Table 5.
Percentage and number of health workers at integrated testing sitesa who reported specific forms of discrimination by colleagues against patients known or assumed to be HIV+
| Burkina Faso | Kenya | Uganda | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
N = 72 |
N = 42 |
N = 78 |
N = 192 |
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Specific forms of discrimination | ||||||||
| Used excessive precautions | 9 | 12.5 | 11 | 26.2 | 10 | 12.8 | 30 | 15.6 |
| Gossiped about client's status | 4 | 5.6 | 12 | 28.6 | 7 | 9.0 | 23 | 12.0 |
| Ignored or provided less care | 1 | 1.4 | 3 | 7.1 | 3 | 3.8 | 7 | 3.6 |
| Denied care | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4.8 | 1 | 1.3 | 3 | 1.6 |
| Disrespected or abused client | 1 | 1.4 | 3 | 7.1 | 4 | 5.1 | 8 | 4.2 |
| Saw any of these behaviours | ||||||||
| None | 63 | 87.5 | 25 | 59.5 | 59 | 75.6 | 147 | 76.6 |
| Any | 9 | 12.5 | 17 | 40.5 | 19 | 24.4 | 45 | 23.4 |
aThese are facilities where HIV testing is integrated into the provision of other medical services. Only health workers who self-reported working at an integrated site (rather than a VCT centre) were included in the denominators, because those working at a VCT centre were not asked the question. One missing value for Kenya is not included in the denominators.