       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

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