Document 2267
 DOCN  M94A2267
 TI    AIDS prevention with the help of streetworkers among the prostitutes of
       the capital.
 DT    9412
 AU    Bolvary K; Vaczi M; National Institute for Health Promotion, Budapest,
       Hungary.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):343 (abstract no. PC0309). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370308
 AB    OBJECTIVE: The enlightenment of the marginal layers of prostitutes in
       the capital, with regard to illnesses spread through sex, with
       particular emphasis on the transmission of HIV, the dangers and health
       hazards following their style of life, and the possibilities and methods
       of prevention. METHODS: 1) Only those street workers can reach the
       endangered persons from the aspects of AIDS, who belonged to this layer
       and are appropriately prepared. The future street workers have been
       looked for and found in shelters for the homeless, juvenile institutes
       and family care centres. 2) So far we ran four courses of education,
       each of a duration of six weeks. In 1992, altogether nine and in 1993
       fourteen of our street workers were active after being instructed in
       AIDS prevention in our Institute. 3) In order to evaluate the work of
       the street workers we applied the worksheet used by the Cardiff street
       workers. RESULTS: In 1992, the street workers had 5,290 meetings of
       concrete value, out of this 67.8 per cent were with males and 32.2 per
       cent females. In two-thirds of the meetings, the street workers handed
       out condoms. 23.7 per cent of the clients used condoms. In 1993, we
       experienced a significant increase in the handing out of condoms.
       CONCLUSIONS: The monitoring of the work in the 1992-1993 years indicated
       that the peer preventive activity of the street workers not only reached
       the marginal prostitute layer, but also drug addicts in their
       surroundings, the homeless and alcoholics.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*PREVENTION &
       CONTROL/TRANSMISSION  Condoms  Female  *Health Education  Human  Hungary
       Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice  Male  Program Evaluation  *Prostitution
       Psychosocial Deprivation  Social Environment  *Urban
       Population/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  MEETING ABSTRACT

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