Naslov
Youth and AIDS - A Study of Attitudes, Knowledge, Behavior and Risks in the Post-War Croatia
(Youth and AIDS - A Study of Attitudes, Knowdge, Behavior and Risks in the Post-War Croatia)

Autori
Pavičić, Dino ; Orešković, Stjepan ; Rudan, Igor ; Rudan, Diana ; Božičević, Ivana ; Bistrović, Dragica ; Vrdoljak, Andrea ; Vorko-Jović, Ariana ; Biloglav, Zrinka ; Kolarić, Branko ; Kujundžić-Tiljak, Mirjana ; Sonicki, Zdenko ; Vuletić, Gorka ; Fajdić, Josip ; Polašek, Ozren ; Kolčić, Ivana ; Serdar, Svjetlana ; Troskot, Rosana ; Saftić, Vanja ; Rudan, Pavao

Izvornik
Collegium antropologicum (0350-6134) 27 (2003), 1; 161-172

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
AIDS ; youth ; risks ; attitudes ; Croatia

Sažetak
According to the latest reports, the Eastern Europe currently exhibits the greatest relative increase in the number of newly registered HIV infections in the world. At the same time, Central Europe remains relatively spared from the epidemic, with reported rates significantly lower than those in both Eastern and Western Europe. Croatia geographically affiliates to Central Europe, but it has two specific potential risk factors in comparison to neighboring countries: recent War events and a summer season when immigration of large number of tourists from Central and Eastern Europe is expected. Therefore, it is critical to examine AIDS attitudes in young people, increase their knowledge, monitor their behavior and warn on risks in order to prevent larger spread of epidemics from Eastern Europe to Croatia. In this study, we report on a large related survey and education program among 17- year-old high school pupils that was conducted in years immediately following the War (1996-1999).

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita, Sociologija

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