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- Title
Usefulness of information from the unlinked anonymous prevalence monitoring programme for HIV in England and Wales: survey of planners of HIV/AIDS services.
- Authors
Kessel, A S; Watts, C J
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate whether information from the Unlinked Anonymous Prevalence Monitoring Programme for HIV in England and Wales is useful to planners of HIV/AIDS services. The study involved 2 stages: examination of 1997 AIDS Control Act Reports for England and Wales, and a telephone questionnaire survey of local planners of HIV/AIDS services. Forty-eight out of 55 health authorities (87.3%) found information from the programme to be useful in general; 37/55 (67.3%) found the information useful for targeting of health promotion; 35/55 (63.6%) found the information useful for assessing the effectiveness of preventive measures aimed at reducing the spread of HIV; and 28/55 (50.9%) found the information useful for planning of medical or social services. If information from the programme was no longer available, 36/55 (65.5%) said it would make some difference to local planning, although 12/55 (21.8%) said it would make no difference. Local planners were generally supportive of the programme, and complaints were mostly directed at funding and timeliness of the reports.
- Subjects
ENGLAND; WALES; HIV infections; AIDS; HIV infection transmission; HEALTH education; HEALTH promotion; PATIENT education
- Publication
International Journal of STD & AIDS, 1999, Vol 10, Issue 12, p808
- ISSN
0956-4624
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1258/0956462991913592