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ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Somsak Suphawithayanukcul

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Knowledge and Attitudes about AIDS of The Health Staff in the Community Hospital in Chieng-Rai Province

แหล่งที่มา/Source: Journal of The Ministry of Public Health, Vol.8, No. 4, April 1989, Page 138-147.

รายละเอียด / Details:

Health care personnel's knowledge and attitudes toward AIDS is essential for the control and treatment of AIDS in Thailand. This study was carried out one month before the starting of AIDS week campaign in Thailand (November 24th-December 1st. 1988) by sending questionnaires to all health personnel is community hospitals in Chieng-Rai Province (thirty-one doctors, seventy-two nurses, eleven public health technical officers) and 90.4% replied. From the analysis, it was found that basic knowledge questions about AIDS were answered correctly by 89.4% of the respondents. The only misunderstanding was whether mosquitoes could be vectors of the disease or not. 80.6% accepted that a symptomatic HIV-positive patients can live in the community if they take precautions to prevent transmitting the virus to others 69.9% and 34.9% agreed that the community hospitals should provide care on minor illness for the a symptomatic seropositive cases. 57.3% were aware that AIDS can be serious health problem in their district. Most of them wanted more training about AIDS. The finding from this study indicate that there is a need to improve the knowledge on AIDS should be set up.

Keywords: attitudes about AIDS, health staff, mental health, psychology, public health, health personnel

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 1989

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Code: 00845

ISSN/ISBN: 0125-7161

Country of publication: Thailand.

Language: English.

Category: Abstract Journal.

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