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[An AIDS-related cognitive map in a sample of drug abusers in Buenos Aires City]

Acta Psiquiatr Psicol Am Lat. 1990 Jul-Dec;36(3-4):125-35. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/91328028
Kornblit AL; Bilyk A

Abstract: This paper is an approach to AIDS as a topic among a drug abusers sample of the city of Buenos Aires. Research was carried out on the basis of a qualitative methodology. In an attempt at surveying opinions and attitudes of such a sample as regards AIDS (i.e. subjects' cognitive map), 21 drug abusers from three different rehabilitation programs operating in the B.A. area were interviewed. On the basis of the research performed, the authors elaborate communication strategies among drug abusers that would be helpful for authorities engaged in AIDS prevention to adopt. To boost a strategy likely to break up the AIDS-drug association existing in the mind of many an abuser would be highly advisable so that a separation be settled between both representations, thus giving drug abusers a higher motivation for self-care practice.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/ PSYCHOLOGY Adolescence Adult Argentina Attitude *Cognitive Dissonance English Abstract Female Human Male Sampling Studies Self Care *Substance Dependence/PSYCHOLOGY Support, Non-U.S. Gov't JOURNAL ARTICLE

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