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Document 1007
DOCN M9621007
TI HIV-related knowledge and risk behaviors of street youth in Belo
Horizonte, Brazil. The Street Youth Study Group.
DT 9602
AU Raffaelli M; Siqueira E; Payne-Merritt A; Campos R; Ude W; Greco M;
Greco D; Ruff A; Halsey N; Universidade Federale de Minas Gerais, Belo
Horizonte, Brazil.
SO AIDS Educ Prev. 1995 Aug;7(4):287-97. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96026583
AB Individual interviews were conducted with 379 youth who work and/or live
on the streets of a large Brazilian city to assess HIV-related
knowledge, sources of information, risk behaviors, and prevention
beliefs and strategies. Respondents demonstrated high levels of factual
knowledge about HIV transmission (84% correct) coupled with high levels
of misconceptions about casual transmission (53% correct) and
intermediate levels of knowledge about prevention (64% correct). Only
54% of the respondents had heard about AIDS recently, and 37.5% said
they talked to someone about AIDS. The most common sources of
information about HIV/AIDS were the mass-media and friends. Over half
the sample reported taking precautions to reduce their risk of HIV
infection; however, the proportion of youth taking effective precautions
was low. Among the 247 youth (65% of the sample) who had initiated
sexual activity, lifetime condom use was reported by 18%, and condom use
at last intercourse by 10%. Youth with higher levels of knowledge were
more likely to report behavior changes to avoid HIV infection. These
findings underscore the urgent need for prevention programs tailored to
street youth in developing countries.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/PREVENTION & CONTROL/
PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION Adolescence Brazil Child Condoms
*Developing Countries Female Health Behavior Health Education
Homeless Youth/*PSYCHOLOGY Human HIV Infections/*PREVENTION &
CONTROL/PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION *Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Male
Prostitution Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. *Urban Population JOURNAL
ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).