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

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