Temba HC; International Conference on AIDS (15th : 2004 : Bangkok, Thailand).
Int Conf AIDS. 2004 Jul 11-16; 15: abstract no. E11275.
National AIDS Control Programme,Ministry of Health, Dar es salaam, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: To measure the STI service indicators: Indicator 1: diagnosis and treatment of STIs, Indicator 2: Advice to STI patients on prevention and referral to voluntary HIV testing services and Indicator 3: Drug supply at STI clinics. The government of Tanzania since 1996 with European Union support has adopted syndromic STI case management approach. Several comprehensive trainings to health care providers and supervisions have been conducted together with STI drugs supply to the clinics to be given to STI patients for free. Since the EU support has come to an end it is high time to check for the quality of STI patients care. The last one was done in 1995 before the EU support. METHODS: Method used was questionnaires to the providers on the general knowledge on how to manage STIs and the clients' satisfaction after getting the service together with observation of providers while attending the STI clients. RESULTS: The study showed a lack of adequate STI case management skills among health care providers (HCPs) observed and interviewed. For example although a majority of HCPs mentioned the need of providing STI patients with advice on condoms use and partner notification, that knowledge is not usually used when they actually attend STI patients. CONCLUSION: This calls for a concerted effort by all concerned in training of HCPs in expanding the coverage of training appropriate STI case management and proper education and advice to patients. This should go hand in hand with regular supportive supervisions to guide the trained providers.
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Keywords:
- Ambulatory Care Facilities
- Case Management
- Condoms
- Contact Tracing
- Counseling
- European Union
- Health Personnel
- Humans
- Infection
- Interviews as Topic
- Mass Screening
- Patient Education as Topic
- Questionnaires
- Referral and Consultation
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Tanzania
- education
Other ID:
UI: 102278770
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