title: AIDS knowledge and attitudes of health-care workers in Mexico.
abstract: AIDS threatens to spread rapidly in Mexico. In the present study, results of a survey of 204 Mexican employees in hospitals and doctors' offices indicated that those health-care workers were largely knowledgeable about the illness. A majority were willing to provide AIDS care, although they feared contagion. Multiple regression analyses indicated that (a) attitudes toward high-risk groups (intravenous drug users and homosexuals) and (b) fear of contagion were both related to intentions to provide care to AIDS patients.
authors.affiliation: Division of Business, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fusilier
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Manning
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Santini Villar
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Torres Rodriguez
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires