HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes, practices and perceptions of rural nurses in South Africa

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1061-1073

  Delobelle, Peter ^a   Rawlinson, Jakes L ^b   Ntuli, Sam ^b   Malatsi, Inah ^b   Decock, Rika ^a   Depoorter, Anne Marie ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Attitudes; HIV AIDS; Knowledge; Nurses; Perceptions; Practices; Rural; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARD;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63849140091     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.04973.x     Document Type: Article

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