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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED330935 AUTHOR: Luna, G. Cajetan; And Others
TITLE: Proceedings of the International Conference on AIDS
and Homeless Youth: An Agenda for the Future (1st, San
Francisco, California, June 25, 1990).
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1990
NOTE: 22 p.
ABSTRACT: This proceedings of the first international
conference on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
and homeless youth included over 125 delegates from 32
countries. There was strong consensus among delegates that
street youth are often in high and multiple Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) risk situations, and
programmatic responses are needed. Discussions addressed
associated issues including violence towards street youth
in both developed and developing countries. Delegates
identified successful strategies and techniques for
addressing the problems of these youth, and established
relationships for future collaborative efforts. The worth,
resiliency, and potentiality of these youth regardless of
their race, economic status, place of residence, sexual
orientation, or lifestyle underscored the discussions. The
central consensus recommendation was that youth deserve
protection from all forms of neglect, exploitation, and
cruelty. Increases in violence against street youth reflect
larger complex, often insidious economic, political, and
social factors. Delegates described how endemic
discrimination against street youth is exacerbated when
youth are identified as being HIV positive or having AIDS.
The second International Conference on Street Youth will be
held as a satellite of the 20th International Congress of
Pediatrics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on September 4th and
5th, 1992. This gathering will include street youth
speaking on their own behalf about their interests and
needs. General discussions will focus on primary health
care and on decreasing abuse, violence, and killings of
street youth.
(LLL)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Social-Bias; Sociocultural-Patterns;
Victims-of-Crime; Violence-; World-Problems; Youth-Problems
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Acquired-Immune-Deficiency-Syndrome;
*Homeless-People; *Youth-
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