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Document 0224
DOCN M9550224
TI Prevention program of HIV infection in Ethiopian new immigrants to
Israel.
DT 9505
AU Etzioni A; Pollack S; Ben-Ishai Z; Department of Pediatrics, Rambam
Medical Center, Bruce Rappaport; Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel
Institute of Technology,; Haifa.
SO Acta Paediatr Suppl. 1994 Aug;400:22-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/95135012
AB In 1991, more than 15,000 Ethiopian Jews immigrated to Israel after
spending more than a year in Addis Ababa. They came from remote villages
and had had no contact with modern medicine for centuries. About 2% of
these new immigrants were found to be HIV positive. Their completely
different background forced the Israeli government to develop a special
educational program explaining about the modes of HIV infection and
prevention measures. The staff participating in the program were mainly
Ethiopian Jews who immigrated to Israel before 1990 and were employed as
nurses or social workers. The goal of the study was to prevent the
spread of the virus; thus the target population was those who were
infected with HIV. As most of them were illiterate, posters with
pictures were used to explain risk factors, and lectures were given
explaining what a virus is and, especially, the carrier state. Using
this program the spread of HIV inside the Ethiopian community seems to
have diminished.
DE Ethiopia/ETHNOLOGY Female *Health Education Human HIV
Infections/ETHNOLOGY/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/TRANSMISSION
Israel/EPIDEMIOLOGY *Jews *Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Male
*Program Development Risk Factors *Transients and Migrants JOURNAL
ARTICLE REVIEW REVIEW, TUTORIAL
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).