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Knowledge and Attitudes of Health Care Team towards AIDs Patients at Assiut Fever Hospital

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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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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10.21608/asnj.2020.28991.1015

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AIDS, Attitudes, Health care team, Knowledge

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Mary

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Fakher

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Community Health Nursing, faculty of nursing, Assiut University

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mary.habib28@yahoo.com

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Safaa

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Mahmoud

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R.

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Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing Assiut University, Egypt

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Fatma

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Khal

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R.

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Lecturerof Community Health Nursing Assiut University, Egypt.

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8

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21

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14854

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2020-06-01

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2020-04-29

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2020-06-01

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46

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56

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2314-8845

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2682-3799

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Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal

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Knowledge and Attitudes of Health Care Team towards AIDs Patients at Assiut Fever Hospital

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22 Jan 2023