The Challenges of Home Based Care for Aids Patients in Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Olwit, George. (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Demeke, Berhanu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-05-11T07:16:38Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-05T14:40:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-05-11T07:16:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-05T14:40:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1993-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This is a discriptive cross sectional study to determine factors which can influence and pose challenges for Home Based Care for AIDS Patients . The setting was Entoto Awraja North of Addis Ababa Ethiopia . Four hundred eighty five persons from the community memmbers of Entoto Awraja i 37 AIDS patients attending counselling and follow up clinic i and 12 family members who were informed about their patients disease , were interviewed by structured questionnaires, while 127 health institution workers involved in the care of AIDS patients in different health institutions were given self administered questionnairs . The communitys', patients, families and health institution workers ,Knowledge , attitude, beliefs and practices on AIDS , hospital care and home based care of patients was assessed More than 60% of respondents had good knowledge about transmission routes and means of preventions , although 70% of them mentioned nonspesific symptoms of the disease . 61% and 81% of the community and health institution workers respectively did not think the hospital would meet all the needs of AIDS patients , and 57% of the community prefrred Home Care compared t o 40% of the patients , 25% of the familly members and 43% of health institution workers. Majority of the the patients and famillies were afraid of social consequenses by beeing exposed due to vists by home care team. 60% of the community responded they will be volunteers for home care team if asked while only 35% of the health institution workers responded similarly The study reveals considerably good knowledgeamong the respondents on AIDS ,with bias towards clinical care and lees emphasis on th psychological support . The community displays less fear for AIDS and more positive attitude towards home care than health institution workers. Promotional and educational efforts are recommended , with emphasis on health workers for the success of Home Based Care. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/31592 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Challenges of Home Based Care | en_US |
| dc.title | The Challenges of Home Based Care for Aids Patients in Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |