The Impact of AIDS Continuing Education on Psychiatric and Non-Psychiatric Nurses' Knowledge

Dancy, Barbara L.; Despotes, Joanne; Razzano, Lisa A.; Cook, Judith Α.

doi:10.3928/0022-0124-20000901-05

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“…Early in the HIV/AIDS epidemic, education received by nurses was primarily related to transmission, contagion, and infection control agency policies with little education focused on homosexuality, bisexuality, and specific care of PWAs such as symptom management, psychosocial, spiritual, legal, or financial issues . More recently, Dancy, Despotes, Razzano, and Cook (2000) found that nurses who attended an educational program about the fundamentals of mental health and HIV/AIDS continued to find crucial aspects of nursing care about the management of HIV disease and the psychological aspects of the grieving process lacking in nursing education.…”

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How Caring for Persons with HIV/AIDS Affects Rural Nurses

Mullins

2009

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

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Prior research findings about caregiving for persons with HIV/AIDS indicate that caregiving impacts nurses in three separate domains: personal self as a nurse in practice; interactions with the nurse's family members, friends, and colleagues; and interactions with persons with HIV/AIDS. However the impact caregiving for persons with HIV/AIDS has on rural nurses has not been extensively explored. A qualitative study of rural registered nurses' experiences of caring for persons with HIV/AIDS was conducted to determine how caregiving affects registered nurses in rural areas. Content analysis was used to analyze rural registered nurses' written comments about their experiences of caring for persons with HIV/AIDS. Themes identified from the nurses' accounts of instances of caregiving were the perceived risk of acquiring the virus, a lack of concern about HIV/AIDS, and a need for ongoing continued education about the care of persons with HIV/AIDS.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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How Caring for Persons with HIV/AIDS Affects Rural Nurses

Mullins

2009

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

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“…Several previous studies document that the barriers limiting health workers' role as HIV prevention leaders can be overcome. Training that emphasizes social learning and skill building has been shown to increase HIV-related sensitivity (Hewitt, 1993;Selwyn, 1998;Dancy, Despotes, and Razzano, 2000). A recent study in Nigeria found that an intervention that included information, role modelling, and discussion of stigma and human rights significantly reduced health workers' fears and improved their attitudes and perceived counselling and treatment skills in the intervention state compared to a control state (Ezedinachi et al, 2002).…”

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A primary health care intervention to mobilize health workers for HIV prevention in Malawi

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Kaponda

Crittenden

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For the last 4 years we have implemented a model to mobilize rural health workers as leaders for HIV prevention in Malawi. We use a conceptual framework that integrates the World Health Organization's (WHO) primary health care (PHC) model, the socialcognitive model of behavioural change, and contextual tailoring of the intervention. Health workers are potential rural HIV prevention leaders because they have community trust and respect. However, their leadership potential has been limited by both health system barriers such as inadequate workers, supplies, and training and personal barriers such as risky occupational and personal behaviours. In the first phase of the project, we developed collaborative relationships and conducted qualitative research to adapt a peer group intervention for rural health workers and community members. In the ongoing second phase, we trained the health workers, who then volunteered and provided the intervention to adults in the communities their health centres serve. The intervention was adapted for young people through a community participatory process. Currently the adapted intervention is being offered to young people. As a guide to replication, we discuss barriers encountered in implementing this collaborative project and how we overcame them. This project demonstrates that health workers can be effective leaders for community AIDS prevention in African countries. The primary health care model offers a feasible, cost-effective and sustainable approach to maximizing health worker-community collaboration to reduce the spread of HIV.

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“…All trainings included segments delivered by “peers,” defined as individuals with mental health difficulties and/or individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Evaluation of 1600 participants in the Fundamentals curriculum (Linsk et al, 2002; Dancy, Despotes, Razzano & Cook, 2000) revealed significant improvements in trainees’ overall knowledge levels from pretest to posttest.…”

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Changes in service delivery following HIV/AIDS education of medical and mental health service providers: Results of a one-year follow-up.

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Razzano²,

Linsk³

et al. 2006

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal

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This study examined changes in service delivery patterns of health and mental health service providers one year after a training on the fundamentals of HIV/AIDS and mental health. Paired t-tests for 424 training recipients showed significant increases in delivery of HIV-related services, and these remained significant while controlling for additional training, job changes, region (urban, rural, suburban), and provider discipline. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed a significantly greater likelihood of providing direct services to HIV+ individuals among male providers, those with more years of HIV experience, those in counseling disciplines, and those working in a new job since the training.

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The Impact of AIDS Continuing Education on Psychiatric and Non-Psychiatric Nurses' Knowledge

Cited by 4 publications

References 12 publications

How Caring for Persons with HIV/AIDS Affects Rural Nurses

How Caring for Persons with HIV/AIDS Affects Rural Nurses

A primary health care intervention to mobilize health workers for HIV prevention in Malawi

Changes in service delivery following HIV/AIDS education of medical and mental health service providers: Results of a one-year follow-up.

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