15.06.2020 – 09:02
Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe
Berlin (ots)
Join the campaign #knowledge of the German AIDS assistance, dual stage reaches the target. However, there are large gaps in knowledge and prejudices. Third campaign season starts in the fall.
Around 18 percent of people in Germany now know that HIV treatment is non-transferable. The results from a representative population survey conducted on behalf of the German AIDS assistance, with more than 1,000 telephone respondents in April 2020.
Knowledge is doubling
The hands-on campaign #knowledge double of the German AIDS-help has reached their first stage goal. Since the autumn of 2017 has doubled the Knowledge about the Transferability of almost. At that time, 10 percent of the scientific fact voted in a survey by the Federal centre for health education (BZgA) just once.
Even a good third (34%) of respondents know that HIV drugs prevent Transmission from mother to child at birth. (In 2017, has not been asked yet.)
To Sylvia Urban by the Board of Directors of the German AIDS help says:
“This is a great message: With United forces we managed to make these lightening Information known to many people. The elucidation to the Non-Transferability of HIV under therapy has attracted great interest. On this success we are building now: We’re doubling the Knowledge, to all knowledge.”
Furthermore, gaps, and prejudices know
While the Knowledge has increased, are fear gone towards people with HIV something back. The proportion of people who want to share dishes with HIV-positive people, has fallen, for example, from 33% to 24%.
The Figures show, however, at the same time, to massive gaps in knowledge, uncertainties, and prejudices regarding HIV. Because in everyday life there is no risk of Transmission, regardless of therapy. Still shy of 23% of the respondents, even the common use of sports equipment in the fitness Studio, 21% do not want to use the same lavatory as people with HIV. Only half of the people polled (48%) would kiss a HIV-positive Person who is sympathetic to them.
The bottom line is that three out of ten respondents do not want to come up with the topic of HIV prefer to be in touch. And to think, unchanged, by 2017, half of the respondents, about that, about people living with HIV in General, rather badly spoken.
DAH-Board of Directors Sylvia Urban:
“In the fight against ignorance and discrimination, we are drilling a thick Board. It is important to convey again and again: HIV is present in everyday life anyway, is not transferable, under therapy, not even during Sex. We are on the way to a more relaxed interaction between HIV positive and negative people in everyday life. Nothing more than a self-evident life is appropriate.”
Know Fears is to double reduce
The Knowledge of the Non-Transferability of reduced Fears of HIV-positive people, rejection and discrimination. An open climate is becoming less and less scared at the same time promotes communication about HIV and thus facilitates the protection and the response to the HIV Test. Which in turn is a prerequisite for therapy.
In addition to the main message of the campaign #knowledge to double on the basis of exciting life stories in addition, the drastic changes in the last 25 years: people with HIV can today be old and in every aspect of life like all the others. This Knowledge contributes to the relaxation.
In the autumn, the campaign goes into the third round.
Scientific Fact
That HIV treatment is not transferable, to prove meanwhile, several large-scale studies. Have been observed thousands of mixed-HIV-positive-negative pairs that scored over 100,000 times on condoms, without a Transfer.
For More Information:
Report of the study as a PDF
Website #double know
In the previous study of the Federal centre for health education (BZgA) on the occasion of the world Aids day in 2017
Press contact:
German AIDS Help
Holger Wicht
Press Secretary
Tel. 0171 274 95 11 (currently only reachable by mobile phone)
[email protected]
www.aidshilfe.de
Original Content by: Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe, transmitted by news aktuell
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