University Village volunteers up close and AIDS
2009/08/25 00:00 Source: YNET.com North Youth Beijing Youth Daily Dengxing Jun

  More than 60 colleges and universities have set up Youth Red Ribbon association, registered in more than 14,000 college students than members ---

● survey

Students living with HIV new cases each year, has become a high-risk groups

From August 18 to August 22, the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau have organized nearly 20 colleges and universities for the first time a group to the capital of Henan AIDS village in the province. Survey shows that despite the overall low number of students living with HIV, but they have new cases every year, college students has become a hazard to high-risk groups of AIDS.

Beijing You'an Hospital nurse caring to their homes Fu Yan introduced the age in which college students, some people have sexual experiences. However, only through the knowledge of university students among the students to talk, there is no more channels for more scientific knowledge, such as how the pregnancy, how to prevent sexually transmitted diseases.

Survey shows that students in the city have been living with HIV, sophomore, junior grade, etc., as well as both male and female gender. Although the number is not a lot, accounting for a very low proportion of the total number of university students, but new cases diagnosed each year, coupled with the number of people living with HIV increased, the risk in college students are also increasing.

According to Beijing Municipal AIDS Prevention Committee of the statistical data, as of May 2009, the city's total reported HIV infected persons and AIDS patients in 6383 cases, of which 1343 cases of city residents, residents of other provinces and cities 4722 cases, 247 cases of foreign workers, 71 cases of unknown . In January 2009 to May, the city's report found that HIV-infected persons and AIDS patients, a total of 501 cases compared with 411 cases last year increased by 90 cases.

In order to protect the physical and mental health of university students, the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau, the Municipal Committee, and Municipal Education Commission, the Youth League, the Urban Red Cross issued a circular calling for the establishment of Youth Red Ribbon College community organizations, volunteers and peer education through the way universal access to AIDS prevention among college students of knowledge. "At present, there are 67 colleges and universities have set up Youth Red Ribbon societies, registered members in more than 14,000 college students were." Capital University "Youth Red Ribbon" Leading Group Office of the Societies Jiannong Xu said, "Many colleges and universities through the panels , visited, etc. to carry out activities and mutual help groups formed with the districts and counties. "

Xu Jian-Nong introduction, by the end of this year the city will organize a large-scale AIDS Prevention Education in Colleges and Universities backbone of volunteer training, but also will work with Ditan Hospital, You'an Hospital of cooperation such as the establishment of the practice base of the backbone during the summer months the village members to AIDS, the real experience, so as to make AIDS Prevention Education in College Students in the penetration rate of over 80%.



● Field

Zero-distance carriers and AIDS communication

The morning of August 21, including Beijing University, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, nearly 20 colleges and universities capital, key members of the Youth Red Ribbon association came to Lu Gang Xiang Wenlou Village in Henan Province Shangcai clinics, zero distance treatment with the village people living with HIV are being conducted exchanges.

Man is a famous village of HIV-stricken area. "3900 the village more than 358 people living with HIV, accounting for about 10% of the total number of the village." Clinic director Cheng Wen village of sub-paragraph says, "these villagers are infected with HIV, mainly in the early 90s of the last century paid selling blood. There are also a small number of mother to child transmission and spread of unknown causes. "

After listening to the Director-way sub-paragraph introduction, with the approval of clinic approval, followed by college students and people living with HIV had zero distance communication. On how to illness, family life and what the child's body is healthy ... ... on these most sensitive issues, the Central University for Nationalities, Iong girls conducted exchanges with patients. So surprised that the students originally thought that they were unwilling to talk about AIDS, but the fact is that they are able to calmly face the reality.

"I can do with your co-Zhang Ying?" Yun Chung presented a more sensitive requirements.

"Can be!" A quick 50-year-old HIV-positive with a smile.

In the clinic's infusion room, 67 people living with HIV are infusion. Capital University of Economics and a female Li Rui are infusion Aunt conversation. Although Aunt still have a certain apprehension, but still a lot of university students answered the question: "two children are not infected, they are on the university."

The villagers told the capital, the Red Ribbon community college youth members, who are now living with HIV will all be clear, with no discrimination and "isolation" feeling, but did not do so, AIDS has been a very "terror": "an AIDS virus carrier those who play cards with others, when people heard that he was carrying the virus, and then put a small stool he was sitting flush with boiling water, then do not worry just put a small bench burned. because we do not know what the transmission of AIDS through. "

Now, every year the villagers take the initiative to come to counseling, healthy people also took the initiative to the county CDC for testing through two test confirmed good health. "HIV is now a doctor to come to clinics, like ordinary flu, fever, diarrhea and the same." Subparagraph Cheng said, "because of years of effective advocacy, even though we still attach importance to AIDS prevention and control, but unlike in previous years has been Then panic. In addition, in recent years, the village has had no new cases of AIDS. "

This reporter has learned, the capital of colleges and universities, "Youth Red Ribbon" Apart from up close and Societies delegation of Henan people living with HIV, but also to Zhumadian City, Henan Province AIDS prevention and control agency staff held a forum, visited the city's CDC and the Blood , and also on the route of transmission of AIDS knowledge, and so on in the village and train stations conducted a survey.



● Dialogue

Colleges and Universities, "AIDS Prevention" propaganda long way to go

Colleges and universities as the capital of anti-aids publicity circle of celebrity, Central University of Finance Wang Cong juniors took part in the study. With regard to the capital, anti-aids publicity universities, journalists engaged in a dialogue with the Cong.

Reporter: college students living with HIV has actually happened?

Cong: At present, there is no one from the authority of the department of statistics, but the fact is that college students living with HIV figures are indeed on the rise. Found that the main way these cases are the University of routine physical examination, blood examination, serious illness hospitalization. It can be said of university students has become an AIDS outbreak at-risk populations, but did not enter the fast-burst period.

Reporter: According to your research and studies in recent years, students infected with HIV means what?

Wang Cong: HIV transmission There are three main ways: sexually, mother to child transmission, blood transfusion. For university students, there is no mother to child transmission, blood transfusion probability of infection is very small, so it's mainly sex.一方面大学生处于性冲动活跃期，男女之间发生性行为不可避免，另外还存在一些性交易行为。 However, due to a lack of knowledge of university students, most of them do not wear a condom and so on, resulting in a variety of sexually transmitted diseases vulnerable to the virus.

Reporter: Colleges and Universities for "AIDS Prevention" propaganda easy?

Cong: Colleges and Universities for "AIDS Prevention" propaganda confused a lot. First, some school leaders did not attach importance to the school anti-aids publicity is not the venue, no money, no manpower. Secondly, the students do not understand our work, many students believe that AIDS has nothing to do with me, while the topic of AIDS is also contrary to the traditional family education that was very awkward to discuss these. Third, the students of the school, practice, working and other arrangements for full, did not have time to participate in such publicity. For propaganda purposes, in addition to more display panels placed in the passenger section, but also often chasing advertise to others. In addition, we organized the AIDS Prevention theme-based seminars, to be by inviting celebrities to attract students to participate in, such as Pu Cunxin, Ju Ping, etc. to be allowed more than 400 people packed the Assembly field; If there are no celebrities involved, voluntary participation can come up to more than 100 people.

Reporter: Are you the propaganda was challenged before?

Cong: frequently been questioned. For example, they would question our provided by the manufacturer in accordance with the proper use of condoms, but also challenge we provide people living with HIV as well as data transmission rate. This could come to Henan AIDS village visits, let us have more emboldened propaganda, for those of us who have no experience of volunteers, the "visited" This word is very important.



● Journalist's notes

Who should give students a "desensitization education"

Indeed, the concerns of a lot of writing this manuscript. Because sex education is still the most sensitive issue, not to mention sexually transmitted diseases, this topic was kind enough to have involved. However, AIDS is not because we are too sensitive and away from our students. In the interview process, I have been pondering a question: Who should give students a "desensitization education"?

This "desensitization education" is to give students more of a life education. Modern students under the guidance of the one-sided test-oriented education will not cook, will not make friends, do not play, will not live ... ... but they will be returning to society, a number of issues must be faced: for example, love, marriage, education, child and so on.

We call parents to pay attention to their children life skills education in the same time, some issues still need the active participation of schools and government to create a number of ways and opportunities for the students of deep involvement.

Students examine the text, as when the village of which said: "We go back can we do?, I think, as a volunteer, we should first learn how to protect themselves, which is to protect someone else's foundation; secondly, that is really to influence people around them and know the real implementation of our daily life, so that they are no longer ignorant of AIDS; and finally, greater more, explore new ideas, with more ways to influence those strangers. "