Monitoring of prevention programmes for migrant communities.

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Monitoring of prevention programmes for migrant communities.

Int Conf AIDS. 1993 Jun 6-11;9(1):102 (abstract no. WS-C21-3). Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/93333236
Haour-Knipe M; Fleury F; Dubois-Arber F; Burgi D; Univ. Inst. Soc. & Prev. Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Abstract: HIV/AIDS prevention programmes directed towards three of the largest of Switzerland's foreign populations were monitored during their first year of operation. Coordinated by the Federal Public Health Office, three collaborators worked through an NGO AIDS Foundation with Spanish, Portuguese, and Turkish communities. After a preliminary period of needs assessment, the communities were addressed in very different ways; two collaborators provided top-down general public information campaigns for adults and adolescents, training of native-language teachers, and production of culturally appropriate media, including a play and film. The other focused on personalized interventions through mediators capable of bridging major divisions in the community (religious leaders and football coaches). These various efforts were monitored by: intervention summary sheets, discussions with programme collaborators, observations, and follow-up phone calls to participants. None of these methods were found to be sufficient alone: multimethodology is indicated. Results clearly demonstrate: 1) the importance of recruiting personnel of confidence then giving them considerable freedom to develop their own programmes, 2) a complex imbrication of programme phases (eg assessment, staff recruitment, public information sessions), and 3) the significance of fortuitous events for programme development. Results also show that once general population programmes become known and confidence is gained, clandestines and people with high risk behaviours become approachable for targeted interventions.

Keywords: *Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/PREVENTION & CONTROL *Health Education/STANDARDS *HIV Infections/PREVENTION & CONTROL *Transients and Migrants
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