TY - JOUR

T1 - Role of Danish general practitioners in AIDS prevention

AU - Sandbaek, A

AU - Kragstrup, J

PY - 1995/12

Y1 - 1995/12

N2 - OBJECTIVE: To describe Danish general practitioners' perception of their own role and to register their actual behaviour in the prevention of HIV/AIDS.DESIGN: Data collection was carried out by a) questionnaire and b) prospective registration of consultations dealing with HIV/AIDS in a two-week period in September 1992.SETTING: General practice, Denmark.SUBJECTS: One thousand general practitioners (GPs), selected at random, were asked to participate. The study population comprised 352 GPs who returned the questionnaire and participated in the prospective registration.RESULTS: Most of the GPs (94%) were of the opinion that GPs should play a central part in the prevention of HIV; 96% found that their knowledge was sufficient to advise on the prevention of HIV, and 90% thought that the GP should take the initiative to talk about HIV. The median number of consultations dealing with HIV was two during ten working days (range 0-18), and more than half the GPs (56%) had not themselves initiated a conversation concerning the problem.CONCLUSION: There was discrepancy between the GPs' vision of their role in HIV prevention and the activities in practice. It is recommended that initiatives are taken to strengthen the GPs' role in AIDS prevention.

AB - OBJECTIVE: To describe Danish general practitioners' perception of their own role and to register their actual behaviour in the prevention of HIV/AIDS.DESIGN: Data collection was carried out by a) questionnaire and b) prospective registration of consultations dealing with HIV/AIDS in a two-week period in September 1992.SETTING: General practice, Denmark.SUBJECTS: One thousand general practitioners (GPs), selected at random, were asked to participate. The study population comprised 352 GPs who returned the questionnaire and participated in the prospective registration.RESULTS: Most of the GPs (94%) were of the opinion that GPs should play a central part in the prevention of HIV; 96% found that their knowledge was sufficient to advise on the prevention of HIV, and 90% thought that the GP should take the initiative to talk about HIV. The median number of consultations dealing with HIV was two during ten working days (range 0-18), and more than half the GPs (56%) had not themselves initiated a conversation concerning the problem.CONCLUSION: There was discrepancy between the GPs' vision of their role in HIV prevention and the activities in practice. It is recommended that initiatives are taken to strengthen the GPs' role in AIDS prevention.

KW - Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/prevention & control

KW - Adult

KW - Aged

KW - Counseling

KW - Denmark

KW - Family Practice

KW - Female

KW - HIV Infections/prevention & control

KW - Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

KW - Humans

KW - Logistic Models

KW - Male

KW - Middle Aged

KW - Odds Ratio

KW - Patient Education as Topic

KW - Physician's Role

KW - Primary Prevention

KW - Prospective Studies

KW - Surveys and Questionnaires

U2 - 10.3109/02813439508996780

DO - 10.3109/02813439508996780

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 8693217

VL - 13

SP - 307

EP - 315

JO - Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

JF - Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

SN - 0281-3432

IS - 4

ER -