Knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of European injecting drug users concerning preventive measures for HIV
| Autor: | G. Papaevangelou, R. Ancelle-Park, S. C. Richardson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Epidemiology Hiv epidemic Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) HIV Infections Pharmacy medicine.disease_cause Condoms Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) mental disorders Humans Medicine Needle Sharing Substance Abuse Intravenous business.industry Communication Public health virus diseases medicine.disease Quarter (United States coin) Surgery Europe Needle-Exchange Programs Family medicine Female Health education business Attitude to Health |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Epidemiology. 10:135-142 |
| ISSN: | 1573-7284 |
| Popis: | Strategies for controlling the HIV epidemic include education and information campaigns for intravenous drug users (IDUs), as for all high-risk groups, and the provision of various public health measures and treatment. These can only be effective if the IDU is aware of them and has a favourable image of them. A study of 2330 IDUs in 12 European countries recorded awareness and opinions of various categories of measures and institutions. Of all measures, those mentioned most often related to availability of new injecting equipment; specifically unrestricted sales in pharmacies and needle exchanges, which were also thought to be more useful than anything else. Prompted awareness of rehabilitative institutions was well over 90% in most countries, but up to a quarter of IDUs did not trust them and up to one fifth did not think that they were useful. There appears to be a general need for more effective communication with IDUs to improve the image of the services available. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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