Medical Staffs’Awareness of AIDS Knowledge and Their Preventive Behaviors Among Hospitals of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Liangshan / 昆明医科大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the awareness of AIDS knowledge among medical staffs and their preventive behaviors among hospitals of traditional Chinese Medicine in Liangshan and to analyze the influential factors so as to provide the scientific basis for the staffs' training as well as for the prevention and control about AIDS. Methods Medical staffs from 7 hospitals of traditional Chinese medicine in Liangshan were surveyed using self-designed questionnaires,among which 276 were valid. Results The total score of the medical staffs' knowledge on AIDS was 34.14 ±6.92 points. Those with the highest score accounted for 16.73%, others with intermediate score accounted for 56.13%and still others with the low score accounted for 27.14%. The total score of the medical staffs' preventive behaviors on AIDS was 35.20 ±9.48 points, with the highest score being 12.64%, the intermediate score being 30.86%and the low score being 56.51%. The major factors to influence the medial staffs' knowledge about AIDS related to his/her educational level, specialty, education background of education, trainings on AIDS and contacts with HIV/AIDS patients and so on (<0.05) . The hospital's level, the specialty, whether or not being trained with AIDS knowledge concerned the level of occupational protection ( <0.05), whereas their ages, titles of a technical post, working years of working were irrelevant. Conclusion The overall level of these medical staffs’knowledge and preventive behaviors has not been satisfactory. Therefore, the various training programs will be necessary to improve the technical level of the medical staffs.