Formal and informal sector health providers in southern India: Role in the prevention and care of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS
Formal and informal sector health providers in southern India: Role in the prevention and care of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS
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DOI：
10.1080/09540120600780542
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发表时间：
2007-02-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Moses, S.
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作者：
Mignone, J.;Washington, R. G.;Moses, S.
卫生保健提供者（HCP）在为性传播感染（STI），包括艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者提供预防和护理服务方面发挥着核心作用。然而，通过适当的培训和经验为这一角色做好准备的程度尚不清楚。在印度卡纳塔克邦的城市和农村地区，初级和中级保健由从业人员提供，他们可分为三大类：合格的对抗疗法医生、合格的非对抗疗法医生（顺势疗法和阿育吠陀疗法）和注册医生。2002年，印度-加拿大艾滋病毒/艾滋病合作项目在卡纳塔克邦的一个城市地区和一个农村地区进行了一项研究，从998名护理人员那里收集了有关性传播感染护理，特别是艾滋病毒/艾滋病护理的态度、知识和做法的信息。本文分析和比较了三种不同类型的HCP相对于这些参数，并讨论了STI/艾滋病毒/艾滋病预防和护理计划的影响。
Healthcare providers (HCPs) play a central role in the provision of prevention and care services for people with sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV/AIDS. However, the degree of readiness for this role through appropriate training and experience is not clear. In the case of both the urban and rural areas of the state of Karnataka, India, primary and secondary healthcare is provided by practitioners who can be categorised into three major groups: qualified allopathic physicians, qualified non-allopathic doctors (homeopathic and Ayurvedic) and registered medical practitioners. In 2002, the India-Canada Collaborative HIV/AIDS Project conducted a study in an urban area and a rural district of the state of Karnataka, collecting information from 998 care providers regarding attitudes, knowledge and practices related to STI care and HIV/AIDS care in particular. This paper analyses and compares the three different types of HCPs with respect to these parameters and discusses implications for STI/HIV/AIDS prevention and care programs.