Physician and infection control practitioner HIV/AIDS reporting characteristics. | Zendy

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Physician and infection control practitioner HIV/AIDS reporting characteristics.

Author(s) -

J. L. Jones,

Phil Meyer,

Christopher M. Garrison,

Lynda Kettinger,

P Hermann

Publication year - 1992

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.82.6.889

Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , feeling , sida , viral disease , environmental health , psychology , social psychology

We surveyed a random sample of South Carolina physicians and infection control practitioners about the reporting of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases. Of physicians surveyed, 79% indicated that HIV infection as well as AIDS should be reported by name. The following characteristics were associated with those physicians who do not report AIDS cases: not feeling responsible for reporting, not reporting a case perceived to have been reported in another state, believing that information required for reporting is not on the chart, and residing in an urban setting. Targeted education can address these underreporting factors.

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