November 2016

Healthcare providers’ (HCPs) attitude towards older adults with HIV and AIDS in Botswana

This study obtained the views of a random sample of 164 healthcare practitioners on their attitudes to older adults with HIV and AIDS. It shows that although the knowledge of protective measures to avoid HIV infection, mode of transmission and stigmatization are high among the healthcare providers (HCPs), yet the majority of them (76.2% of medical officers, 80.4% of nurses and 93.3% of others) are aware of...

Author(s): Njoku Ola Ama, Sheila Shaibu and Denise Burnette