Rural Saskatchewan and HIV/AIDS: facilitating a community response.
Int Conf AIDS 1993 Jun 6-11; 9:117 (abstract no. WS-D14-2) Botting A, Paveling LA, Wushke R; AIDS Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
In the province of Saskatchewan, Canada (pop. 1,000,000) one-fifth of HIV/AIDS patients are in rural areas. Many persons with AIDS return from urban areas to communities of origin for care and support. Since November, 1991, AIDS Saskatoon, a community-based organization serving central and northern Saskatchewan, has worked with professionals and volunteers in ten outlying communities to create supportive social environments for care and support of persons with HIV/AIDS in rural communities. AIDS Saskatoon has facilitated the response based on a community development model that encourages response teams to identify issues and priorities to address. This response may include HIV prevention education. Results of an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Rural Response Project will be shared and a discussion of its application in other contexts will follow.
Keywords: AEGIS, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, HIV, HIV Infections, HIV-1, Rural Population, Program Evaluation, Saskatchewan, Canada, Human, ICA9 930606
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