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Document 1984
DOCN M94A1984
TI AIDS training of Brazilian militaries (CNPq).
DT 9412
AU Valente RB; Bueno SM; Bueno LV; Mamede FV; Farinelli RF; Guimaraes EM;
Oliveira MH; EERP-USP, Ribeirao Preto, Brasil.
SO Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):407 (abstract no. PD0234). Unique
Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370591
AB OBJECTIVES: To verify how the community leaders evidence and work these
questions with the population, this effort proposes to investigate the
military policemen, inquiring how they work these questions in community
creating multiplying agents to facilitate this action. METHODOLOGY: 120
militaries (men: 19-68 years, acting in Ribeirao Preto) were interviewed
though directing instrument to detect their difficulties. The results
were qualiquantitative analized and then classificated by
categorization, favouring the description and interpretation. DISCUSSION
AND RESULTS: among the interviewed, 95% referred difficulties when
requested by the community to orientate about STD and AIDS; 88% exposed
inadequate knowledge about STD, confouding signals, symptoms and names
of these diseases; 37% revealed satisfactory knowledge about AIDS, but
62% did not have orientation to assist the infected individuals refering
fear of being infected through fisical contact, insects and swimming
pools suspecting that exist unknown infection ways not revealed by
science. CONCLUSION: to improve the knowledge about STD/AIDS of the
brazilian militaries, it is necessary a trainning program, favouring
their action in the community and creating multypling agents aiming the
health promotion and prevention in the local society.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/ TRANSMISSION
Adult Aged Brazil *Education, Continuing Health Promotion Human
Interviews Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Male Middle Age Military
Personnel/*EDUCATION Police/*EDUCATION Sexually Transmitted
Diseases/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/TRANSMISSION MEETING ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).