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Knowledge on modes of HIV transmission and attitude related to working with people living with HIV among health care trainees in Malaysia

Background: Poor HIV knowledge and attitude among health care personnel were reported to compromise the care of people living with HIV (PLWH). This has been shown to arrest the success of HIV preventive, care and support measures in general. The objective of the study was to determine knowledge on m...

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Asıl Yazarlar: Supramaniam, Kashtoori, Mohd Ghazali, Sumarni, Kee, Chee Cheong, Lim, Kuang Hock, Ibrahim, Normala
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Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Community Health Society Malaysia 2016
Online Erişim:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54676/1/Knowledge%20on%20modes%20of%20HIV%20transmission.pdf
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spelling oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:54676 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54676/ Knowledge on modes of HIV transmission and attitude related to working with people living with HIV among health care trainees in Malaysia Supramaniam, Kashtoori Mohd Ghazali, Sumarni Kee, Chee Cheong Lim, Kuang Hock Ibrahim, Normala Background: Poor HIV knowledge and attitude among health care personnel were reported to compromise the care of people living with HIV (PLWH). This has been shown to arrest the success of HIV preventive, care and support measures in general. The objective of the study was to determine knowledge on modes of HIV transmission and attitude related to HIV among health care trainees. Materials and Methods: A total of 1404 trainees in an allied health sciences college in Malaysia consented in this cross sectional study. The data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire which consisted of knowledge on different modes of HIV transmission and attitudes related to HIV. Result: The overall response rate was 96.6% and majority of the respondents were able to identify different modes of HIV transmission namely sexual transmission (>75%), needle sharing (99.5%), blood transfusion (94.3%) and mother to child (85.8%). However, there were common misconceptions about HIV particularly with regards to HIV transmission via social contacts and other modes of transmission among. Up to 50% still have fears and discriminatory attitudes in relation to HIV. Conclusion: Health care training requires more comprehensive HIV education subject in the curricula in order to improve HIV knowledge and attitude amongst health care trainees. Community Health Society Malaysia 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54676/1/Knowledge%20on%20modes%20of%20HIV%20transmission.pdf Supramaniam, Kashtoori and Mohd Ghazali, Sumarni and Kee, Chee Cheong and Lim, Kuang Hock and Ibrahim, Normala (2016) Knowledge on modes of HIV transmission and attitude related to working with people living with HIV among health care trainees in Malaysia. International Journal of Public Health and Clinical Sciences, 3 (2). pp. 46-56. ISSN 2289-7577 http://publichealthmy.org/ejournal/ojs2/index.php/ijphcs/article/view/258
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description Background: Poor HIV knowledge and attitude among health care personnel were reported to compromise the care of people living with HIV (PLWH). This has been shown to arrest the success of HIV preventive, care and support measures in general. The objective of the study was to determine knowledge on modes of HIV transmission and attitude related to HIV among health care trainees. Materials and Methods: A total of 1404 trainees in an allied health sciences college in Malaysia consented in this cross sectional study. The data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire which consisted of knowledge on different modes of HIV transmission and attitudes related to HIV. Result: The overall response rate was 96.6% and majority of the respondents were able to identify different modes of HIV transmission namely sexual transmission (>75%), needle sharing (99.5%), blood transfusion (94.3%) and mother to child (85.8%). However, there were common misconceptions about HIV particularly with regards to HIV transmission via social contacts and other modes of transmission among. Up to 50% still have fears and discriminatory attitudes in relation to HIV. Conclusion: Health care training requires more comprehensive HIV education subject in the curricula in order to improve HIV knowledge and attitude amongst health care trainees.
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author Supramaniam, Kashtoori
Mohd Ghazali, Sumarni
Kee, Chee Cheong
Lim, Kuang Hock
Ibrahim, Normala
spellingShingle Supramaniam, Kashtoori
Mohd Ghazali, Sumarni
Kee, Chee Cheong
Lim, Kuang Hock
Ibrahim, Normala
Knowledge on modes of HIV transmission and attitude related to working with people living with HIV among health care trainees in Malaysia
author_facet Supramaniam, Kashtoori
Mohd Ghazali, Sumarni
Kee, Chee Cheong
Lim, Kuang Hock
Ibrahim, Normala
author_sort Supramaniam, Kashtoori
title Knowledge on modes of HIV transmission and attitude related to working with people living with HIV among health care trainees in Malaysia
title_short Knowledge on modes of HIV transmission and attitude related to working with people living with HIV among health care trainees in Malaysia
title_full Knowledge on modes of HIV transmission and attitude related to working with people living with HIV among health care trainees in Malaysia
title_fullStr Knowledge on modes of HIV transmission and attitude related to working with people living with HIV among health care trainees in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge on modes of HIV transmission and attitude related to working with people living with HIV among health care trainees in Malaysia
title_sort knowledge on modes of hiv transmission and attitude related to working with people living with hiv among health care trainees in malaysia
publisher Community Health Society Malaysia
publishDate 2016
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54676/1/Knowledge%20on%20modes%20of%20HIV%20transmission.pdf
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