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

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