Knowledge and Attitudes of Health Care Team towards AIDs Patients at Assiut Fever Hospital | ||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 5, Volume 8, Issue 21, June 2020, Pages 46-56 PDF (937.28 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2020.28991.1015 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mary Fakher* 1; Safaa R. Mahmoud2; Fatma R. Khal3 | ||
| 1Community Health Nursing, faculty of nursing, Assiut University | ||
| 2Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing Assiut University, Egypt | ||
| 3Lecturerof Community Health Nursing Assiut University, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Health-care professionals occupy a potential forefront position in HIV/ AIDS prevention programs and the management of AIDS patients. Aim of the study: to assess knowledge and attitudes of health care team at Assiut Fever Hospital towards AIDs Patients. Material and Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted at Assiut Fever Hospital. A convenient sample of 202 of health care team participated in the study. Self-administered questionnaire used for data collection it include three sections; 1- socio-demographic characteristics. 2- Questions regarding knowledge about AIDs. 3- Attitudes of health care team towards AIDs Patients. Results: the study revealed that 66.3% of studied participants were females, 47% had ten years or more, 56.4%of the studied health care team had attending training about AIDs, while 73.3% of them are dealing with AIDS patients as a part of work.44.6% of studied health care team had good knowledge about AIDS and 63.9% of them had negative attitude towards AIDS patients. Conclusions: Although the health care team had a good level of knowledge; they had negative attitudes towards AIDs Patients. Recommendation: Continuing in-service trainings on HIV/AIDS for health care team is needed. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| AIDS; Attitudes; Health care team; Knowledge | ||
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