Fakher, M., Mahmoud, S., Khal, F. (2020). Knowledge and Attitudes of Health Care Team towards AIDs Patients at Assiut Fever Hospital. Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal, 8(21), 46-56. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2020.28991.1015
Mary Fakher; Safaa R. Mahmoud; Fatma R. Khal. "Knowledge and Attitudes of Health Care Team towards AIDs Patients at Assiut Fever Hospital". Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal, 8, 21, 2020, 46-56. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2020.28991.1015
Fakher, M., Mahmoud, S., Khal, F. (2020). 'Knowledge and Attitudes of Health Care Team towards AIDs Patients at Assiut Fever Hospital', Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal, 8(21), pp. 46-56. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2020.28991.1015
Fakher, M., Mahmoud, S., Khal, F. Knowledge and Attitudes of Health Care Team towards AIDs Patients at Assiut Fever Hospital. Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal, 2020; 8(21): 46-56. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2020.28991.1015
Knowledge and Attitudes of Health Care Team towards AIDs Patients at Assiut Fever Hospital
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.
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