Homchampa P, Wacharasin C; International Conference on AIDS (15th : 2004 : Bangkok, Thailand).
Int Conf AIDS. 2004 Jul 11-16; 15: abstract no. D12816.
Burapha University, Chonburi, Thailand
Community oriented prevention of HIV/AIDS is one of important strategies in contemporary primary health care in Thailand. This paper discusses the process of community participation in prevention/alleviation of HIV/AIDS and impacts in the eastern region, based on one year experience working with health workers, local leaders and volunteers in three different communities, where HIV/AIDS are still prevalent. Increasing number of persons living with and dying of HIV/AIDS in the communities leading to an increased number of orphans and abandoned children. This also leads to an increased burden on women and elderly to deal with HIV/AIDS impacts. Furthermore the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS among teenagers serves as an alarming to strengthen community response with appropriate solutions suitable for local situations. This research project is supported by the HIV/AIDS Studies Project of Chiangmai University that aimed to promote participatory learning from local response. Starting from an establishment of a supportive team comprising members who were currently working in both health and non-health organizations in both provincial and district levels, followed by forming a group of local volunteers who willingly worked on prevention/alleviation of HIV/AIDS from each of the three communities. By using the Appreciation-Influence-Control (A-I-C) process focusing on prevention and alleviation of HIV/AIDS based on local problems and needs, three times of meeting were set every three months in a communities. The project also included several meeting for group members to exchange their working experiences, site visit, and training on relevant skills. The findings pointed out that thel members of each team had greatly appreciated their own responsibilities for the communities. They were willing to work together to help solve their problems related to HIV/AIDS prevention and alleviation of its impacts. The finding also suggests the benefit of application of A-I-C process in community work on HIV/AIDS prevention/alleviation.
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Keywords:
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Adolescent
- Advertising as Topic
- Aged
- Child
- Consumer Participation
- Female
- HIV Infections
- HIV Seropositivity
- Humans
- Residence Characteristics
- Thailand
- Voluntary Workers
- education
- methods
- organization & administration
- therapy
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UI: 102278359
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