An assessment of health-care students' attitudes toward patients with or at high risk for HIV: Implications for education and cultural competency

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1223-1228

  Jin, Harry ^a   Earnshaw, Valerie A ^a   Wickersham, Jeffrey A ^b   Kamarulzaman, Adeeba ^b,c   Desai, Mayur M ^a   John, Jacob ^c   Altice, Frederick L ^a,b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; men who have sex with men; people who inject drugs; professional health care students; stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL STUDENT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; NAMED GROUPS OF PERSONS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; STUDENT ATTITUDE; THERMOMETER; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MALAYSIA; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; SOCIAL STIGMA; STUDENTS, DENTAL; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904045618     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2014.894616     Document Type: Article

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