'Face up to the truth': Helping gay men in Vietnam protect themselves from AIDS

Wilson, D.; Cawthorne, P.

International Journal of STD and AIDS 10(1): 63-66

1999


ISSN/ISBN: 0956-4624
PMID: 10215135
DOI: 10.1258/0956462991912971
Document Number: 282709
Appropriate AIDS prevention information is not available in Vietnam for men who have sex with men. Current AIDS prevention messages can be misunderstood with potentially dangerous results. We outline some features of gay culture in a provincial city in Vietnam. We describe the activities of a peer educator who made contact with a small group of young gay men during 1996 and 1997. All the young men were ill-informed about AIDS. Their attitudes and sexual practices made them vulnerable to AIDS. The peer educator provided clear information and emotional support. The peer education was done without government endorsement and on a very low budget.

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