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Document 1896
DOCN M94A1896
TI AIDS prevention and health education in the Republic of Slovenia.
DT 9412
AU Leskovsek E; Institute of Public Health, Republic of Slovenia,
Ljubijana.
SO Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):427 (abstract no. PD0317). Unique
Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370679
AB Slovenia is a small, newly formed country with approximately 2 million
inhabitants. According to the last data from 31-12-1993, there were 48
registered HIV positive and 31 AIDS patients. Regarding HIV/AIDS, the
situation in Slovenia is still faurable, it therefore seems important to
stimulate safe forms of behaviour in people with good programmes of
prevention and good dissemination through media and so slow the spread
of the AIDS epidemics in Slovenia. Institute of Public Health of the
Republic of Slovenija is creating the national program for aids
education and prevention. In the past there have already been organised
various activities concerning AIDS prevention. We have produced posters
and leaflets on this theme, and articles on the disease have been
published. In generale we try to inform people throught mass media and
since two years we create two campaigns yearly: a summer campagn for
young people before hollidays and a campagn for the World AIDS Day.
Activities related to the World AIDS Day were extended to the whole
week. A media campagn was organized and we cooperated with other
institutions and nongovernmental organizations, special groups with
hight risk behaviour. In the presentation the activities would be
presented. Two weeks after the World AIDS Day, the response of people to
the campaign was evaluated. The survay has shovn, that campaigns, such
as the World AIDS Day campaign are efficient and necesary and the type
of media should be chosen according to the identified target group. The
TV and radio are universal media, an important media for youth are
posters, while newspapers are successful mainly to the older population.
The middle age generation (30-50 years) is the segment most poorly
covered by media, it would therefore be justified to think of an
additional route of information (at work, for example). According to the
answers related to the question What concerns you most about AIDS? It
can be concluded that a lot of people are still waiting for the solution
to come from outside (drug, vaccine) and do not feel threatened by AIDS
or think that they can not become infected. In any case, more work
should be dedicated to the methods and programmes to surpass the
information level and convince people that the key to safety from this
disease is changing the behaviour and helping them achieve that.
Structure Robert, intended for all victims of ignorance and
carelessness, is an attempt to reach people on the emotional level and
so induce the behaviour change.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PREVENTION & CONTROL Adolescence
Adult *Health Education Human Middle Age Slovenia MEETING ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).