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The role of physician and nurse attitudes in the health care of injecting drug users

dc.contributor.author Brener, Loren en_US
dc.contributor.author Von Hippel, William en_US
dc.contributor.author Kippax, Susan en_US
dc.contributor.author Preacher, Kristopher en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-25T17:29:21Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-25T17:29:21Z
dc.date.issued 2010 en_US
dc.description.abstract In 2005, 60 health care workers were recruited through services that attract injecting drug users (IDUs) and asked to complete attitude measures regarding IDU clients. Mediation analyses indicated that conservative health care workers displayed more negative attitudes toward their IDU clients because they believe that injecting drug use is within the control of the IDU. Negative attitudes toward IDU clients, in turn, were associated with worry about IDU clients' behavior in the clinic and with beliefs that IDU clients should disclose their hepatitis C status to their health care worker. Perceptions of controllability of drug use were also associated with the belief that IDU clients' ailments were caused by their IDU status. The study's limitations are noted. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/50897
dc.language English
dc.language.iso EN en_US
dc.rights CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 en_US
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/ en_US
dc.source Legacy MARC en_US
dc.subject.other perceptions of control en_US
dc.subject.other injecting drug use en_US
dc.subject.other attitudes en_US
dc.subject.other conservatism en_US
dc.subject.other health care system en_US
dc.title The role of physician and nurse attitudes in the health care of injecting drug users en_US
dc.type Journal Article en
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unsw.identifier.doiPublisher http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10826081003659543 en_US
unsw.relation.faculty Arts Design & Architecture
unsw.relation.faculty Science
unsw.relation.ispartofissue 7-8 en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofjournal Substance Use and Misuse en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofpagefrompageto 1007-1018 en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofvolume 45 en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Brener, Loren, National Centre in HIV Social Research, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Von Hippel, William, Psychology, Faculty of Science, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Kippax, Susan, National Centre in HIV Social Research, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Preacher, Kristopher en_US
unsw.relation.school Centre for Social Research in Health *
unsw.relation.school School of Psychology *
unsw.subject.fieldofresearchcode 170113 Social and Community Psychology en_US
unsw.subject.fieldofresearchcode 169999 Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified en_US
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