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Non-occupational HIV exposure and post exposure prophylaxis : knowledge and practice among police and prison service personnel in Blantyre, Malawi
Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/85860 Non-occupational HIV exposure and post exposure prophylaxis : knowledge and practice among police and prison service personnel in Blantyre, Malawi Soko, Douglas Munro, Greg Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. Dept. of Industrial Psychology. Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management. HIV infections -- Malawi -- Blantyre -- Prevention Police -- Health and hygiene -- Malawi -- Blantyre Correctional personnel -- Health and hygiene -- Malawi -- Blantyre HIV infections -- Chemoprevention Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2013. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A cross sectional descriptive study aimed at determining the knowledge and practices of non-occupational exposure and Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) of HIV among police and prison service personnel in Blantyre, Malawi was conducted as part of prevention and management of HIV/AIDS in the workplace. Police and prison service personnel at four police stations of Ndirande, Blantyre, Chilobwe and Limbe in Blantyre and the Chichiri maximum prison respectively and later on Thyolo, Bvumbwe, Bangwe, Chileka were added and surveyed. In total 150 personnel were surveyed using quantitative and qualitative methods. The sampling method was convenient and purposive. A structured questionnaire was self-administered by all participants. Interviews and focus group discussions were also conducted. A total of five interviews targeting HIV/AIDS officers as key informants were conducted; these are officers responsible for HIV/AIDS issues in police stations and prison respectively. On the other hand, four focus group discussions were held targeting middle to low ranking personnel. This segregation of respondents based on choice of qualitative data collection methods was done because mixing low and high ranking police and prison personnel in a focus group discussion would not have created homogeneous, dynamic groups which would have adequately explored issues under investigation. The main findings were that percutaneus and mucotaneus exposures seldom happen among the Police and Prison personnel. Most exposures that happen are not serious to warrant PEP, however the knowledge of HIV exposure and PEP is very low among both groups. Masters 2013-11-28T09:01:37Z 2013-12-13T17:33:46Z 2013-11-28T09:01:37Z 2013-12-13T17:33:46Z 2013-12 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/85860 en_ZA Stellenbosch University 65 p. application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | HIV infections -- Malawi -- Blantyre -- Prevention Police -- Health and hygiene -- Malawi -- Blantyre Correctional personnel -- Health and hygiene -- Malawi -- Blantyre HIV infections -- Chemoprevention Soko, Douglas Non-occupational HIV exposure and post exposure prophylaxis : knowledge and practice among police and prison service personnel in Blantyre, Malawi |
| title | Non-occupational HIV exposure and post exposure prophylaxis : knowledge and practice among police and prison service personnel in Blantyre, Malawi |
| title_full | Non-occupational HIV exposure and post exposure prophylaxis : knowledge and practice among police and prison service personnel in Blantyre, Malawi |
| title_fullStr | Non-occupational HIV exposure and post exposure prophylaxis : knowledge and practice among police and prison service personnel in Blantyre, Malawi |
| title_full_unstemmed | Non-occupational HIV exposure and post exposure prophylaxis : knowledge and practice among police and prison service personnel in Blantyre, Malawi |
| title_short | Non-occupational HIV exposure and post exposure prophylaxis : knowledge and practice among police and prison service personnel in Blantyre, Malawi |
| title_sort | non occupational hiv exposure and post exposure prophylaxis knowledge and practice among police and prison service personnel in blantyre malawi |
| topic | HIV infections -- Malawi -- Blantyre -- Prevention Police -- Health and hygiene -- Malawi -- Blantyre Correctional personnel -- Health and hygiene -- Malawi -- Blantyre HIV infections -- Chemoprevention |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/85860 |
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