AEGiS-14IAC: Prevention work in poor areas of Rosario City.

14th International AIDS Conference

Barcelona, Spain - July 7-12, 2002

Prevention work in poor areas of Rosario City.

Int Conf AIDS 2002 Jul 7-12; 14:(abstract no. F11780)

Jambrino ML, Di E, Cabrera PD, Gonzalez EG, Colonna SM
O.F.E.S. (Organizacion Familiares Enfrentando al Sida), Rosario, Argentina

ISSUES: HIV/AIDS advance in poor population is important. O.F.E.S. (Families Confronting AIDS Organisation) proposed the formation of community nets to attend to health promotion and HIV/AIDS prevention through participative spaces directly involved in each neighborhood. Unsatisfied basic needs, unemployment, teenage pregnancy, school desertion, addictions, make this zones vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. O.F.E.S. worked with 5 neighborhood associations of west and north Rosario.

DESCRIPTION: We used different

METHODS: Interviews, inquieries, conferences and informative meetings in schools, libraries and community centers.

ISSUES: The community nets became multipliers in HIV/AIDS prevention, making easier the access to the information to vulnerable population of our city. Community Woman Leaders were trained in HIV/AIDS prevention. Couseling and detection services were established in the neighborhoods to promote conscience about HIV. RECOMMENDATION: Community Net Work is the best way to provide poor areas with information about HIV/AIDS, addictions and sexual health, considering the deep knowledge of the situation in each neighborhood, and making success possible.

Keywords: AEGIS, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, HIV Infections, Cities, Work, Health Services Needs and Demand, HIV Seropositivity, Human, Female, Pregnancy, Adolescence, prevention & control

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