Document 2186
 DOCN  M94A2186
 TI    Creating a self reliant community based agency serving Africans in
       Canada.
 DT    9412
 AU    Oloo DO; Nakyonyi M; Africans in Partnership against AIDS (APAA),
       Canada.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):361 (abstract no. PD0052). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370389
 AB    OBJECTIVE: To share the historical experiences and challenges of a group
       of Africans in Canada to set up a viable community based AIDS
       organization; METHODS: Community based participatory approach:workshops,
       videos, posters, theatre, music and other audio visual aids. RESULTS:
       Heightened awareness of AIDS/HIV within the African Canadian community,
       leading to greater involvement in combatting the spread of the pandemic
       and improving the level of care for PHAs. Networking with other
       community based AIDS agencies and various levels of government;
       DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: Community based agencies in Ontario and
       other parts of Canada operate within an atmosphere of system racism in a
       recessionary climate when all levels of government are cutting back on
       funding AIDS education and outreach; Innovative approaches which stress
       self reliance and greater community accountability are crucial in the
       survival of agencies such like the one under discussion; The global
       nature of the AIDS pandemic demands increased international co-operation
       particularly of a South-South; The special experience and skills of
       ethnocultural AIDS agencies are needed within and throughout the
       international AIDS prevention movement particularly in areas around
       cultural sensitivity;
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PREVENTION & CONTROL
       Africa/ETHNOLOGY  Canada  *Health Education  Human  MEETING ABSTRACT

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