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Knowledge about AIDS and self-reported sexual behaviour was studied among 1532 (893 male, 633 female) Zimbabwean secondary school pupils drawn from 12 schools. Most subjects knew that AIDS is fatal and incurable. However, over 40% of subjects believed that most people with AIDS in Africa are homosexual. Over 40% of respondents did not know that many HIV seropositive individuals look healthy. Nearly 40% of participants believed that HIV can be contracted from toilet seats and 54% of subjects believed that mosquitos can transmit HIV. Puupils from homes in urban areas were better informed about AIDS than were those from homes in rural areas. Forty-six percent of males and nearly 3% of females were reportedly sexually experienced. It is suggested that female under-reporting of sexual activity occurred. Nearly 16% of males reported coital experience with a prostitute. The implications of these findings for future AIDS awareness campaigns in Zimbabwe are considered. Key words--AIDS, sexual behaviour, education, awareness

The Umpqua/Eden site is the primary source of archaeological information about the Lower Umpqua, one of the less well documented native peoples of the southern Northwest Coast. The scene of extensive excavations between 1974 and 1980, Umpqua/Eden was revisited in 1994 when additional small-scale archaeological investigations were carried out in preparation for nominating the site to the National Register of Historic Places and its acquisition by the Archaeological Conservancy. New information is presented about the horizontal and vertical extent of the cultural deposits, the nature of the faunal assemblage, and the site's stratigraphy and chronology. A review of the limited, mostly unpublished, ethnographic record indicates that Umpqua/Eden corresponds to the village of Tki'-mi-ye', one of only seven Lower Umpqua settlements whose locations are known today. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Analyzes the issues on capital privatization and the environmental liability management in Poland. Privatization process of state-owned enterprises; Factors affecting the selection of bids for privatization of properties; Discussion on environmental liabilities in privatization transactions.

Six-hundred and thirteen girls and 601 boys in Zimbabwe completed the Junior Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (JEPQ). The reliability of the Neuroticism (N) and Social Desirability (L) factors was acceptable but the Psychoticism (P) and Extraversion (E) factors possessed modest reliability. While the factorial validity of the P, N and L scales was acceptable, the factorial validity of the E scale was poor. L scores were significantly correlated with N and P scores among girls and boys. Whereas Zimbabwean girls reported higher P scores than did Canadian girls, Zimbabwean boys reported lower P scores than did Canadian boys. Zimbabwean girls and boys reported lower E and N and higher P scores than their Canadian counterparts. This study provides broad support for Eysenck's basic personality model, but it does not support the use of this version of the JEPQ, and especially the E scale, among Zimbabwean children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines AIDS awareness in Zimbabwe before and after the national awareness campaign commenced. 630 teacher-trainees from the two teacher's colleges were surveyed. AIDS awareness was measured using anonymous, true/false questionnaires. Teacher trainees from two colleges were asked whether they intended to change their sexual behavior as a result of AIDS. The sexual behavior of partners were compared before and after the AIDS awareness campaign. Thus, the data suggest that the future educational campaigns should emphasize that HIV is transmitted primarily by heterosexual intercourse with asymptomatic seropositives.