| condom use among patients attending six sexually transmitted disease clinics in switzerland. | persons treated for a sexually transmitted disease have been shown to be at increased risk for human immunodeficiency virus infection. levels of condom use among these patients are presented, and sociodemographic and behavioral factors associated with self-reported never use of condoms are analyzed. | 1995 | 7502184 |
| methadone treatment and risk of hiv infection in drug users without legal access to clean injection equipment. | the particular situation of the swiss canton of vaud (population 550,000) provides favourable observational conditions to assess the efficacy of a methadone treatment scheme in reducing the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection among drug users. on the one hand, the canton has a long tradition of methadone treatment dispensed by medical practitioners. on the other hand, no legal access to clean injection equipment was provided up to 1989. for the 754 drug addicts having entered at ... | 1995 | 7610718 |
| the aids era: new challenges and new roles for sexually active teenagers. | from 1970 to 1986 the aids epidemic has contributed to a new definition of the roles of boys and girls. for the past 20 years the university institute for social and preventive medicine as well as the public health service of the canton of vaud in lausanne, switzerland, have conducted several surveys on the health behavior of teenagers. ten years ago love affairs ranked 10th within health concerns. in 1992 the same item ranked 3rd: 35.8% of the girls and 28.2% of the boys felt they needed he ... | 1993 | 12222256 |