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HIV-related Discriminatory Attitudes of Healthcare Workers in Bangladesh
This study aimed at identifying the level of HIV-related discriminatory attitudes and related factors in a purposively-selected sample of healthcare workers (HCWs) in Bangladesh. In total, 526 HCWs from a number of hospitals and healthcare centres were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. A...
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International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2980883/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20411684 |
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author | Hossain, Mohammad Bellal Susan, Kippax |
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description | This study aimed at identifying the level of HIV-related discriminatory attitudes and related factors in a purposively-selected sample of healthcare workers (HCWs) in Bangladesh. In total, 526 HCWs from a number of hospitals and healthcare centres were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. A moderate level of discriminatory attitudes was observed. The factors associated with a high level of such attitudes among the HCWs were: high level of irrational fear about HIV and AIDS; working in teaching hospital rather than in non-teaching hospital and diagnostic centres; low level of education; and being male. The results indicate that programmes to reduce irrational fear about transmission of HIV are urgently needed. |
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spelling | pubmed-29808832010-12-06 HIV-related Discriminatory Attitudes of Healthcare Workers in Bangladesh Hossain, Mohammad Bellal Susan, Kippax J Health Popul Nutr Original Papers This study aimed at identifying the level of HIV-related discriminatory attitudes and related factors in a purposively-selected sample of healthcare workers (HCWs) in Bangladesh. In total, 526 HCWs from a number of hospitals and healthcare centres were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. A moderate level of discriminatory attitudes was observed. The factors associated with a high level of such attitudes among the HCWs were: high level of irrational fear about HIV and AIDS; working in teaching hospital rather than in non-teaching hospital and diagnostic centres; low level of education; and being male. The results indicate that programmes to reduce irrational fear about transmission of HIV are urgently needed. International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh 2010-04 /pmc/articles/PMC2980883/ /pubmed/20411684 Text en © INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH, BANGLADESH http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Papers Hossain, Mohammad Bellal Susan, Kippax HIV-related Discriminatory Attitudes of Healthcare Workers in Bangladesh |
title | HIV-related Discriminatory Attitudes of Healthcare Workers in Bangladesh |
title_full | HIV-related Discriminatory Attitudes of Healthcare Workers in Bangladesh |
title_fullStr | HIV-related Discriminatory Attitudes of Healthcare Workers in Bangladesh |
title_full_unstemmed | HIV-related Discriminatory Attitudes of Healthcare Workers in Bangladesh |
title_short | HIV-related Discriminatory Attitudes of Healthcare Workers in Bangladesh |
title_sort | hiv-related discriminatory attitudes of healthcare workers in bangladesh |
topic | Original Papers |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2980883/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20411684 |
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