Barnard M, McKeganey N
Social Paediatric & Obstetric Research Unit, University of Glasgow, UK.
AIDS Care. 1990;2(2):103-16. doi: 10.1080/09540129008257721.
In this paper we present data on the HIV-related risks for adolescents growing up in an area where injecting drug use is prevalent and HIV infection has been identified among local injecting drug users. We report on young peoples' knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of drug use and injectors; HIV and AIDS; sex, safer sex and condom use. These adolescents had an extensive and practically oriented knowledge of illicit drugs and drug injectors. The majority of adolescents contacted had an unsophisticated but approximate understanding of HIV transmission dynamics and how to guard against infection. Our data suggest that many adolescents find issues relating to sex awkward, embarrassing and difficult subjects for discussion. In a final section we consider some of the policy implications of our work focussing in particular on the prevention of injecting, the promotion of condom use, and the necessity of avoiding a focus upon risk groups.
在本文中，我们呈现了在注射吸毒盛行且当地注射吸毒者中已发现艾滋病毒感染的地区成长的青少年面临的与艾滋病毒相关的风险数据。我们报告了年轻人对吸毒和注射者、艾滋病毒与艾滋病、性、安全性行为及避孕套使用的知识、态度和认知。这些青少年对非法药物和注射吸毒者有广泛且注重实际的了解。大多数受访青少年对艾滋病毒传播动态以及如何预防感染有简单但大致的认识。我们的数据表明，许多青少年觉得与性相关的问题是令人尴尬、难为情且难以讨论的话题。在最后一部分，我们思考了我们工作的一些政策影响，尤其着重于预防注射吸毒、推广避孕套使用以及避免聚焦于风险群体的必要性。
