Document 2038
 DOCN  M94A2038
 TI    The role of NGO in community care for PWA and AIDS prevention in Japan.
 DT    9412
 AU    Koyano J; Yokota K; Gotoh M; Japan HIV Center, Osaka.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):395 (abstract no. PD0187). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370537
 AB    OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of activities conducted by JHC (Japan
       HIV Center), an NGO in Japan, for the establishment of a community care
       system and AIDS prevention. METHODS: Various aspects of the activities
       conducted by JHC for the past 5 years were evaluated with a community
       psychological perspective. RESULTS: JHC's activities consist mainly of
       offering direct services to PWAs, such as counselling, organizing
       self-help groups and buddy services, and trying to change the social
       environment of PWAs through consulting caregivers of PWAs, giving
       workshops to health care professionals, lobbying and educating people by
       offering hotlines and lectures. Through these activities, JHC has
       activated resources in regional communities in Japan and developed a
       supportive network for PWAs. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: JHC has been
       promoting community care and now plays a role as a coordinator of a
       supportive network for PWAs. JHC's struggle to focus on secondary and
       tertiary prevention contributes to primary prevention against AIDS in
       Japan as well.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/
       PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Adaptation, Psychological  *Community Health
       Services  Health Education  Hotlines  Human  HIV Infections/*PREVENTION
       & CONTROL/PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Japan  *Self-Help Groups  Sick Role
       Social Environment  MEETING ABSTRACT

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