On the limited utility of KAP-style survey data in the practical epidemiology of AIDS, with reference to the AIDS epidemic in Chile. NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1993. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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On the limited utility of KAP-style survey data in the practical epidemiology of AIDS, with reference to the AIDS epidemic in Chile.

Health Transit Rev. 1993 Apr;3(1):1-16. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/93904873
Smith HL; Population Studies Center and Department of Sociology, University of; Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.

Abstract: Population surveys concerning 'risk behaviours' thought to be related to the AIDS epidemic are many. Nevertheless, unfocused inquiry into diffuse behaviours in undifferentiated populations is not productive in low-seroprevalence populations, especially when the point is to design some form of intervention that might actually avert further infection. This is because of a failure to distinguish conceptually between the relevance of AIDS-related behavioural data for individuals and for populations. An illustration is drawn from the AIDS epidemic in Santiago, Chile, and an alternative perspective, based on extensive interviews with persons with AIDS and a survey of current HIV-surveillance and blood-screening programs, is described.
Keywords: *Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/EPIDEMIOLOGY *Data Collection/METHODS *HIV Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY *Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice *Sex BehaviorKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/epidemiologyKWDdatacollection/methodsKWDhivinfections/epidemiologyKWDknowledge,attitudes,practiceKWDsexbehavior
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