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Esochaghi, Uchechi. Increasing knowledge, comfort, and frequency of inclusive sexual histories among clinicians of an HIV clinic in Newark, New Jersey. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-mwh2-ah73

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TitleIncreasing knowledge, comfort, and frequency of inclusive sexual histories among clinicians of an HIV clinic in Newark, New Jersey
NameEsochaghi, Uchechi (author); Willard, Suzanne (chair); Nelson, John (internal member); Scangarello, Nancy (outside member); Rutgers University; School of Nursing - RBHS
Date Created2019
Other Date2019-05 (degree)
SubjectFamily Nurse Practitioner, Healthcare providers, Medical history taking, HIV-positive persons -- Interviews
Extent1 online resource (81 pages) : illustrations
DescriptionInclusive sexual history taking should be initiated routinely by clinicians regardless of healthcare setting. It is important that ongoing sexual history assessments continue routinely due to possible sexual risk factor changes of patients. Despite this, clinicians neglect to take sexual histories routinely and report various barriers to take an inclusive sexual history. This project aims to increase the knowledge, comfort level, and frequency of inclusive sexual history taking among clinicians of an HIV urban clinic in Newark, New Jersey. A patient pre-interventional survey was distributed to patients of the clinic to assess the frequency of sexual history taking from the patient's perspective, before the project's intervention. One week later, a 30-minute educational training session for clinicians highlighted specific steps, rationales and practical strategies for taking an unbiased inclusive sexual history. Clinicians were asked to complete a pre and posttest, assessing their knowledge and comfort level of inclusive sexual history taking. Four weeks later a patient post-interventional survey determined if there was an increase in the frequency of inclusive sexual histories being taken in the clinic. The results of this study exhibited an increase in the knowledge and comfort level of inclusive sexual history taking among clinicians after the educational training session. However, the anticipated result of an increase in the frequency of inclusive sexual history taking in the clinic did not transpire. Despite this unforeseen result, the project yet attests that an educational training session on inclusive sexual history taking will increase the clinicians' knowledge and comfort level. Multiple educational training sessions may need to be held over time, and/or organizational guidelines implemented, to establish an increase in the frequency of routine inclusive sexual history taking in healthcare settings.
NoteDNP
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Genretheses, ETD doctoral
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-mwh2-ah73
LanguageEnglish
CollectionSchool of Nursing (RBHS) DNP Projects
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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