[Relationship between the use of postgraduate educational material on human immunodeficiency virus and the number of HIV consultations in family practice].
An enquiry using a structured questionnaire was conducted among all 6300 GPs in the Netherlands in order to assess the distribution of HIV-related problems over general practices in the Netherlands and the influence on it of the use of the 'HIV-wijzer voor de huisarts', a loose-leaf handbook on HIV, distributed since 1988 among all Dutch general practitioners. The enquiry was conducted one year after its publication. The 2156 respondents (34%) appeared to be reasonably representative of all GPs. The results show minor imperfections because a small proportion of the questionnaires was filled out incompletely. Almost 90% of respondents mentioned HIV-related consultations, 24% had HIV-seropositive patients and 18% had AIDS patients. These numbers were correlated mainly with municipality size, less with region. The use of the 'HIV-wijzer' was related to occurrence of HIV-related consultations and AIDS patients in a practice. GPs who do not encounter these problems are little motivated to read the 'HIV-wijzer'. For them, other means of education have to be developed or HIV has to be included in existing education programmes on other subjects.
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Universiteit van Amsterdam, vakgroep Huisartsgeneeskunde.
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Hochheimer
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D001296:Audiovisual Aids; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Samenhang tussen het gebruik van nascholingsmateriaal over het humaan immunodeficiëntievirus en het aantal HIV-consulten in huisartspraktijken.