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Differences Between Hispanics and Non-Hispanics in Willingness to Provide AIDS Prevention Advice

Center forAIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco

Gerardo Marin

University of San Francisco

Rolando Juarez

Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco

Differences between Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites in reactions to talking to a relative at risk for HIV infection were explored. Interviews were conducted with 218 Hispanic and 201 non-Hispanic white adults in San Francisco. Hispanic respondents were more willing than non-Hispanic whites to talk to a hypothetical intravenous drugusing relative about various methods of preventing HIV transmission, more strongly believed the drug-using relative would follow the advice given, believed they would be less embarrassed to talk about these methods, and were more convinced that the methods suggested would protect the hypothetical drug user's wife from HIV-infection. Hispanics also indicated that the most appropriate person to talk to the relative at risk for AIDS would be someone older and afamily member more frequently than non-Hispanic whites. These results should be considered in the development of AIDS prevention campaigns for the Hispanic community.

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