Document 1974
 DOCN  M94A1974
 TI    Support houses--an alternative social choice in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
 DT    9412
 AU    Laurindo JS; Scapini RL; Scapolan V; Domingues CS; Lee B; Vidinha JC;
       Crepaldi PC; Centro de Referencia e Treinamento-AIDS, BR.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):409 (abstract no. PD0245). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370601
 AB    OBJECTIVE: Socio-economic characterization of AIDS patients that live in
       support houses, and evaluatin of the importance of these houses to the
       Public Health Service. METHODS: An open ended questionnaire with 18
       items was applied to 49 patients of 3 support houses in the city of Sao
       Paulo. RESULTS: There were 35 male patients and 14 female, 30
       interviewees had basic school level. In relation to risk factors, 6 were
       homossexuals, 15 sex workers, 16 intravenous drug users, and 12 were
       heterossexual. Thirty nine interviewees had no professional
       qualification and 37 had no permanent home or family. CONCLUSION: As the
       results showed that the majority of patients have no professional
       qualificat or family the support house are of great importance as an
       alternative social choice in a country in development as Brazil. Without
       them these patients would be either overloading health services or
       aggravating an already existing social problem by living in the streets.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*TRANSMISSION  Brazil
       Developing Countries  Female  Homosexuality  Human  Interviews  Life
       Style  Male  Prostitution  *Public Housing  Questionnaires  Risk Factors
       Risk-Taking  *Sex Behavior  Substance Abuse, Intravenous  Urban
       Population  MEETING ABSTRACT

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