Document 0122
 DOCN  M9590122
 TI    [Street children and AIDS in Haiti]
 DT    9509
 AU    Bernier M; Ascensio P
 SO    Sante. 1995 Mar-Apr;5(2):125-30. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95299758
 AB    This study is a qualitative inquiry KAP about sexuality, and adoption
       and preservation of safe sexual behaviors, among the children of the
       street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Three groups of participating children
       of the street were observed in Port-au-Prince for three months, during
       June through August 1991. The information was collected with the use of
       pre-tested charts for each theme chosen. Then, individual interviews
       were conducted with leaders identified among the educators and children
       of the street. One of the main goals of Aids educational programs of
       street children should be to make them believe in the existence of the
       disease, and the real risk it poses for death. The strategies that we
       will use to convince them should deal with the different social,
       psychological, economical, and environmental factors that characterized
       the children as follows: 1) their adherence to a peer group and the
       relationship of power between the older and younger children; 2) the
       fundamental importance of money in their life, and that all
       relationships that they have are based on the capacity of people to give
       them something, such as money; 3) the role of their social appearance
       and their need to behave like other children for even one day; 4) their
       low self-esteem; 5) their feeling of powerlessness and resignation
       related to their living conditions; 6) the influence of the street
       culture; and 7) their understanding of sexuality as an immediate
       pleasure.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/  TRANSMISSION
       Adolescence  Child  English Abstract  Female  Haiti  Health Education
       *Homeless Youth/EDUCATION/PSYCHOLOGY  Human  *Knowledge, Attitudes,
       Practice  Male  Sex Behavior  Sex Education  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
       JOURNAL ARTICLE

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