Document 1856
 DOCN  M94A1856
 TI    Adapting field model programme to suit community level interventions:
       HIV/AIDS prevention among truckers in Tamil Nadu.
 DT    9412
 AU    Kumaresan G; Amarjothi-South India AIDS Action Programme, Tamil Nadu,
       India.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):436 (abstract no. PD0354). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370719
 AB    PROBLEM: We have been working with the truckers in Madras, Tamil Nadu
       for the past two years and distributing condoms among them apart from
       educating them on STDs/HIV/AIDS. Truck drivers are especially
       susceptible to HIV infection through unprotected sex. Majority of
       truckers regularly indulge in unprotected sex with women along the
       highways. From Tamil Nadu about a lakh of truck drivers move to
       different states. Of these, we were able to interact with only 5% of the
       truckers. To cover more people and to provide them with information on
       STDs/HIV/AIDS and distribute condoms, we are now working in many other
       destinations in Tamil Nadu that i.e. in Coimbatore, Tuticorin,
       Tirunelveli, Hosur, Thanjavur and Namakkal in partnership with local
       non-governmental organisations. METHOD: 1. Mapping the trucking route 2.
       Identifying NGOs 3. Onsite training 4. Condom lift-offs RESULTS: After
       identifying NGOs and training them in all aspects of HIV/AIDS, six NGOs
       are now working with us in the are of AIDS prevention among truckers.
       CONCLUSIONS: In Tamil Nadu all six non-governmental organisations are
       successfully working with that community. Now we plan to adopt similar
       kind of field models in Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh soon.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/PREVENTION & CONTROL  *Condoms
       *Health Education  Human  HIV Infections/*PREVENTION & CONTROL  India
       Sexually Transmitted Diseases/PREVENTION & CONTROL  MEETING ABSTRACT

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