Bridging the Gap: Conference Record [Abstract book, International Conference on AIDS (12th: 1998: Geneva, Switzerland)]

12th World AIDS Conference

Abstracts 44318-44319 999

Conclusion: The evaluation of National AIDS and STD Control Programme using prevention indicators as developed by WHO is feasible in field conditions. The
result of this study could be utilised for repeat surveys to assess the effectiveness
of National AIDS Control Programme in future.
44318 Child-friendly systems/structure for monitoring and
evaluating programs and services
Angelita Manacap1, I.F.F. Fonacier-Ellizar2. 118-5 21st. Avenue, Cubao;
2Children's Laboratory Foundation Inc., Quezon City, Philippines
Issue: Measures for ensuring desired results in HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and
Support Work must be adaptable to the partners called Children and Youth
Project: With children and youth now actively performing roles as Key Actors in the play called HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Support Work, assisting
them set-up benchmarks of accomplishments and providing directions to sustain
interests was a challenge encountered with projects involving this population.
Together with an organization that works with Children and their Rights, a project
to develop, test and advocate for systems that will ensure the continuing participation of the young people was embarked in the latter part of 1997. This included
frequent encounters with youth alternative education facilitators and advocates
to examine goals and objectives they have set; review of and familiarization with
existing structures and systems being used by HIV/AIDS and child serving organizations for monitoring and evaluating programs and services; testing of systems
and structures based on the "child-friendly" criteria they have set; writeshop of
enhanced systems and structures; final testing in their field of work; sharing with
other children and youth of other organizations for validation: and, adaptation.
Results: Workable systems and structures which children and youth HIV/AIDS
workers can manage and handle were developed and presently being used.
Lessons: Participation is not enough gauge of power. Being able to appropriately reflect on their efforts based on their development goals, through systems
and structures that are child-friendly, ensures the control children and youth have
over their health and welfare.

I44319 1 Sexual workers' partners
Claudia Colimoro. Puente Titla 100-42, Mexico City 09020, Mexico City
Issue: Sexual workers have adopted preventive methods in their working place
for the HIV/AIDS transmission, however they consider condom as an instrument
of their work. Furthermore they do not use condom when having sex with the
person who share their lives. These and other related problems were considered:
Identified the psycho-social factors which intervene in the lack of adopting
preventive conducts against the HIV infection among sexual workers.
Design and implements a new intervention model that will enhance to modified
the behavior of these women to prevent themselves with current and stable-affective partner.
Project: 2000 interviews were conducted to sexual workers including questions
like:
1. Condom use
2. Knowledge about feminine condom and its use
3. Type of sexual practices
4. Pregnancy prevention
5. Knowledge of the sexual partners which her current partner was involved
6. Frequency of coitus with her partner
7. Sexual satisfaction
8. Fear to the affective link
9. Sex of her sexual partner
10. If her sexual partner (woman or man) are also sexual workers
Results: With the obtained information, workshops with participation techniques were designed to sensitize condom use to the 500 women assisting to
these sessions. A six months follow up was conducted. The results showed that
60% of them use condom with current partner-A year later only 40% of them use
it. Nevertheless, a 75% of these women in a year period changed at least in one
occasion their current partner.