title: Healthcare provider characteristics and perceived confidence from HIV/AIDS education.
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 3,779 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.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA. panter@unc.edu
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Panter
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Huba
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Melchior
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Driscoll
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rohweder
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zalumas
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003376:Counseling / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000592:standards*; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States