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HIV- and TB-stigma among healthcare workers in South Africa Universiteit Antwerpen
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Reducing HIV- and TB-Stigma among healthcare co-workers in South Africa Universiteit Antwerpen
Rationale: The HIV and TB co-epidemic has a severe impact on the South African healthcare workforce and health system. HIV- and TB- stigma directed from healthcare workers (HCWs) towards colleagues not only has a negative impact on the mental health and well-being of the HCWs, but has been identified as a barrier to their own health-seeking behaviour. It also increases the strain on the health system due to absenteeism. Objective: This ...
Abortus na de wettelijke limiet van 14 weken Universiteit Antwerpen
De hier beschreven studie is het eerste onderzoek dat de registratiegegevens analyseert van vrouwen die zich in Vlaanderen aanbieden met een abortusverzoek in het tweede trimester, buiten de legale periode van zwangerschapsafbreking. Het onderzoek focust op de karakteristieken van deze vrouwen, vergeleken met vrouwen die zich aanbieden voor een abortus binnen de legale limiet, 14 weken vanaf de eerste dag van de laatste menstruatie. De helft van ...
Characteristics of women who present for abortion beyond the legal limit in Flanders, Belgium Universiteit Antwerpen
CONTEXT Women who seek abortion care beyond the first trimester of gestation are often in a vulnerable socioeconomic position with limited social support, and in Belgium, the details of their circumstances are insufficiently understood. A better understanding of this group is essential to a critical evaluation of Belgian abortion policy, which restricts abortions on request after the first trimester. METHODS Anonymized patient records were ...
Factors associated with HIV-related stigma toward colleagues in the health care workforce in South Africa Universiteit Antwerpen
South Africa has the highest number of people living with HIV in the world, and health care workers (HCWs) are as likely to be infected as the general population. Stigma in health care settings has severe implications for HCWs and health facilities when HCWs with HIV delay or avoid seeking care, causing increased morbidity and mortality. We explored factors associated with HIV stigma toward colleagues. A representative sample of 882 HCWs from 8 ...
Waiting to inhale: factors associated with healthcare workers' fears of occupationally-acquired tuberculosis (TB) Universiteit Antwerpen
BackgroundFear of TB infection is rooted in historical and social memories of the disease, marked by stigma, segregation and exclusion. Healthcare workers (HCWs) face these same fears today, and even seek to hide their TB status when infected. This study sought to investigate factors associated with HCWs fears of acquiring TB while at work, including selected biographic characteristics, TB knowledge, infection control and perceptions that their ...
Towards a health-enabling working environment Universiteit Antwerpen
Background: Occupational exposure to tuberculosis (TB) constitutes a major health risk for healthcare workers (HCWs). The HIV epidemic equally affects the workforce because of the mutually reinforcing epidemiology of HIV and TB. Stigmas associated with HIV and TB have become so intricately entangled that they stop some HCWs from seeking care in a context where serious shortages in human resources for health besiege public health facilities. It ...
Fighting stigma, promoting care Universiteit Antwerpen
Fear of breaches in confidentiality and HIV-related stigma in the workplace have been shown to be primary concerns and potential barriers to uptake of HIV testing and treatment by health care workers (HCWs) at the Occupational Health Unit (OHU). In a context of human resource shortages, it is essential to investigate potential ways of reducing HIV-related stigma and promoting confidentially in the workplace. Using Structural Equation Modelling ...
Measuring HIV- and TB-related stigma among health care workers in South Africa Universiteit Antwerpen
SETTING: Recent evidence indicates that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB) related stigma act as a key barrier to the utilisation of associated occupational health services by South African health care workers (HCWs). It also highlights a dearth of appropriate tools to measure HIV and TB stigma among HCWs. OBJECTIVE: To test four scales measuring different aspects of stigma: respondent's external stigma (RES) and others' ...