The impact of health education on the knowledge and attitude of Egyptian nurses towards occupational HIV infection.
There is a phobia about nursing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients. This work was carried out to study the impact of health education on the knowledge and attitude of nurses, representing a stratum of health care team, about modes of transmission and prevention of occupational HIV infection. The studied population were students of the High Institute of Nursing, they were subjected to a health education program (HE), and assessment was carried out before and after this intervention. The results revealed that health education is a successful tool in improving the knowledge of the nurses and in minimizing their phobia from occupational HIV infection.
Shouman
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Department of Community Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Fotouh
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D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004534:Egypt; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires