Chilean Health Care Providers' Perceived Comfort in Performing Oral Rapid Testing for HIV: A Cross-Sectional Study
| Autor: | Rosina Cianelli, L. Michele Issel, Kathleen F. Norr, Carlos M. Pérez, Judith A. Levy, Lisette Irarrázabal |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Counseling Male medicine.medical_specialty Cross-sectional study Attitude of Health Personnel Health Personnel Social Stigma Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) HIV Infections medicine.disease_cause 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Sex Factors Health care medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Chile General Nursing Rapid testing Aged business.industry Age Factors 030206 dentistry Middle Aged Key factors Cross-Sectional Studies Socioeconomic Factors Family medicine Female business |
| Zdroj: | Hispanic health care international : the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses. 18(4) |
| ISSN: | 1938-8993 |
| Popis: | Objectives: To understand key factors influencing Chilean health care providers’ perceived comfort performing oral rapid HIV testing. Design: One hundred and fifty health care providers completed a self-administered questionnaire that included a five-item scale measuring self-perceived comfort in conducting HIV pretest counseling, oral rapid testing, finger-prick testing, and delivering test results. Results: Most participants (60%) envisioned good overall comfort performing oral rapid HIV testing (mean score of 16.21; range 0-20), including doing at least four of the five steps. They perceived least comfort delivering HIV-positive test results during posttest counseling. HIV stigmatizing attitudes reduced self-perceived comfort. Conclusions: Providing training to counter HIV stigmatization while increasing comfort in performing oral rapid testing would help facilitate its successful implementation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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