Employee Commitment to the AIDS Service Organization: A Study of the Comprehensive AIDS Program in Palm Beach County, Florida
This study analyzes factors affecting employees' commitment to the AIDS Service Organization (ASO). Based on a survey in a community-based ASO, the study reveals that these employees have a high level of commitment to their organization and that their trust and confidence in the organization and dissatisfaction with government's involvement are two major determinants of their commitment. Implications concerning the results of this study are discussed.
AIDS knowledge and attitudes for October-December 1990. Provisional data from the National Health Interview Survey.
In late 1990 the US Census Bureau interviewed 10331 adults about their knowledge and attitude towards AIDS for the National Health Interview Study. 87% received AIDS information from at least 1 source 30 days before the survey. The sources ranked in order included TV newspapers and magazines radio and health department brochures. 69% with children between 10-17 years old had recently talked about AIDS with their children especially women (p.05). Whites and Blacks were more likely to discuss AIDS with their children than Hispanics (p 50 years old were the least knowledgeable. Those with 12 or more years of schooling knew the most. 79% knew that the term HIV referred to the AIDS virus in this quarter compared to 67% in the 1st quarter in 1990 but Hispanics and those with <12 years of education were the least familiar with it. 95% knew that AIDS can be transmitted by sharing needles with someone HIV positive. Only 18% knew that they cannot get AIDS from sharing eating utensils with someone with AIDS. 68% knew that blood is tested for HIV and 47% believed the blood supply was safe. 26% had had their blood tested for HIV. 56% of these said testing was required due to hospitalization and military service which was higher than earlier quarters in 1990. Only 25% believed condoms protect against AIDS as compared to 33% in the last quarter of 1989. Only 2% were in any of the behavior risk categories.
A sustainable development indicator for NGOs and international organisations
The article offers an easy-to-use indicator for measuring whether NGOs, international organisations and government policies and projects meet the criteria for sustainable development that have been established by the Rio Declaration in 1992 and that are recognised by experts in the field. Use of this indicator reveals that most of the major actors in the field of development are actually failing to promote sustainable development and points to the specific areas where they need to improve in order to fulfil sustainability criteria. We also offer a sample test of the indicator using UNICEF as a case study.