[Level of knowledge and behavior regarding HIV prevention in a population of migrants].
Niveau de connaissances et comportement en matière de prévention du VIH au sein d’une population de migrants.
Journal
Revue medicale suisse
ISSN: 1660-9379
Titre abrégé: Rev Med Suisse
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101219148
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 Apr 2019
03 Apr 2019
Historique:
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4
2019
pubmed:
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4
2019
medline:
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5
2019
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Résumé
In Geneva an HIV voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) consultation for migrants exists in a primary care center. A semi-structured questionnaire, was filled out during the VCT consultations. 650 questionnaires were analyzed. 82 % were asylum seekers. 30 % said they did not really understand how HIV is transmitted and 27 % cited erroneous modes of contamination. 78 % of women who did not use condoms regularly gave having a stable partner as the reason compared to 49 % for men. VCT is a great prevention tool : the counseling accompanying the test provides an opportunity to openly raise various risk practices and to personalize the information. However, this requires a suitable and affordable structure. A Genève, une consultation de conseil et test volontaire du VIH (VCT,
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A Genève, une consultation de conseil et test volontaire du VIH (VCT,
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
fre
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