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Stigmatising Attitudes Towards Co-workers with HIV in the Workplace of a Metropolitan State, Southwestern Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Despite demonstrating global concerns about infection in the workplace, very little research has explored how co-workers react to those living with HIV in the workplace in sub-Saharan Africa. This study aimed to assess the level of stigmatising attitude towards co-workers living with HIV...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5730952/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29290884 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874613601711010067 |
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author | Utuk, Idongesit Godwin Osungbade, Kayode Omoniyi Obembe, Taiwo Akinyode Adewole, David Ayobami Oladoyin, Victoria Oluwabunmi |
author_facet | Utuk, Idongesit Godwin Osungbade, Kayode Omoniyi Obembe, Taiwo Akinyode Adewole, David Ayobami Oladoyin, Victoria Oluwabunmi |
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description | BACKGROUND: Despite demonstrating global concerns about infection in the workplace, very little research has explored how co-workers react to those living with HIV in the workplace in sub-Saharan Africa. This study aimed to assess the level of stigmatising attitude towards co-workers living with HIV in the workplace. METHODS: The study was a descriptive cross-sectional survey involving 403 respondents. They were recruited from selected companies through a multistage sampling technique. Survey was carried out using pre-tested semi-structured questionnaires. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences to generate frequencies, cross tabulations of variables at 5% level of significance. Logistic regression model was used to determine the predictors at 95% confidence intervals. RESULTS: Mean age of respondents was 32.9 ± 9.4 years with 86.1% being females. Overall, slightly below two-third (63.0%) had good knowledge on transmission of HIV/AIDS while 218 (54.1%) respondents had a high stigmatising attitude towards co-workers with HIV in the workplace. More female respondents (69.6%) demonstrated high stigmatising attitudes towards co-workers with HIV in the workplace (p = 0.012). Female workers were twice more likely to have high stigmatising attitudes towards co-worker with HIV [OR 2.1 (95% CI: 1.13 – 3.83)]. CONCLUSION: Stigma towards people living with HIV/AIDs is still very persistent in different settings. Good knowledge amongst our participants about HIV/AIDs did not translate to low stigmatising attitudes among workers. Concerted efforts and trainings on the transmission of HIV/AIDs are essential to reduce stigma that is still very prevalent in workplace settings. |
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spelling | pubmed-57309522017-12-29 Stigmatising Attitudes Towards Co-workers with HIV in the Workplace of a Metropolitan State, Southwestern Nigeria Utuk, Idongesit Godwin Osungbade, Kayode Omoniyi Obembe, Taiwo Akinyode Adewole, David Ayobami Oladoyin, Victoria Oluwabunmi Open AIDS J Article BACKGROUND: Despite demonstrating global concerns about infection in the workplace, very little research has explored how co-workers react to those living with HIV in the workplace in sub-Saharan Africa. This study aimed to assess the level of stigmatising attitude towards co-workers living with HIV in the workplace. METHODS: The study was a descriptive cross-sectional survey involving 403 respondents. They were recruited from selected companies through a multistage sampling technique. Survey was carried out using pre-tested semi-structured questionnaires. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences to generate frequencies, cross tabulations of variables at 5% level of significance. Logistic regression model was used to determine the predictors at 95% confidence intervals. RESULTS: Mean age of respondents was 32.9 ± 9.4 years with 86.1% being females. Overall, slightly below two-third (63.0%) had good knowledge on transmission of HIV/AIDS while 218 (54.1%) respondents had a high stigmatising attitude towards co-workers with HIV in the workplace. More female respondents (69.6%) demonstrated high stigmatising attitudes towards co-workers with HIV in the workplace (p = 0.012). Female workers were twice more likely to have high stigmatising attitudes towards co-worker with HIV [OR 2.1 (95% CI: 1.13 – 3.83)]. CONCLUSION: Stigma towards people living with HIV/AIDs is still very persistent in different settings. Good knowledge amongst our participants about HIV/AIDs did not translate to low stigmatising attitudes among workers. Concerted efforts and trainings on the transmission of HIV/AIDs are essential to reduce stigma that is still very prevalent in workplace settings. Bentham Open 2017-10-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5730952/ /pubmed/29290884 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874613601711010067 Text en © 2017 Oladoyin et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Article Utuk, Idongesit Godwin Osungbade, Kayode Omoniyi Obembe, Taiwo Akinyode Adewole, David Ayobami Oladoyin, Victoria Oluwabunmi Stigmatising Attitudes Towards Co-workers with HIV in the Workplace of a Metropolitan State, Southwestern Nigeria |
title | Stigmatising Attitudes Towards Co-workers with HIV in the Workplace of a Metropolitan State, Southwestern Nigeria |
title_full | Stigmatising Attitudes Towards Co-workers with HIV in the Workplace of a Metropolitan State, Southwestern Nigeria |
title_fullStr | Stigmatising Attitudes Towards Co-workers with HIV in the Workplace of a Metropolitan State, Southwestern Nigeria |
title_full_unstemmed | Stigmatising Attitudes Towards Co-workers with HIV in the Workplace of a Metropolitan State, Southwestern Nigeria |
title_short | Stigmatising Attitudes Towards Co-workers with HIV in the Workplace of a Metropolitan State, Southwestern Nigeria |
title_sort | stigmatising attitudes towards co-workers with hiv in the workplace of a metropolitan state, southwestern nigeria |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5730952/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29290884 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874613601711010067 |
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