TY - JOUR
T1 - Personal values and attitudes toward people living with HIV among health care providers in Kazakhstan
AU - Tartakovsky, Eugene
AU - Hamama, Liat
PY - 2013/11
Y1 - 2013/11
N2 - Our study investigates the relationship between health care providers' personal value preferences and their attitudes toward people living with HIV (PLWH). The study was conducted among nurses (n=38) and physicians (n=87) working in HIV Centers in Kazakhstan. Significant relationships were found between the providers' personal value preferences and their attitudes toward PLWH: higher preferences for tradition and power values and lower preferences for benevolence values were associated with more negative attitudes toward PLWH. In addition, more years of experience working with PLWH was associated with more positive attitudes toward this population. Age, gender, family status, religiosity, occupation, and number of years working in health care were not related to the health care providers' attitudes toward PLWH. Theoretical and practical implications of the results obtained are discussed.
AB - Our study investigates the relationship between health care providers' personal value preferences and their attitudes toward people living with HIV (PLWH). The study was conducted among nurses (n=38) and physicians (n=87) working in HIV Centers in Kazakhstan. Significant relationships were found between the providers' personal value preferences and their attitudes toward PLWH: higher preferences for tradition and power values and lower preferences for benevolence values were associated with more negative attitudes toward PLWH. In addition, more years of experience working with PLWH was associated with more positive attitudes toward this population. Age, gender, family status, religiosity, occupation, and number of years working in health care were not related to the health care providers' attitudes toward PLWH. Theoretical and practical implications of the results obtained are discussed.
KW - Attitudes
KW - Health care providers
KW - Nurses
KW - People living with HIV
KW - Personal value preferences
KW - Physicians
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jana.2012.11.001
DO - 10.1016/j.jana.2012.11.001
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AN - SCOPUS:84885429095
SN - 1055-3290
VL - 24
SP - 569
EP - 578
JO - Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
JF - Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
IS - 6
ER -
