Document 2079
 DOCN  M94A2079
 TI    Outreach activities for men who have sex with men.
 DT    9412
 AU    Guimaraes K; Parker R; Quemmel R; Terto Junior V; Pimenta MC; Grupo Pela
       VIDDA, ABIA, Family Health International, Rio de; Janeiro, Brazil.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):386 (abstract no. PD0150). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370496
 AB    OBJECTIVES: Expand the access to information about HIV/AIDS. Make
       available and invite the gay population for activities like safer sex
       workshops and video presentations. Provide information about STD
       clinics. Involve commercial establishments with gay clientele in the
       fight against the epidemic. METHODOLOGY: Through a survey and networking
       gay sites, 9 discos, 3 bars and 2 beaches where selected acording to
       their strategic location. A group of 10 trained outreach workers makes
       weekly visits to these sites in order to publicize the project, to give
       information and talk with the customers. RESULTS: In 5 months of work,
       146 intervention actions had taken place. 75,524 educational panflets
       were distributed. We could observe an increasing participation in safer
       sex workshops, more demand for information leaflets and a growing number
       of gay sites interested in the project. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: The
       outreach activities, besides having an impact in spreading information,
       encourages more positive attitudes towards STD/HIV/AIDS prevention among
       the target population and promotes a stronger involvement of the gay
       commercial sites in the fight against HIV/AIDS epidemic.
 DE    Brazil  *Developing Countries  *Health Education  Health Services
       Accessibility  *Homosexuality  Human  HIV Infections/*PREVENTION &
       CONTROL/TRANSMISSION  Male  Pamphlets  *Sex Education  Sexually
       Transmitted Diseases/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/TRANSMISSION  Social
       Environment  MEETING ABSTRACT

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