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Document 1856
DOCN M94A1856
TI Adapting field model programme to suit community level interventions:
HIV/AIDS prevention among truckers in Tamil Nadu.
DT 9412
AU Kumaresan G; Amarjothi-South India AIDS Action Programme, Tamil Nadu,
India.
SO Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):436 (abstract no. PD0354). Unique
Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370719
AB PROBLEM: We have been working with the truckers in Madras, Tamil Nadu
for the past two years and distributing condoms among them apart from
educating them on STDs/HIV/AIDS. Truck drivers are especially
susceptible to HIV infection through unprotected sex. Majority of
truckers regularly indulge in unprotected sex with women along the
highways. From Tamil Nadu about a lakh of truck drivers move to
different states. Of these, we were able to interact with only 5% of the
truckers. To cover more people and to provide them with information on
STDs/HIV/AIDS and distribute condoms, we are now working in many other
destinations in Tamil Nadu that i.e. in Coimbatore, Tuticorin,
Tirunelveli, Hosur, Thanjavur and Namakkal in partnership with local
non-governmental organisations. METHOD: 1. Mapping the trucking route 2.
Identifying NGOs 3. Onsite training 4. Condom lift-offs RESULTS: After
identifying NGOs and training them in all aspects of HIV/AIDS, six NGOs
are now working with us in the are of AIDS prevention among truckers.
CONCLUSIONS: In Tamil Nadu all six non-governmental organisations are
successfully working with that community. Now we plan to adopt similar
kind of field models in Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh soon.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/PREVENTION & CONTROL *Condoms
*Health Education Human HIV Infections/*PREVENTION & CONTROL India
Sexually Transmitted Diseases/PREVENTION & CONTROL MEETING ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).