Author/Editor     Dulion, Annick
Title     Role of pharmacists in the right against AIDS: Vancouver declaration
Translated title     Vloga farmacevta v borbi proti AIDS: Vancouverska deklaracija
Type     članek
Source     Farm Vestn
Vol. and No.     Letnik 49, št. Spec Issue
Publication year     1998
Volume     str. 121-4
Language     eng
Abstract     Actions of prevention directed towards HIV- AIDS sometimes require to face taboos and cultural resistance. Any professional entering this struggle must face difficulties that have to do with communication and information; make allowances for discrepancies in cultural background, dialogue with youngsters in order to prevent risky behaviours, participate in the better understanding of contamination routes - with special mention to blood and/or sexual contact - and, in short, overcome any kind of shyness when it comes to matters such as prostitution, homosexuality and addiction... The paper discusses the background of the forming of the Vancouver joint WHO-FIP declaration, its highlights and the implications of it s implementation in the daily pharmacy practice.
Summary     Proti HIV-AIDS pandemiji usmerjeno preventivno delovanje pogosto vključuje tudi soočanje s tabuji in kulturnimi pregradami. Zdravstveni delavec, ki stopa na to bojišče, se mora spoprijeti s težavami, ki nastajajo pri komunikaciji in prenosu informacij; pripraviti se mora na razlike v kulturnem ozadju posameznih pacientov, na primeren način pogovora z mladimi, vse to z namenom preprečevanja tveganega vedenja. Sodelovati mora pri zagotavljanju njihovega dobrega razumevanja možnih načinov okužbe, posebej z omenjanjem možnih prenosov bolezni prek krvi in s spolnimi odnosi. Premagati mora vse lastne zadržke in sramežljivost pri pogovoru s pacienti o zadevah kot so prostitucija, homoseksualnost in zasvojenost. Članek obravnava okvir priprav na skupno SZO-FIP deklaracijo iz Vancouvra, njene bistvene točke in zahteve, ki naj si jih nacionalna farmacevtska stroka postavlja pri njeni uveljavitvi v vsakdanjo prakso.
Descriptors     ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME
PHARMACISTS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION