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Brondi S, Palareti L, Mazzetti G. Comprehensive care for haemophilia: A literature review for improving institutional cooperation. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/20479700.2019.1652415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Sonia Brondi
- Department of Education Studies “Giovanni Maria Bertin”, University of Bologna Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Education Studies “Giovanni Maria Bertin”, University of Bologna Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Education Studies “Giovanni Maria Bertin”, University of Bologna Bologna, Italy
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Sekhar M, Jadhav S. Why stay? Resilience in haemophilia physicians in the 1980s. Haemophilia 2020; 26:401-408. [PMID: 32243025 DOI: 10.1111/hae.13967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2019] [Revised: 02/13/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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AIMS The occurrence of AIDS in 1980s posed difficult problems for haemophilia clinicians worldwide. The impact of these events is substantial, and the events continue to be subject to judicial proceedings and publications. The stance of haemophilia physicians, particularly their professional resilience, is of importance and remains unexamined. METHODS Deploying oral histories informed by literature review of scientific publications and past inquiry reports, this qualitative study addresses how physicians continued to work in haemophilia during those years and attributes that contributed to their resilience. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Experience and role in laboratory aspects were of value in handling and communicating uncertainty. Collegiality, peer support and scholarship were important in sustaining their roles, in clinical decision-making and re-instating confidence in the therapeutic relationship during the toughest years of their practice.
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- Mallika Sekhar
- Royal Free London NHS Trust, London, UK
- Department of Haematology, University College London, London, UK
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- Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK
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Potì S, Palareti L, Cassis FR, Brondi S. Health care professionals dealing with hemophilia: insights from the international qualitative study of the HERO initiative. J Multidiscip Healthc 2019; 12:361-375. [PMID: 31190855 PMCID: PMC6513176 DOI: 10.2147/jmdh.s201759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 04/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background: Assessing the viewpoints of health care professionals concerning their work with chronic patients is a relatively new research topic, widely overlooked in the literature. However, understanding their subjective work experience is highly relevant for identifying problems and perceived resources, enhancing health service organisation, improving relationships or communication with patients, and maintaining well-being. Purpose and method: Qualitative data from the "Haemophilia Experience, Results and Opportunities" Initiative - a research program aimed at investigating the psychosocial aspects of hemophilia - were used to evaluate the experiences of 62 professionals from seven countries around the world. Semi-structured interviews were submitted to thematic analysis of elementary contexts with the aid of T-Lab software. Results: Five dominant themes emerged, identifying the main challenges that professionals have to deal with in their everyday work practice: caring for impaired adult patients; handling policies and stakeholders; providing counselling on diagnosis and reproductive choices; considering the role of family dynamics; coping with adolescent patients. Conclusion: The outcomes of the study provide an opportunity to develop the area of the non-technical skills in the core curriculum of those who work with chronic illnesses by focusing on cross-professional competences and by improving a comprehensive care model for hemophilia patients.
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- Silvia Potì
- Department of Education Studies "Giovanni Maria Bertin", University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Education Studies "Giovanni Maria Bertin", University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Faculty of Medicine Clinics Hospital, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, 05403-000, Brazil
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- Department of Education Studies "Giovanni Maria Bertin", University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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Poon MC, Shedden N, Card RT. Healthcare professionals in the 'tainted blood' era in Canada: Their forgotten emotions. Haemophilia 2019; 25:651-655. [PMID: 31180617 DOI: 10.1111/hae.13805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Revised: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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INTRODUCTION During the 1970s and early 1980s, Canada's comprehensive care haemophilic programs were established. Newer therapies led to a rapid increase in quality of life and expected life span for persons with haemophilia (PWH). The outlook was bright. However, beginning in 1982, the appearance of HIV/AIDS transmitted by treatment products led to the 'tainted blood' era with its devastating impact on PWH, recently highlighted in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation mini-series 'Unspeakable'. What has received less notice is how the healthcare professionals (HCP) managing these patients then were affected. AIM To report the emotional effects of that era on HCPs. METHODS In developing an oral history of haemophilic care in Canada we have interviewed 76 HCPs, the majority of whom had worked in haemophilic clinics during that era. During each interview, we asked the interviewee to reflect on what this did to haemophilic care and to him/herself. The interview responses were analysed. RESULTS HCPs have been markedly affected by the events of the 1980s with feelings that persist more than 30 years later. Most related to the loss of so many of their patients and the inability to alter the rapidly changing course of events at the time. CONCLUSION The 'tainted blood' era had persistent strong emotional effects on HCPs. They were helpless to stop or to mitigate the devastating epidemics. Wellness support programs were less well developed then. While the focus is in the Canadian context, we suggest that a parallel can be drawn within haemophilic communities in other countries.
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- Man-Chiu Poon
- Department of Medicine, Pediatrics and Oncology, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.,The Southern Alberta Rare Blood and Bleeding Disorders Comprehensive Care Program, Foothills Medical Centre, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.,Saskatchewan Bleeding Disorders Program, Royal University Hospital, Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Carlberg-Racich S, Wagner CMJ, Alabduljabbar SA, Rivero R, Hasnain M, Sherer R, Linsk NL. Professional Identity Formation in HIV Care: Development of Clinician Scholars in a Longitudinal, Mentored Training Program. THE JOURNAL OF CONTINUING EDUCATION IN THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS 2018; 38:158-164. [PMID: 30157156 DOI: 10.1097/ceh.0000000000000214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The Clinician Scholars Program is designed to improve the capacity and quality of HIV care by training clinicians in underserved areas. A mentoring approach is used to deliver individualized educational opportunities over the course of a year focused on preparing clinicians to provide high-quality patient-centered HIV care. Evaluation of the program has illustrated increases in knowledge, skills, and practice behavior, yet critical domains remain unexplored, particularly the potential for the program to affect professional identity formation and networking between individual clinicians. METHODS Qualitative exit interviews (N = 50) were conducted over 4 years of the Clinician Scholars Program. Interviews were transcribed and analyzed using an open-coding process with multiple coders. Interrater reliability was assessed. Themes related to professional development and networking emerged. RESULTS Thematic analysis revealed changes in several professional development domains, including self-efficacy, HIV care clinician identity, and career development. In addition, clinicians began to develop key connections with mentors, other clinicians, and health systems-gaining a foundation in the HIV care community, enabled and strengthened by growth in professional confidence and competence within the clinician's care context. DISCUSSION Evaluations of clinical training programs often focus on knowledge and skill gains without addressing professional identity development and place within the care community. This study illustrates that a longitudinal clinician training program has the potential to influence professional identify development, particularly affect how clinicians view themselves as a resource in the HIV care community and begins to facilitate necessary connections to other clinicians and the wider care system.
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- Suzanne Carlberg-Racich
- Dr. Carlberg-Racich: Assistant Professor, Master of Public Health Program, DePaul University, Chicago, IL. Mrs. Wagner: Research and Evaluation Manager, Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center (MATEC), Department of Family Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL. Ms. Alabduljabbar: Data Manager, Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center (MATEC), Department of Family Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL. Dr. Rivero: Executive Director, Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center (MATEC), Department of Family Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL. Dr. Hasnain: Professor and Interim Department Head for Faculty Development and Research, Department of Family Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL. Dr. Sherer: Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases and Global Health, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Dr. Linsk: Professor of Social Work, Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center (MATEC), Department of Family Medicine, and Emeritus Professor, Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Ishimaru T, Wada K, Arphorn S, Smith DR. Attitudes of nurses toward HIV-infected colleagues in Japan. Contemp Nurse 2016; 53:133-142. [PMID: 27790951 DOI: 10.1080/10376178.2016.1254565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Nurses may be unwilling to accept HIV-infected colleagues who can continue to work with patients if the provider-to-patient transmission risks have been appropriately assessed. AIMS To assess the factors associated with nurses' willingness to accept HIV-infected colleagues as coworkers. DESIGN Descriptive and cross-sectional. METHODS An anonymous online survey targeting Japanese nurses working in hospitals or clinics (n = 992). Logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate factors associated with their willingness to accept HIV-positive colleagues before or after a risk assessment. RESULTS Respondents who avoided contact with, and expressed discriminatory views about, HIV-infected colleagues were less willing to accept them. After undertaking an appropriate risk assessment, a high level of knowledge regarding HIV transmission increased the likelihood of acceptance towards HIV-infected colleagues. CONCLUSIONS The use of risk assessment may increase nurses' willingness to accept HIV-infected colleagues, particularly among co-workers with a high level of knowledge about HIV.
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- Tomohiro Ishimaru
- a Department of Occupational Health and Safety, Faculty of Public Health , Mahidol University , 420/1 Rajvithee Rd., Rachathewee, Bangkok 10400 , Thailand.,b Occupational Health Training Center, University of Occupational and Environmental Health , 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 807-8555 , Japan
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- c Bureau of International Health Cooperation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine , 1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8655 , Japan
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- a Department of Occupational Health and Safety, Faculty of Public Health , Mahidol University , 420/1 Rajvithee Rd., Rachathewee, Bangkok 10400 , Thailand
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- d College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University , Townsville , QLD 4811 , Australia
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Carreño SP, Sánchez-Herrera B, Carrillo GM, Chaparro-Díaz L, Gómez OJ. Carga de la enfermedad crónica para los sujetos implicados en el cuidado. REVISTA FACULTAD NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA 2016. [DOI: 10.17533/udea.rfnsp.v34n3a08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Ha PN, Chuc NTK, Hien HT, Larsson M, Pharris A. HIV-related stigma: Impact on healthcare workers in Vietnam. Glob Public Health 2013; 8 Suppl 1:S61-74. [PMID: 23738991 DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2013.799217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Stigma has been identified as a major barrier to HIV response. While much is known about stigma directed towards people living with HIV (PLHIV), less is known about stigma experienced by health workers who treat PLHIV. This study aims to explore the perceptions and experiences of health workers regarding how stigma influences their work with HIV-positive patients. The study employed a qualitative design involving individual semi-structured in-depth interviews with 14 health workers, purposively selected from hospitals and detention centres for people who use drugs and sex workers in Hanoi, Vietnam. Findings showed that the stigma experienced by health workers may be organised around several themes: (1) lack of social prestige associated with HIV work; (2) fear of infection expressed by family members; (3) feelings of being devalued within the healthcare field; and (4) work-related stress and burnout, especially for staff working in detention centres for drug users and female sex workers. Efforts are needed to improve the public image of HIV work, scale up stigma reduction, enhance stress management and create a safe and supportive working environment for health workers.
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- Pham Nguyen Ha
- Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Global Health, IHCAR, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Pham HN, Protsiv M, Larsson M, Ho HT, de Vries DH, Thorson A. Stigma, an important source of dissatisfaction of health workers in HIV response in Vietnam: a qualitative study. BMC Health Serv Res 2012; 12:474. [PMID: 23259923 PMCID: PMC3548727 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2012] [Accepted: 12/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background Like in many other low- and middle-income countries, the recent development of an HIV epidemic in Vietnam has led to a growing need for prevention, treatment, care, and support services for people living with HIV (PLHIV). This puts greater demands on the national HIV services, primarily on health workers, which increases the importance of their job satisfaction and working conditions. This study describes health worker perceptions and explores the factors that influence job satisfaction and dissatisfaction of health personnel working on the HIV response in Vietnam. Spector’s job satisfaction model was used as the theoretical framework for the study design and analysis. Methods The study employed a qualitative design with 7 focus group discussions and 15 semi-structured interviews with health workers, purposively selected from national and provincial organizations responsible for HIV services in 5 cities and provinces in Vietnam. Data were analyzed using a hybrid approach of theory-driven and data-driven coding and theme development using qualitative analysis software. Results HIV services are perceived by Vietnamese health workers as having both positive and negative aspects. Factors related to job satisfaction included training opportunities, social recognition, and meaningful tasks. Factors related to job dissatisfaction included unsatisfactory compensation, lack of positive feedback and support from supervisors, work-related stress from a heavy workload, fear of infection, and HIV-related stigma because of association with PLHIV. An adjusted Spector’s model of job satisfaction for HIV service health workers was developed from these results. Conclusion This study confirmed the relationship between stigmatization of PLHIV and stigma experienced by staff because of association with PLHIV from families, colleagues, and society. The experiencing stigma results in additional work-related stress, low self-esteem, poor views of their profession, and lower income. The study shows the importance of actions to improve staff job satisfaction such as pay raises, supportive supervision, stress management, stigma reduction and workplace safety. Immediate actions could be the provision of more information; education and communication in mass media to improve the public image of HIV services, as well as improvement of workplace safety, therefore making health workers feel that their work is valued and safe.
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- Ha Nguyen Pham
- Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Global Health (IHCAR), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Psychological impact of working with patients with cystic fibrosis at end-of-life, pre-transplant stage. Palliat Support Care 2012; 11:111-21. [PMID: 23234801 DOI: 10.1017/s147895151200079x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Multidisciplinary staff who work with end-of-life, pre-transplant patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) have to juggle two seemingly opposing care approaches; active care to maintain their patients' health and condition in anticipation of a transplant, and sensitive palliative care that takes their end-of-life wishes into consideration should they not receive a transplant. Little is known about the psychological impact on staff working within this care dichotomy. The aim of this study is to explore staff's experiences and understand more about the psychological impact of this work on them professionally and personally, and how this affects their ability to provide appropriate care for their patients. METHOD A qualitative explorative research design was used. Ten semistructured interviews with multidisciplinary staff working in cystic fibrosis centers and units across the United Kingdom were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). RESULTS Two superordinate themes emerged from the analysis: factors contributing to the "juggle" of active and palliative care, and extent of emotional impact on staff. SIGNIFICANCE OF RESULTS The study indicates that there is an emotional impact on staff working with patients with CF at end-of-life, pre-transplant stages. Specifically, it reveals the extent of the unpredictability that staff work with, and the range of emotions that staff experience, including uncertainty about professional identity and anxiety about working practices. The depth and intimacy of professional-patient relationships is highlighted, particularly for staff in close contact with and similar in age to their patients. Additionally, the strength of staff's commitment and desire to care for patients within broader humanistic terms that mesh with their own personal values is brought to light. Despite the difficulties with their work, the majority of staff adopted numerous coping strategies to manage their emotions, many of which emphasized the link between their professional and personal values in undertaking their roles.
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Raftopoulos V, Charalambous A, Talias M. The factors associated with the burnout syndrome and fatigue in Cypriot nurses: a census report. BMC Public Health 2012; 12:457. [PMID: 22716044 PMCID: PMC3506490 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2011] [Accepted: 05/18/2012] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Background Fatigue and burnout are two concepts often linked in the literature. However, regardless of their commonalities they should be approached as distinct concepts. The current and ever-growing reforms regarding the delivery of nursing care in Cyprus, stress for the development of ways to prevent burnout and effectively manage fatigue that can result from working in stressful clinical environments. Methods To explore the factors associated with the burnout syndrome in Cypriot nurses working in various clinical departments. A random sampling method taking into account geographical location, specialty and type of employment has been used. Results A total of 1,482 nurses (80.4% were females) working both in the private and public sectors completed and returned an anonymous questionnaire that included several aspects related to burnout; the MBI scale, questions related to occupational stress, and questions pertaining to self reported fatigue. Two-thirds (65.1%) of the nurses believed that their job is stressful with the majority reporting their job as stressful being female nurses (67.7%). Twelve point eight percent of the nurses met Maslach’s criteria for burnout. The prevalence of fatigue in nurses was found 91.9%. The prevalence of fatigue was higher in females (93%) than in males (87.5%) (p = 0.003). As opposed to the burnout prevalence, fatigue prevalence did not differ among the nursing departments (p = 0.166) and among nurses with a different marital status (p = 0.553). Burnout can be associated adequately knowing if nurses find their job stressful, their age, the level of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. It has been shown that the fatigue may be thought of as a predictor of burnout, but its influence is already accounted by emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. Conclusion The clinical settings in Cyprus appear as stress generating environment for nurses. Nurses working both in the private and public sector appear to experience low to severe burnout. Self-reported fatigue interferes to the onset of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization.
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- Vasilios Raftopoulos
- Mediterranean Research Centre for Public Health and Quality of Care, Cyprus University of Technology, Nicosia, Cyprus.
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Yiu JW, Mak WWS, Ho WS, Chui YY. Effectiveness of a knowledge-contact program in improving nursing students' attitudes and emotional competence in serving people living with HIV/AIDS. Soc Sci Med 2010; 71:38-44. [PMID: 20430503 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.02.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2009] [Revised: 12/10/2009] [Accepted: 02/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This study compared the effectiveness of an AIDS knowledge-only program (knowledge) with a combined program of AIDS knowledge and contact with people having HIV/AIDS (PHA) (knowledge-contact) in reducing nursing students' stigma and discrimination towards PHA and in enhancing their emotional competence to serve PHA. Eighty-nine nursing students from two universities in Hong Kong were randomly assigned to either the knowledge or the knowledge-contact condition. All participants completed measures of AIDS knowledge, stigmatizing attitudes, fear of contagion, willingness to treat, positive affect, and negative affect at pre-test, post-test, and six-week follow-up. Findings showed that in both groups, significant improvement in AIDS knowledge, stigmatizing attitudes, fear of contagion, willingness to treat, and negative affect were found at post-test. The effects on AIDS knowledge, fear of contagion, willingness to treat, and negative affect were sustained at follow-up for both groups. Intergroup comparisons at post-test showed that the effectiveness of knowledge-contact program was significantly greater than knowledge program in improving stigmatizing attitudes. No significant difference between the two groups was found at follow-up. Findings showed the short-term effect of contact in improving nursing students' attitudes and emotional competence in serving PHA. Implications for research and training of nursing staff were discussed.
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- Jessie W Yiu
- Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
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Forms, Functions, and Foibles of Humor Used in AIDS Service Organizations. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care 2010; 21:25-35. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jana.2009.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2009] [Accepted: 08/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Nguyen TA, Oosterhoff P, Pham YN, Hardon A, Wright P. Health workers' views on quality of prevention of mother-to-child transmission and postnatal care for HIV-infected women and their children. HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTH 2009; 7:39. [PMID: 19439094 PMCID: PMC2684067 DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-7-39] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2008] [Accepted: 05/13/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Prevention of mother-to-child transmission has been considered as not a simple intervention but a comprehensive set of interventions requiring capable health workers. Viet Nam's extensive health care system reaches the village level, but still HIV-infected mothers and children have received inadequate health care services for prevention of mother-to-child transmission. We report here the health workers' perceptions on factors that lead to their failure to give good quality prevention of mother-to-child transmission services. METHODS Semistructured interviews with 53 health workers and unstructured observations in nine health facilities in Hanoi were conducted. Selection of respondents was based on their function, position and experience in the development or implementation of prevention of mother-to-child transmission policies/programmes. RESULTS Factors that lead to health workers' failure to give good quality services for prevention of mother-to-child transmission include their own fear of HIV infection; lack of knowledge on HIV and counselling skills; or high workloads and lack of staff; unavailability of HIV testing at commune level; shortage of antiretroviral drugs; and lack of operational guidelines. A negative attitude during counselling and provision of care, treating in a separate area and avoidance of providing service at all were seen by health workers as the result of fear of being infected, as well as distrust towards almost all HIV-infected patients because of the prevailing association with antisocial behaviours. Additionally, the fragmentation of the health care system into specialized vertical pillars, including a vertical programme for HIV/AIDS, is a major obstacle to providing a continuum of care. CONCLUSION Many hospital staff were not being able to provide good care or were even unwilling to provide appropriate care for HIV-positive pregnant women The study suggests that the quality of prevention of mother-to-child transmission service could be enhanced by improving communication and other skills of health workers, providing them with greater support and enhancing their motivation. Reduction of workload would also be important. Development of a practical strategy is needed to strengthen and adapt the referral system to meet the needs of patients.
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- Thu Anh Nguyen
- Faculty of Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Viet Nam
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- Medical Committee Netherlands Vietnam, Hanoi, Viet Nam
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- Amsterdam School of Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Medical Committee Netherlands Vietnam, Hanoi, Viet Nam
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Yıldız Z, Ayhan S, Erdoğmuş Ş. The impact of nurses' motivation to work, job satisfaction, and sociodemographic characteristics on intention to quit their current job: An empirical study in Turkey. Appl Nurs Res 2009; 22:113-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2007.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2007] [Revised: 06/12/2007] [Accepted: 06/21/2007] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Evatt BL. The natural evolution of haemophilia care: developing and sustaining comprehensive care globally. Haemophilia 2006; 12 Suppl 3:13-21. [PMID: 16683992 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2516.2006.01256.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Comprehensive care is vital for patients with haemophilia to prevent early death and free patients from the complications that inhibit living normal lives. Experience has shown that once introduced in a country, there is a progressive restoration of normal healthy lives to the haemophilia community. Accompanying this progress is a gradual decreased dependency on the haemophilia comprehensive centre - except during brief periods when expertise contained within the comprehensive centre is mandatory for life-saving clinical management or to prevent severe morbidity. During each stage of the natural evolution of comprehensive haemophilia care in a country, challenges to the existence of the centre occur, which threaten the comprehensive treatment concept. The haemophilia community must understand this natural evolution and be prepared to work collaboratively with governments, physicians and other patients to ensure that centres retain the expertise to meet the emergent needs when they arise.
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- B L Evatt
- World Federation of Hemophilia, Atlanta, GA 30345, USA.
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Gasiorowicz M, Luther JB, Steiner Z, Hanrahan LP. Using Web-based reporting systems to evaluate health promotion: the experience of two statewide HIV prevention programs. JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT AND PRACTICE 2005; 11:500-7. [PMID: 16224284 DOI: 10.1097/00124784-200511000-00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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While Web-based reporting systems are becoming more common in public health for disease surveillance and for tracking interventions such as immunizations, their use for program evaluation is relatively new. This article describes two Web-based reporting systems developed to enable local agencies that conduct health promotion activities to enter process and outcome data for their own use, as well as for analysis by researchers and funders. The systems support the three major uses of evaluation: accountability, program improvement, and generating knowledge for the field. Annually, these programs obtain evaluation information on thousands of clients and individual and group sessions. Developing and introducing the Web-based systems was time-consuming and required significant State Health Department and local agency resources. Involvement of end users in the development process was critical to creating responsive systems that were accepted by staff in local agencies. Staff members from grantee agencies responded well to systems, as evidenced by high rates of user compliance (over 90%) and positive reactions (over 80%) on anonymous surveys. Concerns about resistance from contractors to use of the system, based on fears about breaches in client confidentiality or concerns about the difficulty in using the technology, were not borne out.
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- Mari Gasiorowicz
- Department of Professional Development and Applied Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
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Abstract
According to anecdotal reports, AIDS stigma and discrimination continue to influence people living with and affected by HIV disease as well as their health care providers, particularly in southern Africa where the burden of AIDS is so significant. Stigma is perceived as a major limiting factor in primary and secondary HIV/AIDS prevention and care. It reportedly interferes with voluntary testing and counselling, and with accessing care and treatments, thereby increasing suffering and shortening lives. Many health care workers in southern Africa have come to the conclusion that unless stigma is conquered, the illness will not be defeated. While there is substantial anecdotal evidence of the impact of stigma on AIDS care, very little rigorous research has been conducted. This article explores three questions: What is AIDS stigma? What is the impact of AIDS stigma? How can health care providers help to manage AIDS stigma?
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Affiliation(s)
- W L Holzemer
- School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, 2 Koret Way, San Francisco, CA, 94143-0608, USA.
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