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).