Abstract Book Vol. 2 [International Conference on AIDS (14th: 2002: Barcelona, Spain)]

XIV International AIDS Conference

Abstracts WePeD6301-WePeD6305 161

WePeD6301 I Cost effective street- drama skill used by girl
cadets for AIDS awareness in India
N.B. Thaker. SNDT Women's University, ncc department, sndt women's
university, churchgate, mumbai, India
Background: Awareness is the tool in reduction of harmful effects of AIDS, which
is fast spreading deadly menace. Street - Drama is a very cost effective folk - media for spreading the message about social evils in all communities in India. To
tackle the same on an international sphere, some economic, easily acceptable
and effective method needs to be used/applied. In India Street - Drama is very
powerful impact in saving mankind from the said latest epidemic. This is because
of 1] Economic/ Cost effective, 2] absolutely mobile & pretty fast, 3] Easy acceptability for people of all age, all economical background & all sex,
4]Doesn't require experts.
Method: Group of 30 selected NCC girl Cadets from the college, affiliated with
Women's University Of India, were trained in 15 days work -shop, they were
imparted with basic knowledge of AIDS, their effects, problems, communication
skills & drama skills, popular film songs & folk songs were extensively used with
appropriate modification for easy appeal to the mass. Trained volunteers started
project work with the public performance at the most important public places like
railway stations, traffic islands, schools, colleges & during festival occasions.
Results:
1] 30 girls were aware about this fast spreading epidemic in their right age.
2] 30 family are also aware through above 30 girl volunteers. 3] 30 friends are
also aware.
4] 300 people are also aware through 'each one teach ten' project. 5] masses are
also aware on the public places. Per girl 300 people, 30 girls 9000 people aware.
6] Youth learn about their accountability towards the society.
Conclusions: In only in one city like Mumbai having more then 100 colleges, if
they participate in this type of project, in a year 900000 people can aware only by
students participation, which is not only in cities but also in the villages.
Presenting author: It. neela thaker, ncc department, sndt women's university,
churchgate, mumbai, India, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail:
[email protected]
WePeD6302 Change in the teachers training curriculum in the
aids prevention education program in secondary
schools of Mumbai, India
S.A. Bhardwa1, T.I.E. Sequeira2, P.M. Gurnani3, A. Karande4, V. Desai5.
1 coordinator, AIDS prevention education program, fogarty fellow at the university
of alabama, 1714,13th court south, birmingham, alabama, 35205, United States;
2project coordiantor, AIDS prevention education program, AHO Schools,
Brihanmumbai Municipal corporation, mumbai, India; 3program officer, UNICEF
Mumbal, India; 4Executive health officer, brihanmumbai municipal corporation,
mumbai, India; 5brihanmumbai municipal corporation, mumbai, India
Ilssues: the aids prevention education program is being successfully implemented
for the ninth graders in mumbai schools since 1993. earlier, doctors from the
health department were conducting the sessions for the students. since 1998,
teachers have been involved, these undergo a 3 day training and later conduct
sessions for their students. from 2000, the curriclum for the teachers training underwent a change, not only did it beome from 4 days to3 days but the contents
and sessions changed too.
Description: the curriculum is now tailor made for the teachers. based on the
feedback from workshops and also on the feedback from the supervisors in the
program, a partiucipatory approach is now being used. sessions were more interactive. role plays and case studies were used to understand the participants' own
viewpoint and personal beliefs, initially the curriculum covered topics like family
life education, basic facts of HIV/ AIDS, motiation, decision making and communication skills. The revised curriculum has been divided as per the sessions for the
students, namely population education, family life, basic facts on HIV and STD'S,
life skills, preciousness of life, adolescent pressures. other skill building sessions
were added and question and answer sessions, sessions on sexuality, child sexual abuse have also been included. A training kit has been designed and also a
workbook for the teachers.
Lessons learned: training must be tailor made for the participants, when dealing
with sensitive topics like sexuality, HIV / AIDS, participants must first understand
their own perspective and personal biases, the present curriculum addresses
these needs. reflections in the workshop helps to realise the audience.
Recommendations: For a program reaching out to adolescents, the traing of the
interventionists becomes very important. the present curriculum has been replicated in other parts of India successfully too. having a standard training kit has
helped immensely.
Presenting author: sanjana bhardwaj, 1714,13th court south, birmingham, alabama, 35205, United States, Tel.: [phone], E-mail: sanjanabhardwaj
@ rediffmail.com

WePeD6303 The assessment of interviewer's societal status
influencing the data obtained in the Harm reduce
project
S.R. Saukhat1, D.V. Vorontsov2, N.M. Tormozova2, N.M. Ternovaya1,
T.K. Poplavskaya3, V. Kravchenko4. INGO AntiAIDS-South, 119, Gazetny per.,
Rostov-on-Don, 344010, Russian Federation; 2The Southern Russia Federal
Centre for AIDS Prevention, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation; 3Rostov
Territorial Centre for AIDS Prevention, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation;
4Rostov Territorial Narcology Centre, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation
Issues: obtaining the authentic data on the risky behaviour patterns of injecting
drug users taking part in Harm reduce initiatives is an indispensable constituent
of the planning, management and assessment of any project. The phenomenon
of interviewer's social or societal status influencing the respondent's openness
level and authenticity of data obtained during the standardized questioning is well
known distortion factor in sociology. Nevertheless, this phenomenon is rarely took
into account by the field workers and their managers in Russian Harm reduce
projects.
Description: an assessment of interviewer's societal status influencing the data
obtained on the risky behaviour patterns of injecting drug users within the Harm
reduce project was made in Rostov-on-Don (Southern Russia). Two groups of interviewers questioned on usual behaviour practices by standardized list the drug
users newly involved into the project activities. The first one had a societal status
of non-users (professional medical staff), the second group of interviewers had
peer status as the members of drug-users community.
Lessons learned: the significant differences were discovered between the data
obtained by the first and the second groups of interviewers. The medical staff of
the project was less informed then the peer staff on such risky practices as joint
drug use in companies (t=-2.22), sharing the substance solution from syringe to
syringe (t=-2.12), and visiting dopes, where the practice of sharing one syringe is
usual (t=-3.68).
Recommendations: to increase the authenticity of data obtained, when assessing the spread of risky behavioral patterns in the community, it is strongly recommended to enlist peer status staff as the interviewers.
Presenting author: Serguey Saukhat, 119, Gazetny per., Rostov-on-Don,
344010, Russian Federation, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone],
E-mail: [email protected]
WePeD6304 HIV/AIDS preventive strategies and interventions
among a young adult population in Belo
Horizonte, Brazil
C.S. Silveira. Silveira, Rua U/isses Marcondes Escobar,95/101, CEP
30575-110-BURITIS, Brazil
Issues: reduce the incidence of HIV/Aids within a young adult population in Belo
Horizonte.
Description: according to our assessment, we estimate that every week approximately 1200 youngsters (including injection drug users) seek/visit tattoers and
body piercers contacted by us. These professionals were accessed using snowballing techniques and also through direct approach. Training was offered to tattoers and body piercers working in Belo Horizonte focusing biohazard (biosseguranca) emphasizing blood-borne transmitted infections like HIV, hepatitis, and
syphilis.
Lessons learned: accessing tattoers and body piercers may be an alternative to
establish a "new contact+rapport+relationship" with youngsters. Differently from
peer-led type interventions, it reaches further effects because these professionals
are recognized and / or idealized as those who have "the" knowledge. Therefore,
they are in a privileged position to act as reliable and understandable sources of
information among this specific population.
During this contact with professionals it was possible to access a hidden population of IDUs which had no previous contact with the needle exchange project in
Belo Horizonte. This may have some relationship with the upper socio-economic
status of these UDIs and also because they live in different areas where needles
are made available.
Recommendations: accessing populations indirectly may be an efficient strategy because the "preventive discourse+talk+blablabla" which is extensively used
by us may not have any efficacy in specific groups anymore for its repetitive characteristics. Generally, young people know how to prevent STI/Aids but this knowledge have not been translated in behaviour change.
Presenting author: Carla Silviera, Rua Ulisses Marcondes Escobar,95/101,
CEP 30575-110-BURITIS, Brazil, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail:
casilveira@ uol.com.br
WePeD6305 Accidental exposures to blood and other body
fluids among doctors at the University College

Hospital, Ibadan
O.O. Kolude. University College Hospital, Department of Community Medicine,
University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Background: health care workers are at substantial risk of acquiring several infectious diseases including blood borne infections like the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) at the workplace. nigeria entered the explosive phase of hiv/aids
epidemic in 1999 yet little has been done in identifying accidental exposures to