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- Title
HealthCare Provider Characteristics and Perceived Confidence from HIV/AIDS Education.
- Authors
Panter, A. T.; Huba, G. J.; Melchior, Lisa A.; Anderson, Donna; Driscoll, Mary; Rohweder, Catherine; Henderson, Harold; Henderson, Ron; Zalumas, Jacqueline
- Abstract
This study reports findings from six training projects designed to keep health providers up-to-date on emerging developments and approaches in HIV/AIDS care. Participants were 3779 individuals who described themselves, their professional background, and their specific experience in the HIV/AIDS field. These characteristics were compared with their self-reported confidence in managing clients, counseling clients, providing services, and the training topics. A repeated-measures design examining level and change of confidence showed little support for links between provider characteristics and confidence due to HIV/AIDS training experience. Thus, knowing a provider's background does not necessarily provide diagnostic information about who might most benefit in improved confidence from HIV/AIDS educational training. These results suggest that HIV/AIDS training programs may be targeted broadly - to a wide range of healthcare providers of diverse backgrounds - with little or no impact on overall levels and changes in provider confidence.
- Subjects
AIDS patients; MEDICAL care; MEDICAL personnel; CARING
- Publication
AIDS Patient Care & STDs, 2000, Vol 14, Issue 11, p603
- ISSN
1087-2914
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1089/10872910050193789