Integrative Counseling could Enhance Knowledge and Attitudes of Women Sex Workers about Sexually Transmitted Infections (original) (raw)
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List of Tables 12 Chapter 1: The Introduction 13 1.1. Introduction 13 1.2. Background 13 1.3. Study setting 20 1.4. Rationale for the study 20 1.5. The research question 21 1.6. The aims and objectives of the study 21 1.7. Summary 22 Chapter 2: Review of Literature 23 2.1. Introduction 23 2.2. Background 2.3. The HCWs' knowledge regarding counselling behaviour for HAST 24 2.3.1. PICT 2.3.2. Prevention counselling 2.3.3. Adherence counselling 28 9 2.3.4. The HCWs' knowledge about promoting patients' rights and its effect on counselling behaviour for HAST 29 2.3.5. The HCWs' knowledge about maintaining confidentiality and the effect on counselling behaviour for HAST 2.4. The HCWs' beliefs and the effect on counselling behaviour for HAST 30 2.5. The HCWs' attitudes and the effect on counselling behaviour for HAST 31 2.6. Potential barriers to appropriate counselling behaviour for HAST 31 2.6.1. Lack of knowledge regarding counselling behaviour for HAST 31 2.6.2. Lack of time to counsel patients about HAST 32 2.6.3. The patient's socioeconomic status 32 2.6.4. The HCWs' fear and the effect on counselling behaviour for HAST 32 2.6.5. The patient's gender, being HIV positive and its effect on counselling behaviour for HAST 2.6.6. The patients' age and its effect on counselling behaviour for HAST 36 2.7. Models of counselling regarding counselling behaviour for HAST 2.7.1. The information-Motivation-Behavioural Skills (IMB) model 2.7.2. The Health Belief Model (HBM) 36 2.7.3. The Integrative Model (IM) 36 2.7.4. The Transtheoretical Model (TM)
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