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Details for article 21 of 25 found articles
| Title: |
The Italian AIDS 'hot-line': Providing information to the people |
| Author: |
Benedetti, P. Zaccarelli, M. Giuliani, M. Fabio, M. Di Valdarchi, C. Pezzotti, P. Tumbarello, M. Greco, D. |
| Appeared in: |
AIDS care |
| Paging: | Volume 1 (1989) nr. 2 pages 145-152 |
| Year: |
1989-04-01 |
| Contents: |
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. |
| Publisher: |
Routledge |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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