Work with young people as the basis of educational programs aimed at the prophylaxis of HIV infection

摘要

During the recent 10 years, 1987 - 1997, syphilis morbidity was found to increase 60-fold in the Omsk region. In 1997 adolescents constituted 6.0% in the structure of persons who contacted the disease. In this year more than 500 adolescents using drugs were registered in the region. The introduction of drugs by injection was practiced by 9.6% of the adolescents, The program aimed mainly at changing the behavior of young people with orientation on the choice of a healthy mode of life and theirs information about risk factors associated with sex transmitted diseases particularly HIV infection is discussed.