Medical and nursing students' attitudes about AIDS issues. Acad Med 1990 Jul;65(7):467-9
Date
07/01/1990Pubmed ID
2242204DOI
10.1097/00001888-199007000-00013Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0025276797 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 34 CitationsAbstract
A 12-item questionnaire was administered in late 1987-early 1988 to 445 medical students, 133 medical school applicants, and 111 nursing students to assess any differences in their attitudes toward medicine-related AIDS issues. These groups were also given a 31-item test of their knowledge of AIDS issues. Significant differences by levels of knowledge were obtained for eight of the 12 attitude items. For example, the more knowledgeable the student, the less likely he or she was to refuse treatment to an AIDS patient, to require mandatory AIDS testing of physicians, or to require medical personnel to wear gloves. The findings strongly suggest that education has an important role in changing attitudes about AIDS in a direction that fosters better health care for AIDS patients.
Author List
Tesch BJ, Simpson DE, Kirby BDMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Acquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeAttitude of Health Personnel
Attitude to Health
Comprehension
Gloves, Surgical
Humans
Internal Medicine
Occupational Diseases
Refusal to Treat
Students, Medical
Students, Nursing
Surveys and Questionnaires
Therapeutic Human Experimentation
Wisconsin
