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Table 2 General results relevant survey variables

From: "Othering" the health worker: self-stigmatization of HIV/AIDS care among health workers in Swaziland

Survey variable

% women

% men

% total

HIV/AIDS in the work environment

States that HIV affected a health worker who they knew personally

85

57

74

Have seen colleagues miss work due to HIV

60

43

53

Have seen colleagues miss work due to sick family member

60

36

50

Thinks healthcare workers are open about their status

25

7

18

As a healthcare worker, likes to know their HIV/AIDS status

95

93

94

Finds that there is a need for special services for health workers

85

93

88

Prevention and treatment services

Received training on HIV/AIDS prevention and control

60

43

53

Received training in post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP)

70

57

63

Always practices universal precautions at workplace when handling patients

70

64

68

Finds it "very" to "somewhat easy" to access and obtain PEP

75

79

77

Finds that other health workers might encounter more problems in accessing PEP than themselves

30

36

32