Community health care workers’ risk perception of occupational exposure to HIV in Ibadan, south-west Nigeria
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How to cite this article: Akinboro AA, Adejumo PO, Onibokun AO, Olowokere AE. Community health care workers’ risk perception of occupational exposure to HIV in Ibadan, South-west Nigeria. Afr J Prm Health Care Fam Med. 2012;4(1), Art. #338, 9 pages. http:// dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm. v4i1.338 Background: The ultimate goal of all healthcare workers (HCWs) is to maintain a healthy population and environment, and to adequately manage any condition that might constitute a menace to the health of the population at large. However, the central problem arising from the perception of risk of occupationally transmitted Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection amongst HCWs is that it may distract them from giving quality healthcare.
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