Stakeholders Engagement: Aids Prevention Policies

Objects & background The epidemy of AIDS is a global phenomenon containing social, economical and political problems which affect legislating in each society. AIDS is one of the most pernicious, infectious disease has been known as the 4th cause of death in the world being a main snag for development of societies. Due to inexistence of proper vaccine and care for this disease it is important to be prevented by educational and behavioral changes which would promote public awareness about disease nature, transmissive and preventive ways in its epidemic management .In this study we are trying to determine East –Azarbaijan connoisseurs and authorities attitude about AIDS preventive policies. Methods: This research was applied in Tabriz University and Tabriz University Of Medical Sciences .Statistical society was faculty members of these universities & sample size was 180 .Information collected based on questionnaire which its reliability and validity was confirmed after distributing 20 of them between connoisseurs and authorities whom had not been incorporated in our samples. For data analysis SPSS software was used. Results : In this study 70% of persons were disagree to perform AIDS preventive policies in elementary school ,61.7% were agree to do it in guide school ,88.9% were agree to do it in school ,88.9% were agreeto do it in high school & 86.1% were agree to do it in university ,82.8% were agree to do it by Health centers and finally 75.6% were agree to implement AIDS preventive policies by multimedia . Conclusion : With regard to the findings of this study and comparing with similar studies ,it showed that teaching aspects of AIDS problems particularly sexual prospects related to it during guide school & codifying educational comprehensive programs to increase public awareness especially for young population about this purpose , using suitable social –cultural preparedness to improve these programs is essential for all organizations in Iran