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    Attitudes and personal behaviours of professional health care personnel towards fellow employees living with HIV/AIDS
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03) Kuape, Lillo Augustinus; Augustyn, J. C. D.; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. Dept. of Industrial Psychology. Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The study was undertaken to establish professional health care personnel’s attitudes and personal behaviours towards their colleagues living with HIV and AIDS in a rural government hospital, Mokhotlong - Lesotho. Three fundamental principles from the Belmont report (1976) generally guided the ethical measures engaged in this study; beneficence, respect for persons and justice. Quantitative methodology was used to elicit information; due to the personal nature of some of the questions inherent in an instrument that questioned personal values and attitudes, the research chose the instrument to be a self-administered questionnaire. The population of this study included 39 professional healthcare personnel from six different disciplines, however, the researcher categorised them into three main strata, namely: medical services (12.8 %, n = 5), nursing services (59.0 %, n = 23), and support services (28.2 %, n = 11). The results of this study has indicated that, a vast majority of the respondents had very positive attitudes and supportive behaviours towards PLWHIA and/or their CLWHIA. It is important for the institution to design and implement HIV/AIDS related programs, activities and policies that can provide support to both professional and nonprofessional health care personnel about HIV/AIDS-related issues; such as shaping their personal behaviours and attitudes towards HIV infection, as well as promoting care for PLWHIA and/or their CLWHIA and opposing stigmatization.