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Attitudes of T urkish midwives and nurses working at hospitals towards people living with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Author(s) -
Akgun Kostak Melahat,
Unsar Serap,
Kurt Seda,
Erol Ozgul
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-172x.2012.02062.x
Subject(s) - turkish , medicine , marital status , affect (linguistics) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , cross sectional study , nursing , family medicine , psychology , environmental health , population , philosophy , linguistics , communication , pathology
Health professionals caring for people living with human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV )/acquired immune deficiency syndrome ( AIDS ) show poor or negative attitudes because of fear of contagion. Therefore, it is important to know the attitudes of midwives' and nurses' towards people living with HIV / AIDS . The aim of this descriptive and cross‐sectional study is to assess the attitudes of Turkish midwives and nurses working at hospitals to people living with HIV / AIDS and to identify factors that affect these attitudes. A group of 46 midwives and 192 nurses working in hospitals were included in the study. Data were collected through AIDS A ttitude S cale. Age, professional experience, number of children and marital status influenced the attitudes of the participants towards people living with HIV / AIDS . We concluded that higher level of education appear to positively influence the attitudes of the participants . Education programmes including evidence‐based nursing implications might be planned to improve positive attitudes and to prevent stigmatization of people living with HIV / AIDS .