医疗实习生对艾滋病毒感染者的知识,态度和实践:来自沙特阿拉伯的多中心体验
Israa Abdullah Malli1,2,3, Dalia Hamdan1,2, Alhanoof Aljahdali1,2
1Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, 21423, Saudi Arabia.
HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.)
|September 25, 2023
概括
沙特阿拉伯的医疗实习生表现出对艾滋病毒传播的了解,但缺乏对共感染和暴露后预防的理解. 一些实习生对艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者表现出耻辱的态度,突出了需要加强教育的必要性.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 医疗保健提供者对艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者的歧视是有记录的.
- 文化差异和知识差距在治疗艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者方面带来了挑战.
- 在像沙特阿拉伯这样保守的环境中,医疗实习生对艾滋病毒的知识和态度的理解有限.
研究的目的:
- 评估医疗实习生对沙特阿拉伯艾滋病毒/艾滋病的知识和态度.
- 为未来的医疗保健提供者确定改善艾滋病毒/艾滋病教育的领域.
主要方法:
- 从2021年4月到9月进行了一项横截面研究.
- 从346名医疗实习生收集了数据,使用自行管理的问卷.
- 在五所医学院中采用了非概率随机抽样.
主要成果:
- 实习生正确地确定了主要的艾滋病毒传播途径 (例如,未受保护的性行为,血液交换,共用针头).
- 观察到关于常见的HIV联合感染和暴露后预防的知识差距.
- 很大一部分实习生 (31.1%和22.9%) 表现出耻辱的态度,根据艾滋病毒传播源 (例如,输血与IV药物使用) 显示出不同的同情.
结论:
- 医疗实习生对艾滋病毒传播有基本的了解,但需要进一步教育共同感染和预防.
- 医疗实习生中仍然存在一些污名化的态度,需要有针对性的干预.
- 将全面的艾滋病毒教育和培训纳入医疗课程,对于改善实习生态度和患者护理至关重要.
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