PMID- 17711384
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20071023
LR  - 20070822
IS  - 1087-2914 (Print)
IS  - 1087-2914 (Linking)
VI  - 21
IP  - 8
DP  - 2007 Aug
TI  - Inequality and unwillingness to care for people living with HIV/AIDS: a survey of 
      medical professionals in Southeast China.
PG  - 593-601
AB  - This study was aimed at assessing physicians' and physician assistants' knowledge 
      and attitudes toward HIV/AIDS and identifying determinants of willingness to care 
      for infected individuals in Southeast China. From May to June 2004, 454 
      physicians and physician assistants from 5 different medical facility levels in 
      Fujian Province, China, undertook a survey on knowledge, attitude, behavior, and 
      practice (KABP). Only 40.4% (95% confidence intervals: 35.9, 44.9) were willing 
      to provide healthcare services for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs). 
      Knowledge (p < 0.001) and attitude scores (p = 0.01) as well as the proportion of 
      those willing to provide care (p < 0.001) significantly differed by facility 
      level. Multivariate analysis identified supportive attitudes toward PLWHAs (p < 
      0.001), self-confidence in providing care (p < 0.001), and facility level as 
      significant predictors of willingness to care for infected individuals. Village 
      medical stations showed the most unfavorable outcomes. Enhanced education as well 
      as specific programs promoting supportive attitudes and willingness to care is 
      therefore required, especially among those working at lower facility levels in 
      remote areas.
FAU - Cai, Guoxi
AU  - Cai G
AD  - Research Center for Tropical Infectious Diseases, Nagasaki University Institute 
      of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan., Nagasaki University Graduate School of 
      Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.
FAU - Moji, Kazuhiko
AU  - Moji K
FAU - Honda, Sumihisa
AU  - Honda S
FAU - Wu, Xiaonan
AU  - Wu X
FAU - Zhang, Konglai
AU  - Zhang K
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - AIDS Patient Care STDS
JT  - AIDS patient care and STDs
JID - 9607225
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Ambulatory Care Facilities
MH  - *Attitude of Health Personnel
MH  - China
MH  - Confidence Intervals
MH  - Female
MH  - HIV Infections/*therapy
MH  - *Health Care Surveys
MH  - *Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Hospitals
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Multivariate Analysis
MH  - Physician Assistants/*psychology
MH  - Physicians/*psychology
EDAT- 2007/08/23 09:00
MHDA- 2007/10/24 09:00
CRDT- 2007/08/23 09:00
PHST- 2007/08/23 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/10/24 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/08/23 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1089/apc.2006.0162 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2007 Aug;21(8):593-601. doi: 10.1089/apc.2006.0162.