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Document 2129
DOCN M94A2129
TI Youth clinics in Sweden: a program evaluation.
DT 9412
AU Bak M; Gunnarsson L; Ljungberg B; Sjogren TC; Univ. of Goteborg, Sweden.
SO Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):374 (abstract no. PD0102). Unique
Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370446
AB OBJECTIVE: Voluntary Walk-in clinics for 13-23 year olds in Goteborg,
Sweden have been in operation since 1990. The purpose of these clinics
is to offer individual counselling and assistance in medical and
psycho-social areas. Preventing undesired pregnancies and STD:s, as well
as reducing the threat of a spreading of HIV, are seen as central tasks.
Every year more than 12,000 young men and women visit these five
clinics, which operate with a cross-disciplinary approach, where medical
doctors, nurses, midwives, social workers and psychologists work in
close cooperation. An evaluation of the first three years of operation
had as its primary goal to answer two major research questions: (1) Do
the programs meet the needs and expectations of the users?, and (2) How
does the specific cross-disciplinary approach function in relation to
program goals? METHODS: Research methods included questionnaires to a
representative sample of visitors (n = 448), qualitative interviews with
51 young men and women, and individual and group interviews with staff
members in all five clinics. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Results from
questionnaires and interviews are showing that there is a strong
positive attitude among the young men and women towards the way these
programs are functioning. The clinics, their programs and personnel,
enjoy the unreserved confidence of the visiting adolescents. They are
perceived as oases of trust, understanding, respect, and professional
competence. The reasons for this successful program outcome, as
reflected in the data, are likely to be found in the cross-disciplinary
personnel composition in these small, non-bureaucratic and egalitarian
treatment units where staff motivation and commitment are high. Today
there are more than 100 similar Youth Clinics in all of Sweden.
DE Adolescence *Adolescent Medicine Adult *Ambulatory Care Facilities
Consumer Satisfaction *Contraception Female Human HIV
Infections/PREVENTION & CONTROL Male Sexually Transmitted
Diseases/*PREVENTION & CONTROL Sweden MEETING ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).