healers reported the need to add additional messages to support people who needed to take medication but had no food to mitigate the side effects. Patient advocacy at the health center proved difficult to implement. Negative attitudes towards PLHIV and traditional healers led to participants reporting extremely poor treatment by health care providers; the lack of respect made it difficult for healers to assist PLHIV with issues like long wait times, lost patient identification cards, or enduring medication side effects. Healers adopted directly observed therapy as an unplanned strategy to support non-adherent PLHIV.ConclusionGiven low levels of literacy and substantially different views on disease causation, healers delivered most core components of the intervention with fidelity. Healers attempted to implement the patient advocacy component but resistance from health care providers proved challenging. Future efforts will need to develop more effective strategies to overcome negative healer-clinician dynamic.Clinical Trials RegistryName of the registry: Traditional Healers as Adherence Partners for Persons Living with HIV in Rural Mozambique (PLHIV). Trial registration number: NCT03076359. Date of registration: 3/6/2017, retrospectively registered. URL of trial registry record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03076359?cond=Hiv&cntry=MZ&draw=2&rank=7

Traditional herbal medicine use among people living with HIV/AIDS in Gondar, Ethiopia: Do their health care providers know?

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 14-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaleab Taye Haile ◽  
Asnakew Achaw Ayele ◽  
Abebe Basazn Mekuria ◽  
Chilot Abiyu Demeke ◽  
Begashaw Melaku Gebresillassie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Herbal Medicine ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Medicine Use ◽  
Traditional Herbal Medicine ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

scholarly journals Language and Culture in Health Literacy for People Living with HIV: Perspectives of Health Care Providers and Professional Care Team Members

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keitshokile Dintle Mogobe ◽  
Sheila Shaibu ◽  
Ellah Matshediso ◽  
Motshedisi Sabone ◽  
Esther Ntsayagae ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Care Team ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Professional Care ◽  
Living With Hiv

Low health literacy has been linked to inadequate engagement in care and may serve as a contributor to poor health outcomes among people living with HIV and AIDS. The purpose of this paper was to examine the perspectives of health care providers and professional care team members regarding health literacy in HIV disease. A secondary data analysis was conducted from a qualitative study aimed at understanding factors that help an HIV positive person to manage their HIV disease. Data were collected from sites in Botswana, the US, and Puerto Rico. In the parent study, data were collected through focus group discussions with 135 people living with HIV, 32 HIV health care providers (HCPs), and 39 HIV professional care team members (PCTMs). SPSS was used to analyze quantitative data while ATLAS.ti was used to analyze qualitative data. The findings from analyses of the perspectives of HCPs/PCTMs suggested that linguistic and cultural factors were important themes in the exchange of HIV information between health care providers and PLHIV. These themes included ineffective communication, health seeking behavior, cultural facilitators, and complementary and alternative/traditional healing methods. Thus, this study suggests that language and culture have a major role in health literacy for PLHIV.

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