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

674 Abstracts ThPeG8361-ThPeG8366

XIV International AIDS Conference

ThPeG8361 Structure of the process of psychological
counseling HIV infected teenagers
P. Bondarenko. Charitable Mission "Humanitarian Initiative", Ukraine, Kiev,
Krasnoarmejskaya str, 92, ap. 28., Ukraine
Issues: Teenagers make about 60% of all HIV infected population in Ukraine.
Psychosocial counseling such teenagers is a long-run process aimed to provide
clients with maximal understanding of possibilities to control their personal situations. Phased analysis of the situation, finding and integrating possible strategies
of change and creating the necessary prerequisites for managing personal social
and psychological situation are the main tasks of the counseling process. Understanding the structure of this process allows a counselor to participate in it with
maximal efficacy.
Descriptions: Charitable Mission (Humanitarian Initiative) have conducted a research resulted in designing the structure of the counseling process, which allows
to practice effective counseling. 3 sections of the counseling process have been
marked out: entering and closing the process, choosing an appropriate counseling technology, counseling itself. The structure of the counseling process consists
of the following steps: analysis of the situation, developing demands for change;
finding and integrating possible strategies of change; developing the strategies
of managing the personal situation of an HIV infected teenager. The choice of a
counseling technology and duration of a session depend on professional preference and experience of a counselor.
Lessons learned: Conducted cycle of counseling sessions showed that adherence to the proposed structure of the counseling process increases the moment
of its result. Teenagers show positive changes of their attitudes to their personal
psychological and social reality.
Recommendations: The next step in relevant research should be aimed to finding self-counseling technologies for HIV infected young people that would make
them less dependent on the counselors.
Presenting author: Petro Bondarenko, Ukraine, Kiev, Krasnoarmejskaya str., 92,
ap. 28., Ukraine, Tel.: [phone], E-mail: [email protected]
ThPeG8362 The professionnal integrating young girls and AIDS
prevention
E. Muyuku. SWAA-BURUNDI, PO Box 6301, Bujumbura, Burundi
Background: One of the strategies adopted by SWAA- BURUNDI in order to reinforce the abilities of aids infected girls is the professional active insertion which
has been initiated since January 2001.
Methods: Identification (selection)of those who need to be helped among the
young who are formed by SWAA- BURUNDI. an individual interview should be
curried out in order to put then into groups or categories according to their educational level(computer, artistic skilb, cooking),knowledge on aids, responsible
sexuality, pills and prostitution... the program should also cover the rural regions
where 260 young girls would yearly take advantage of such an education. sensibilisation for the burundian young.
Results: -Knowledge acquisition and abilities in different domains such as computer, artistic knowledge, Aids realities and means of protection or prevention.
40 young girls have already been formed. 20 young girls have already been inserted in professional activities.
Conclusions: The professional insertion of aids infected young girls is the best
strategy for fighting poverty, aids and sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs).the
recruted and formed young girls will in return be our representatives in their working places.
Presenting author: Esperance Muyuku, POBOX 6301, Bujumbura, Burundi, Tel.:
[phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail: [email protected]
ThPeG8363 Improving quality of life of abandoned babies born
to HIV positive mothers in Ukraine through training
the personnel of child care institutions working
with them
E.K. Wagner. Charitable Mission "Humanitarian Initiative", Kiev, Ukraine
Issues: In Ukraine the number of children born to HIV positive mothers increases
every year. Many of such mothers abandon their children at maternity hospitals
from where the children are passed to the state child institutions called Baby
Houses. Personnel of these institutions usually have very little knowledge and experience in caring for such children. Precedents of violations of human rights of
these children are not rare here.
Descriptions: On the initiative and with financial support of UNICEF in Ukraine
specialists of Charitable Mission "Humanitarian Initiative" have designed and conducted a training course for the personnel of the state Baby Houses in 4 regions
of Ukraine. Besides, sets of informational materials for people working with babies
born to HIV positive mothers, "Child and HIV", that cover all aspects of care for

such children were developed and distributed among child institutions and NGOs.
Lessons learned: The materials were in a great demand among relevant professionals and parents of HIV positive children in Ukraine and neighboring countries.
The training program proved to be effective in improving quality of life of infants
born to HIV positive mothers and in advocacy of their rights through changing
attitudes of the personnel towards them and improving the quality of care. The
efforts in the field of training professionals are, therefore, much needed.
Recommendations: A corresponding initiative should be expanded to other for
mer Soviet countries and reflected in the state regulations and professional training system.
Presenting author: Elena Wagner, 92 Krasnoarmeyskaya str., apt.28, Kiev
03150, Ukraine, Ukraine, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone],
E-mail: [email protected]
ThPeG8364I Sex education according to pupils
L.U.K. Luksik. Comenius University, Faculty of Education Comenius University,
Racianska 59, 813 34 Bratislava, Slovakia, Slovakia
Knowledge of pupils' images and needs belongs to important conditions of effective and successful sex education. This study charts these images mostly from
the point of view of their potential sexual risks.
Q - methodology has been used in the research. Research sample consisted of
59 elementary and secondary school pupils, 13 - 17 years old.
The outcomes have shown the evident need of sex education already at elementary school. Acceptation of such sex education orientation, which takes into consideration sexuality, partnership and parenthood on the equal level, often occurs.
The outcomes have shown 5 types of sex education imaginations: schooling, selflearning, boyish, pragmatic and parental. These types have been analyzed from
the point of view of some sexual risks and HIV / AIDS risks. Schooling type understands sexuality within partnership and equal status of partners, does not have
prejudices to homosexuality, and apprehends the risks of premature sexuality.
Self-learning type is tolerant to promiscuity, prostitution and free sex. Boyish type
rejects the reproductive function of sexuality, is able to imagine sex within or out
of partnership even in an early age. Pragmatic type emphasizes condom, has
doubts about faithfulness. Parental type emphasizes faithfulness and contraception and rejects responsibility of homosexuals for HIV / AIDS transmission.
The outcomes indicate the need of school sex education focused on found needs.
They also show the importance of family influence in this matter. Self - education
and clear - cut gender images have shown to be risky.
Presenting author: Ivan Luksik, Faculty of Education Comenius University,
Racianska 59, 813 34 Bratislava, Slovakia, Slovakia, Tel.: [phone], Fax:
[phone], E-mail: [email protected]
ThPeG8365I Sex in the city, sex in the country: Urban-rural
differences in sexual networking in Burkina Faso
M. Khan1, N. Nagot2, S. Salouka2, S. Ganou3, J. Bidiga4, S. Weir', L. Brown5.
I University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States; 2Centre Muraz,
Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso; 3Direction Rdgionale Santd, Banfora, Burkina
Faso; 4Comite National de Lutte Contre le SIDA, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;
5 Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Issues: AIDS prevention strategies appropriate for urban sub-Saharan Africa may
not be suitable for rural areas. Little is known about urban-rural differences in the
underlying sexual networks.
Description: The Priorities for Local AIDS Control Efforts (PLACE) protocol is
a field method to identify sites where rates of new sexual partnership formation
are high. Interviews were conducted in an urban center, a semi-rural border area
and three rural villages in the Banfora health district of Burkina Faso. Urban-rural
differences in the types of sites, sexual behavior at the sites and potential for
intervention were assessed.
Lessons learned: A greater number of sites was found in the urban center (108)
than in the semi-rural border town (41) or each of the three rural villages (53, 37
and 25). The types of sites differ by urban-rural setting. People in urban areas
meet new partners at traditional hot spots, such as bars, nightclubs and brothels. Such establishments do not exist in many rural areas, where people must
seek partners at unconventional sites such as markets or church courtyards. Rural Burkinabe also meet new partners at events such as market days, weddings
and baptisms. Because such events occur during the dry months, seasonality affects sexual activity in rural areas more than in urban areas. Sexual behavior also
differs by urban-rural setting. Among 252 women interviewed at key sites in the
district, the percentage who receive goods for sex is far greater in the semi-rural
border area (45%) and urban area (31%) than in the rural areas (12%). According
to interviews with 263 people working at the sites, over 75% in both urban and
rural settings are willing to participate in prevention activity.
Recommendations: In urban areas, programs should focus on geographically
fixed sites. In rural areas, prevention planners should consider unconventional
meeting places and events that change according to the day of the week and the
season of the year.
Presenting author: Maria Khan, 1217 W. Granville Ave., Apartment 2N, Chicago,
IL, 60660, United States, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail:
mariakhan @ unc.edu

ThPeG8366 Impact of HIV/AIDS on children in Manipur
J. Mehra. Delhi University, 605, Sector 14, Gurgaon-122001, Haryana, India
The study is one of the first assessment of the situation of children affected by
AIDS in India. India is witnessing an alarming increase in the rates of mother to
child transmission. Sponsored by UNICEF, the study was carried out in Manipur,
where antenatal sites record 3% in Imphal and 5% in Churachandpur(2001).The