Ethnic Minorities

Objectives:

Distribution of souvenir at the pedestrian footbridge to promote HIV/AIDS prevention


The Centre joined health promotion activities organised by the non-government organisations targeted on ethnic minorities to promote health message of HIV/AIDS

• To increase the understanding and to raise the awareness of HIV/AIDS among ethnic minorities
• To encourage the practice of safer sex to minimize the chance of infecting HIV

Activities:

1. Hotline services
   Pre-recorded messages on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections can be listened through the free and anonymous 24-hours hotlines.
   AIDS Hotline 2780 2211 in Cantonese, English, Putonghua, Tagalog, Bahasa Indonesia, Thai, Hindi, Nepali, Urdu and Vietnamese. (HIV antibody testing and counseling services are available only in Cantonese, English, and Putonghua)
2. Production of Health Education Resources
   In response to the needs of ethnic minorities, education resources in languages including Bangla, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Japanese, Nepali, Filipino, Thai, Pakistani, Vietnamese, etc. were produced. Resources include video compact discs, information leaflets, promotional cards, etc.
3. Outreach Activities
   
   • Outreach to popular gathering places for foreign domestic helpers during holidays to introduce HIV related resources and services.
   • The Centre joined health promotion activities organised by the non-government organisations targeted on ethnic minorities. Health messages on HIV prevention were promoted through interactive games and souvenir distribution.
4. EM targeted Study targeting ethnic minorities
   As a community-based This link will open in a new windowsexual behavioural survey targeting EM was conducted from May to September 2019. The study were to explore
   • HIV related knowledge and attitudes of local EM (Filipinos and Indonesians) ;
   • To understand their practice of condom use and HIV testing; and
   • To identify culturally acceptable and effective ways to reach them for dissemination of HIV prevention messages.
5. Online promotion education
   Health message about HIV and sexual transmitted infection (STI) prevention were disseminated via 6 popular EM web pages during period of June to August 2020. Health knowledge of HIV/STI prevention were enhanced together with related services for health examination.