title: [Regional government policy in the area of preventing the spread of HIV infection and drug abuse among youth].
abstract: In 1993 the Youth Social Service, aimed at the creation of favorable conditions for the development of young people, the realization of their rights, the preservation of their individuality, their self determination and self expression, the support of their innovative activities, was created in Kiev. The work on the prevention of the spread if HIV infection and injection drug use should be considered only in the aspect of the involvement of young people in the work on the prevention of negative phenomena. The prerequisite for these programs was the tendency to an increase in the number of manifestations of negative phenomena among young people in Kiev. One of the most complicated programs was the program "Harm Reduction" among injecting drug users. The main prospect in the realization of this program was the involvement of a large number of volunteers and training by the method "Per Education".
authors.affiliation: Youth Social Service, Kiev, Ukraine.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuz'menko
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015497:HIV-1; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D018671:Needle-Exchange Programs; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014455:Ukraine; D014505:Urban Population