Ilario Rossi

Comparison of the clientele of an anonymous HIV test centre and persons tested in the general population

This study compares the clientele of a Swiss anonymous test centre with the general population tested. Information was obtained through similar questionnaires submitted to two samples of HIV-tested people aged from 17 to 45 years: the first administered in the context of a general population telephone survey (n = 245) and the second completed during face-to-face interviews of the clientele of an anonymous test centre (n = 250). The test centre sample has higher proportions of younger and single people. Attenders for anonymous testing were more likely to have acquired a new regular partner during the year preceding the interview (48.0% versus 14.4%). These differences remain when controlling for age and gender. Decision to test comes mostly from the respondents own initiative, but suggestion from a doctor is more frequent in the general population (23.8% versus 0.8%), whereas suggestion from partner or friends is more frequent in the anonymous centre (44.4% versus 3.0%). The anonymous test centre clientele is not different from the general population tested except for the relational situation and origin of decision for testing. The test centre has become a place where the general population finds a response to a situation-specific need for HIV testing.

Introduction aux travaux des étudiants à Santiniketan

En 2016, nous avons pu accompagner a Santiniketan six etudiants de Lausanne, Ils ont pu mener deux projets de recherche en lien avec la sante communautaire dont vous trouverez le compte-rendu dans ce numero.

Des professionnels dans la tendresse. Entretien avec Paul et Danielle Beck

SummaryDuring twenty years, Paul and Danielle Beck have been the general managers of a palliative care hospice in the Canton de Vaud in Switzerland. As such they have created and promoted, a place (Rive-Neuve, R.-N.) where every care giver, no matter their position, are supposed to be supportive with the patients. The goal of this interview is that of presenting a point of view coming from the practise without promoting any sociological or anthropological analysis.