References

1. Pereira FM, Lam SC, Chan JH, Malaguti-Toffano SE, Gir E (2015) Difference in compliance with Standard Precautions by nursing staff in Brazil versus Hong Kong. Am J Infect Control 43: 769-772 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2008) CDC-A partner in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services
3. Harris SA, Nicolai LA (2010) Occupational exposures in emergency medical service providers and knowledge of and compliance with universal precautions. Am J Infect Control 38: 86-94 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
4. Mahajan AP, Sayles JN, Patel VA, Remien RH, Sawires SR, et al. (2008) Stigma in the HIV/AIDS epidemic: a review of the literature and recommendations for the way forward. AIDS 22 Suppl 2: S67-79 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
5. Ministero de Salud Publica del Ecuador: Informe National Sotre dos Progressos Realizados en la Aplicacion del UNGASS-Ecudador. Enero de 2008 Diciembre de 2009. lst edition, UNAIDS 1-234
6. Hossain BM, Kippax S (2011) Stigmatized attitudes toward people living with HIV in Bangladesh: health care workers' perspectives. Asia Pac J Public Health 23: 171-182 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
7. Hall HI, Song R, Rhodes P, Prejean J, An Q, et al. (2008) Estimation of HIV incidence in the United States. JAMA 300: 520-529 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
8. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2005) Protecting Healthcare Personnel. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services [View]
9. Janjua NZ, Razaq M, Chandir S, Rozi S, Mahmood B (2007) Poor knowledge--predictor of nonadherence to universal precautions for blood borne pathogens at first level care facilities in Pakistan. BMC Infect Dis 7: 81 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
10. Gammon J, Gould D (2005) Universal Precautions: A review of knowledge, compliance and strategies to improve practice. J Nurs Res 10: 529-547 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
11. Chan R, Molassiotis A, Chan E, Chan V, Ho B, et al. (2002) Nurses' knowledge of and compliance with universal precautions in an acute care hospital. Int J Nurs Stud 39: 157-163 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
12. Chan MF, Ho A, Day MC (2008) Investigating the knowledge, attitudes and practice patterns of operating room staff towards standard and transmission-based precautions: results of a cluster analysis. J Clin Nurs 17: 1051-1062 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
13. Madan AK, Raafat A, Hunt JP, Rentz D, Wahle MJ, et al. (2002) Barrier precautions in trauma: is knowledge enough? J Trauma 52: 540-543 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
14. Umeh CN, Essien EJ, Ezedinachi EN, Ross MW (2008) Knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes about HIV/AIDS related issues, and the sources of knowledge among health care professionals in southern Nigeria. JR Soc Promotion Health, 128: 233-239 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
15. Aisien AO, Shobowale MO (2005) Health care workers' knowledge on HIV and AIDS: universal precautions and attitude towards PLWHA in Benin- City, Nigeria. Niger J Clin Pract 8: 74-82 [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
16. Sadob AE, Fawole AO, Sadoh WE, Oladimeji AO, Sotiloye OS (2006) Attitude of health-care workers to HIV/AIDS. Afr J Reprod Health 10: 39-46 [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
17. Li L, Wu Z, Wu S, Zhaoc Y, Jia M, et al. (2007a) HIV-related stigma in health care settings: a survey of service providers in China. AIDS Patient Care STDS 21: 753-762 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
18. Li L, Lin C, Wu Z, Guan J, Jia M, et al. (2011) HIV-related avoidance and universal precaution in medical settings: opportunities to intervene. Health Serv Res 46: 617-631 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
19. Saoud IABB, Elsour IF, Elbargathi AM, Elmarak AM, et al. (2013) Knowledge, attitudes and practices of health care workers in Benghazi, Libya towards post exposure prophylaxis for HIV. Ibnos J Medic Biomed Sci 5: 318-323 [Google Scholar]
20. Mathewos B, Birhan W, Kinfe S, Boru M, Tiruneh G, et al. (2013) Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice towards post exposure prophylaxis for HIV among health care workers in Gondar, North West Ethiopia. BMC Public Health 13: 508 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
21. Quach L, Mayer K, McGarvey ST, Lurie MN, Do P (2005) Knowledge, attitudes, and practices among physicians on HIV/AIDS in Quang Ninh, Vietnam. AIDS Patient Care STDS 19: 335-346 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
22. Kyriazis I, Bobolas P, Rekliti M, Giolis A, Kalogirou T, et al. (2010) Assessment of knowledge and attitudes of newly qualified doctors towards AIDS infection. Int J Car Sci 3: 72-76 [Google Scholar]
23. Abolfotouch MA, Saleh A, Mahfouz AA, Abolfotouh SM, Fozan, H (2013) Attitudes of Saudi nursing students on AIDS and predictors of willingness to provide care for patients in Central Saudi Arabia: A cross sectional study. Int J Nurs 2: 14-24 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
24. Cabezas MC, Fornasinic M, Barmettier D, Ortuno D, Borja T, et al. (2015) Development of an educational video to improve HIV related knowledge, attitudes And prevention among company workers in Ecuador. Health Edu J [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
25. Reina-Ortiz M, Hernandez I, Sharma V, Rosas C, Ochoa T, et al. (2015) Predictors of HIV-related knowledge and risk behavior among school attending teenagers in Esmeraldas, Ecuador
26. Catherine TE (1990) The effect of education on nursing student’s knowledge and health care beliefs about AIDS. Unpublished master’s thesis, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
27. Catherine TE (1998) Health care beliefs of nursing students as predictors of intentions to care for AIDS patients. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan [Google Scholar]
28. Earl CE, Penney PJ (2003) Rural nursing students' knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about HIV/AIDS: a research brief. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care 14: 70-73 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
29. Dawson DA, Cynamon MA, Fitti JE (1988) AIDS knowledge and attitudes for September, October, November, 1987 (DHHS Publication No. [PHS] 88- 1250). Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics
30. Wertz DC, Sorenson JR, Liebling L, Kessler L, Heeren TC (1987) Knowledge and attitudes of AIDS health care providers before and after education programs. Public Health Rep 102: 248-254 [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
31. Earl CE (2010) Knowledge and health beliefs about HIV and the use of universal precautions by nursing students in Bangkok, Thailand. A Cross Sectional Descriptive Research Study. American Ass Occup Health Nursi 58: 331-334
32. Rosenstock IM (1974) Historical origins of the health belief model. Health Edu Monograph 2: 324-473 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
33. Champion VL (1984) Instrument development for health belief model constructs. ANS Adv Nurs Sci 6: 73-85 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
34. Horan ML, Kim KK, Gendler P, Froman RD, Patel MD (1998) Development and evaluation of the Osteoporosis Self-Efficacy Scale. Res Nurs Health 21: 395-403 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
35. Rosenstock IM, Strecher VJ, Becker MH (1988) Social learning theory and the Health Belief Model. Health Educ Q 15: 175-183 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
36. Aho WR (1979) Smoking, dieting, and exercise: age differences in attitudes and behavior relevant to selected health belief model variables. The perceived seriousness is an important factor in influencing behavior. R I Med J 62: 85-92 [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
37. Chandler RC, Plano JC (1988) The public administration dictionary. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, Inc
38. Urdang L, Flexner S (1968) The Random House dictionary of the English language (College edition). New York: Random House [View]
39. Ivens D, Sabin C (2006) Medical student attitudes towards HIV. Int J STD AIDS 17: 513-516 [CrossRef] [PubMed]
40. Oyeyemi A, Oyeyemi B, Bello I (2006) Caring for patients living with AIDS: knowledge, attitude and global level of comfort. J Adv Nurs 53: 196-204 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
41. Tung WC, Ding K, Farmer S (2008) Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to HIV and AIDS among college students in Taiwan. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care 19: 397-408 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
42. Chauhan AS, Hussain MA, Pati S, Nallala S, Mishra J (2011) Knowledge and attitudes related to HIV/AIDS among medical and allied health sciences students. Ind J Commun Health 23 [Google Scholar]
43. Li Y, Scott CS, Li L (2008) Chinese nursing students' HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes, and practice intentions. Appl Nurs Res 21: 147-152 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
44. Ferrer LM, Cianelli R, Norr KF, Cabieses B, Araya A, et al. (2009) Observed use of standard precautions in Chilean community clinics. Public Health Nurs 26: 440-448 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]
45. Askrian M, Memish ZA, Kahn AA (2007) Knowledge, practice, and attitude among Iranian nurses, midwives, and students regarding standard isolation precautions. Infec Cont Hosp Epidem 28: 241-244 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar] [PubMed]