Sailors’ fear of the stigma of HIV/AIDS

Q4 Medicine
M. Kolarova-Dimitrova
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Introduction. Seafarers face many occupational, health and psychosocial problems on a daily basis. Maritime as a profession has a special combination of conditions that have a strong impact on the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STIs) and make prevention programs difficult to succeed.Objective. To study the attitudes towards sharing and attitudes towards HIV-positive people among seafarers in the workplace.Material and methods. 100 persons practicing the maritime profession were surveyed using an anonymous questionnaire, approved by the Commission on Scientific Ethics at the Medical University — Varna.The results were statistically processed with SPSS v. 20.0, using variation, comparison and correlation analyzes.Results and discussion. Most of the respondents have sufficient experience in their profession, have higher education and have an equal distribution in deck and machine command (41% each), 18% are from the executive staff. All respondents are adamant that they would share the result of the HIV test with their family or partner, with only 24.0% stating that they would share the positive result with colleagues and 26.0% with the employer. We found a significant difference (c2 39.47; p<0.001) and a moderate dependence (r=0.34; p=0.001) on the behavior of respondents regarding the sharing of the positive result of the HIV test with members of their professional environment (colleagues and managers).The sailors are afraid to work with HIV-seropositive colleagues because their knowledge about the prevalence, risk factors and perceptions about the transmission and prevention of HIV infection have a lot of gaps.Conclusion. Despite training from unions, medical organizations and governments, the dreaded myths about HIV/AIDS persist. The degree of ignorance of the reality around HIV/AIDS is directly proportional to the stigmatization of the problem.
水手们对艾滋病毒/艾滋病耻辱的恐惧
介绍海员每天都面临许多职业、健康和心理社会问题。海事作为一种职业,有着特殊的条件组合,对性传播疾病的传播有着强烈的影响,并使预防计划难以成功。客观的研究海员在工作场所对分享的态度以及对艾滋病毒阳性者的态度。材料和方法。使用一份匿名问卷对100名海事从业人员进行了调查,该问卷由瓦尔纳医科大学科学伦理委员会批准。结果用SPSS v.20.0进行统计学处理,采用变异、比较和相关性分析。结果和讨论。大多数受访者在自己的职业中有足够的经验,受过高等教育,在甲板和机器指挥方面的分配平等(各占41%),18%来自行政人员。所有受访者都坚称,他们会与家人或伴侣分享艾滋病毒检测结果,只有24.0%的人表示会与同事分享阳性结果,26.0%的人则表示会与雇主分享阳性结果。我们发现,受访者在与专业环境成员(同事和管理人员)分享HIV检测阳性结果方面的行为存在显著差异(c2 39.47;p<0.001)和中度依赖性(r=0.34;p=0.001)。水手们害怕与HIV血清阳性同事合作,因为他们对流行率的了解,风险因素和对艾滋病毒感染的传播和预防的认识存在很大差距。结论尽管接受了工会、医疗组织和政府的培训,但有关艾滋病毒/艾滋病的可怕神话仍然存在。对艾滋病毒/艾滋病现实的无知程度与对该问题的污名化程度成正比。
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HIV Infection and Immunosuppressive Disorders
HIV Infection and Immunosuppressive Disorders Medicine-Infectious Diseases
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期刊介绍: In the scientific-practical journal "HIV Infection and Immunosuppressive Disorders", published various issues of HIV medicine (epidemiology, molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis to the development of educational programs) leading scientists of Russia and countries of CIS, USA, as well as practical healthcare professionals working in research centers, research institutes, universities, clinics where done basic medical work. A special place on the pages of the publication is given to basic and clinical research, analytical reviews of contemporary and foreign reports, the provision of medical care for various diseases.
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