Nurses’ knowledge of HIV/AIDS

Authors

  • Robert Siebers Department of Medicine, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20173370

Keywords:

Nurses, HIV, AIDS, Knowledge

Abstract

A recent article in this journal presented the knowledge and attitude towards caring for HIV/AIDS patients in Nigeria. The authors, in their discussion section, state that the majority of their respondents had a good knowledge of HIV/AIDS in contrast to the results of a South African study of nurses. In support of that statement the authors cite the study of Juan et al and hypothesise that this difference may be due to the fact that their study was done in urban areas of Nigeria while the study by Juan et al was done in a rural area of South Africa.

References

Okpala PU, Uwak R, Nwaneri AC, Onyiapat JL, Emesowum A, Osuala EO, Adeyemo FO. Nurses’ knowledge and attitude to the care of HIV/AIDS patients in South East, Nigeria. Int J Community Med Public Health. 2017;4(2)547-53.

Juan CW, Siebers R, Wu FFS, Wu CJ, Chang YJ, Chao C. The attitudes, concerns, gloving practices and knowledge of nurses in a Taiwanese hospital regarding AIDS and HIV. Int J Nurs Pract. 2004;19:32-8.

Wang JF, Simoni PS, Paterson J. AIDS-related knowledge, fear, and behavorial change among nurses in Taiwan. Publ Health Nurs. 1993;10:257–62.

Yeh SM, Yuan HS, Ko YC. Factors related to the willingness of nurses to care for AIDS patients in Taiwan. Kaohsiung J Med Sci. 1990;6:422–7.

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Published

2017-07-22

How to Cite

Siebers, R. (2017). Nurses’ knowledge of HIV/AIDS. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 4(8), 3047–3047. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20173370

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