Youth and AIDS--a study of attitudes, knowledge, behavior and risks in the post-war Croatia.
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).
Pavicić
Dino
D
Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia.
Oresković
Stipe
S
Rudan
Igor
I
Rudan
Diana
D
Bozicević
Ivana
I
Bistrović
Dragica
D
Vrdoljak
Andrea
A
Vorko-Jović
Ariana
A
Biloglav
Zrinka
Z
Kolarić
Branko
B
Kujundzić-Tiljak
Mirjana
M
Sonicki
Zdenko
Z
Vuletić
Gorka
G
Fajdić
Josip
J
Polasek
Ozren
O
Kolcić
Ivana
I
Serdar
Svjetlana
S
Troskot
Rosana
R
Saftić
Vanja
V
Rudan
Pavao
P
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000523:psychology* / Q000635:transmission*; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D017523:Croatia; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012309:Risk-Taking; D014857:Warfare