Ankara'daki eczane eczacılarının HIV / AIDS konusunda bilgi düzeyleri ve eğitim gereksinimleri

• Published in: Ankara Üniversitesi Eczacılık Fakültesi dergisi = Journal of Faculty of Pharmacy of Ankara University Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 13 - 21
• Main Authors: ÖZÇELİKAY, Gülbin, ÇOK, Figen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Turkish
• Published: Ankara Üniversitesi 1997
• ISSN: 1015-3918

Eczane eczacilan saghkla ilgili bilgilenme konusunda onemli kaynak kisilerdir. Egitimleri, deneyimleri ve halka ulaqilabilirlikleri gibi nedenler onlan onemli kaynak kisiler haline getirmektedir. HIV/AIDS biltiin dilnyada buyuyen bir sorundur.Bu arastirmamn amaci eczane eczacilanmn HIV/AIDS konusundaki bilgi dilzeylerini ve egitim gereksinimlerini belirlemektir. Ankara' daki eczane eczacilanndan rastlantisal olarak segilen 150 eczane eczacisi arastirmaya katilmistir. HIV/AIDS konusunda ara§tirmamn amacina yonelik olarak hazirlanan anket eczacilara eczanelerinde uygulanmistir. Sonuglar arastirmaya katilan eczacilarin HIV/AIDS' in bulasmasi konusunda bazi yanlis bilgilere sahip olmakla birlikte, gene I olarak bilgili olduklanni gostermektedir. Arastirmaya katilan eczacilar eczanelerinde HIV/AIDS' i onlemeye yonelik etkinlikleri gerceklestirmeyi istekli olduklanni ortaya koymuslardir. Sonuglar eczacilarin bu konuda egitim ihtiyaci iginde olduklanni agikga gostermektedir. As well known, community pharmacists are important resources for health information. Their education, experience and accessibility to public make them important community resources for the health promotion and disease prevention. HIV/ AIDS is a growing problem worldwide. The purpose of the study is to determine the level of knowledge and education need of community pharmacists on HIV/AIDS. Randomly selected 150 community pharmacists were surveyed in Ankara. A standart questionnarie administered to pharmacists in their pharmacies. Results show that although the knowledge on some aspects of HIV/AIDS is fairly good, they have some misconceptions regarding HIV/AIDS transmition. They also maintained they were willing to take part activities in their pharmacies to prevent HIV/AIDS. Results showed they needed further training on HIV/AIDS.