AIDS discrimination survey among AIDS medical staff in Xuhui district in Shanghai / 上海预防医学

ABSTRACT

[Objective] To investigate the discrimination status among AIDS medical staff towards HIV/AIDS patients in XuHui district and analyze the factors influencing the discriminary attitude and be -havior will of medical staff . [ Methods] A total of 133 AIDS medical staff from 31 medical institutions were investigated by means of a self -designed questionnaire in Xuhui District . [ Results] In the atti-tude to PLWHA, the terms in the questionnaire with the highest and the lowest discrimination score were“people living with HIV should be sent to infection hospital” and “the privacy of people living with HIV should be respected”, whose scores were 1.59 and 0.03 points.In the behavior will to PLWHA, the terms with the highest and the lowest discrimination score were “not to shop from people living with HIV” and“willing to communicate with acquaintances infected with HIV”, whose scores were 1.05 and 0.48 points. The difference in discrimination score was female >male and clinical post >test post >healthcare post . [ Conclusion] Gender and occupation are the main factors affecting discrimination scores .The attitude and behavior will to PLWHA are inconsistent in some places .Measures should be taken to reduce PLWHA discrimination , such as effectively implementing the “AIDS prevention and control regulation”, strengthe-ning the occupation moral training of medical staff , and enhancing the occupation protection policy and training.