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DOCN M94A2166
TI Primary care physicians in HIV/AIDS programmes.
DT 9412
AU Jayaratnam R; Smith C; ELCHA, London, UK.
SO Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):366 (abstract no. PD0072). Unique
Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370409
AB OBJECTIVES: The aims of the research were to ascertain the proportion of
primary care physicians working in the London Borough of Newham (LBN),
England who were: (1) accepting patients with AIDS and HIV infection
under their care; (2) willing to get information and support to care for
them. METHODS: All 142 physicians in LBN were sent a postal
questionnaire containing 28 questions about AIDS and HIV infection.
Non-responders were sent a repeat questionnaire after one month.
RESULTS: The final response rate was 47% (66/142). 71% (47/66) of the
responders replied they were accepting HIV infected patients, and 67%
(44/66) were accepting patients with AIDS. 61% (40/66) replied they
needed help to support them to deal with these groups of patients; 15%
(10/66) physicians who said they do not require support were, however,
already accepting HIV infected persons under their care. All physicians
who did not accept these patients felt they would require support to
care for these patients. 21% (14/66) were willing for their names to be
disclosed to patients with HIV infection/AIDS but all of them were
already accepting these groups. Only 9% (6/66) had been in contact with
the local Health Promotion Unit for further information. DISCUSSION AND
CONCLUSIONS: The final response rate was poor and may be due to the low
priority given to HIV/AIDS; however a high proportion of the responders
were already accepting patients with HIV/AIDS. Only 21% of the
responders were willing for their names to be publicised. Only 9% of
physicians had been in contact with the local Health Promotion Unit even
though 3 full time staff had been attached to this unit for more than 2
years and had publicised their work widely. Primary care physicians
therefore need to be provided with better training and support in order
for them to be more fully integrated into the local HIV/AIDS prevention
and treatment programmes.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/THERAPY Data Collection Human HIV
Infections/*THERAPY London *Physicians, Family Refusal to Treat
MEETING ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).