Attitude of health care workers to patients and colleagues infected with human immunodeficiency virus

Sadoh, AE; Sadoh, Wilson E.; Fawole, Adeniran O.; Oladimeji, Ayodele O.; Sotiloye, O S

doi:10.1080/17290376.2009.9724925

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“…This interferes with the development of positive, constructive and open doctorepatient relationship. Until now, discriminatory attitudes of health professionals toward patients with HIV have been sporadically reported from many countries (Reis et al, 2005;Andrewin and Chien, 2008;Sadoh et al, 2009).…”

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confidence: 98%

German animal terms for oral cleft deformity: A Leipzig survey

Pausch¹,

Herzberg

Wirtz³

et al. 2012

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

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confidence: 98%

German animal terms for oral cleft deformity: A Leipzig survey

Pausch¹,

Herzberg

Wirtz³

et al. 2012

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

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“…In actuality, the risk to health-care workers of occupationally acquiring HIV infection after percutaneous exposure to HIV-infected blood is approximately 0.36% [29,30]. Nevertheless, concerns and fears regarding the risk of acquiring HIV infection occupationally among medical students, physicians and other health-care professionals are well documented in the medical literature [3,9,10,26-28,31-33]. …”

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confidence: 99%

Assessment of the knowledge and attitudes regarding HIV/AIDS among pre-clinical medical students in Israel

2014

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BackgroundToday’s medical students are the future physicians of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). It is therefore essential that medical students possess the appropriate knowledge and attitudes regarding PLWHA. This study aims to evaluate knowledge and attitudes of pre-clinical Israeli medical students and to assess whether their knowledge and attitudes change throughout their pre-clinical studies.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted among all pre-clinical medical students from the four medical schools in Israel during the academic year of 2010/2011 (a total of 1,470 students). A self-administered questionnaire was distributed. The questionnaire sought student responses pertaining to knowledge of HIV transmission and non-transmission routes, basic knowledge of HIV/AIDS treatment and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS.ResultsThe study’s response rate was 62.24 percent. Knowledge among pre-clinical medical students was generally high and showed a statistically significant improvement as students progressed through their pre-clinical studies. However, there were some misconceptions, mostly regarding HIV transmission via breastfeeding and knowledge of HIV prevention after exposure to the virus. Students’ attitudes were found to include stigmatizing notions. Furthermore, the majority of medical students correlated HIV with shame and fear. In addition, students’ attitudes toward HIV testing and providing confidential medical information were contradictory to health laws, protocols and guidelines. Overall, no positive changes in students’ attitudes were observed during the pre-clinical years of medical school.ConclusionThe knowledge of pre-clinical medical students in Israel is generally high, although there are some knowledge inadequacies that require more emphasis in the curricula of the medical schools. Contrary to HIV-related knowledge, medical students’ attitudes are unaffected by their progression through medical school. Therefore, medical schools in Israel should modify their curricula to include teaching methods aimed at improving HIV-related attitudes and adherence to medical professionalism.

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“…Previous studies have reported that some nurses were unwilling to care for patients with HCV because of anxiety regarding the potential risk of infection 14 , 15) . Additionally, Sadoh et al reported that a majority of nurses were not comfortable with the concept of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-infected colleagues performing clinical procedures 16) . However, to our knowledge, no studies have investigated nurses' attitudes toward colleagues infected with HBV or HCV performing clinical procedures in Japan.…”

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Barriers to the acceptance of work colleagues infected with Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C in Japan

Ishimaru

Wada

Arphorn

et al. 2016

Journal of Occupational Health

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Background: Healthcare workers infected with Hepatitis B (HBV) or Hepatitis C virus (HCV) may undertake patient care activities if provider-to-patient transmission risks have been assessed in terms of viral load and clinical procedures. The present study investigated potential barriers to the acceptance of colleagues infected with HBV/HCV in healthcare settings after appropriate risk assessment. Methods: We conducted an anonymous, internet-based survey of Japanese nurses. Multivariate logistic analysis was used to assess factors associated with willingness to accept colleagues infected with HBV/HCV after risk assessment. Results: In total, 992 nurses responded to the survey, with 16% indicating that colleagues infected with HBV/HCV should not have patient contact after risk assessment. Willingness to accept HBV/HCV-infected colleagues was negatively associated with attitudes regarding the avoidance of contact with HBV/HCV-infected colleagues (OR: 0.49; 95% CI: 0.28-0.85). Previous professional contact with HBV/HCV patients (OR: 1.73; 95% CI: 1.36-2.12), experience of accidental injection from or personal exposure to HBV/HCV patients (OR: 2.00; 95% CI: 1.42-2.61), knowledge of HBV/HCV (OR: 2.00; 95% CI: 1.52-2.49), and female sex (OR: 1.60; 95% CI: 1.17-2.09) were positively associated with a willingness to accept HBV/HCV-infected colleagues. Conclusions: This study suggests that attitudes regarding the avoidance of contact with HBV/HCV-infected colleagues may be barriers to accepting these colleagues even after risk assessment has been performed. To protect the employment of nurses infected with HBV/HCV, employers should provide comprehensive education for nurses to reduce stigma and improve understanding about the management of staff infected with infectious diseases, such as HBV or HCV.

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Attitude of health care workers to patients and colleagues infected with human immunodeficiency virus

Cited by 18 publications

References 27 publications

German animal terms for oral cleft deformity: A Leipzig survey

German animal terms for oral cleft deformity: A Leipzig survey

Assessment of the knowledge and attitudes regarding HIV/AIDS among pre-clinical medical students in Israel

Barriers to the acceptance of work colleagues infected with Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C in Japan

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