ASSESSING AIDS HIV PREVENTION - WHAT DO WE KNOW IN EUROPE/

An EC concerted action on the assessment of AIDS/HIV prevention strate gies was conducted between 1989 and 1992. The aim of this concerted ac tion (CA) was to bring together researchers who are active in this ass essment field, make an initial appraisal of the results of AIDS preven tion efforts in various population groups in Europe and develop an ass essment methodology. Five areas of study were selected for the CA: the population as a whole (''general population''), men who have sexual r elations with other men, intravenous drug users, migrant populations, monitoring of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) to determine change s in behaviour. For each of these areas, a working group composed of t he leading researchers in the field in Europe was constituted and comm issioned by the project administration and coordination team to collat e and analyse data on prevention efforts and their assessment in diffe rent countries of Europe. This review presents the main results from t he groups responsible in each area in the concerted action. A number o f general conclusions from the results of this concerted action are dr awn.