Document 0224
 DOCN  M9550224
 TI    Prevention program of HIV infection in Ethiopian new immigrants to
       Israel.
 DT    9505
 AU    Etzioni A; Pollack S; Ben-Ishai Z; Department of Pediatrics, Rambam
       Medical Center, Bruce Rappaport; Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel
       Institute of Technology,; Haifa.
 SO    Acta Paediatr Suppl. 1994 Aug;400:22-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95135012
 AB    In 1991, more than 15,000 Ethiopian Jews immigrated to Israel after
       spending more than a year in Addis Ababa. They came from remote villages
       and had had no contact with modern medicine for centuries. About 2% of
       these new immigrants were found to be HIV positive. Their completely
       different background forced the Israeli government to develop a special
       educational program explaining about the modes of HIV infection and
       prevention measures. The staff participating in the program were mainly
       Ethiopian Jews who immigrated to Israel before 1990 and were employed as
       nurses or social workers. The goal of the study was to prevent the
       spread of the virus; thus the target population was those who were
       infected with HIV. As most of them were illiterate, posters with
       pictures were used to explain risk factors, and lectures were given
       explaining what a virus is and, especially, the carrier state. Using
       this program the spread of HIV inside the Ethiopian community seems to
       have diminished.
 DE    Ethiopia/ETHNOLOGY  Female  *Health Education  Human  HIV
       Infections/ETHNOLOGY/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/TRANSMISSION
       Israel/EPIDEMIOLOGY  *Jews  *Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice  Male
       *Program Development  Risk Factors  *Transients and Migrants  JOURNAL
       ARTICLE  REVIEW  REVIEW, TUTORIAL

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