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The Italian AIDS 'hot-line': Providing information to the people
Titel:
The Italian AIDS 'hot-line': Providing information to the people
Auteur:
Benedetti, P. Zaccarelli, M. Giuliani, M. Fabio, M. Di Valdarchi, C. Pezzotti, P. Tumbarello, M. Greco, D.
Verschenen in:
AIDS care
Paginering:
Jaargang 1 (1989) nr. 2 pagina's 145-152
Jaar:
1989-04-01
Inhoud:
The Italian AIDS hot-line has recently completed its first two operational years. Established as an emergency service, it was initially overloaded with calls, under the emotional impact of a new disease. As the average number of calls settled to around a hundred per day, a wider approach aimed at the concerns raised by callers has been possible. A particular effort has been made to handle psychological and social aspects of HIV infections. A large proportion of the questions analyzed (62,500) deal with doubts about transmission (30%), reliability of diagnostic tests (15%), and handling individual situations. Some categories of callers, such as drug users, parents or relatives of HIV-infected people, and seropositives often require experienced telephone counselling. HIV-positive callers follow the proportional distribution of AIDS cases in Italy: intravenous drug users forming the majority, followed by homosexuals and finally heterosexual subjects (reaching 10%, a value in accordance with trend projections). The demand for advice has increased over time, together with an evident refinement of question content.
Uitgever:
Routledge
Bronbestand:
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften
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