HIV/AIDS a Communicable Disease Jennifer Hudson August 20‚ 2010 A communicable disease is an illness that is spread through contact of germs and bacteria. Humans‚ animals and foods are all transporters of germs and bacteria that can deliver a contagious illness from one host to another. An effortless touch or swapping of fluids is all that germs and bacteria need to spread. There are several pertinent communicable diseases in the World today. For the purposes of this paper‚ we will focus on
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Running head: HIV/AIDS‚ ADOLESCENTS‚ AND RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR HIV/AIDS‚ adolescents‚ and risky sexual behavior HIV/AIDS‚ adolescents‚ and risky sexual behavior Introduction You can’t smell it‚ taste it‚ hear it‚ or even see it. BUT‚ it lives inside the bodies of 36 million people worldwide and it’s responsible for the death of many others. It’s the biggest epidemic in human history (Sittitrai‚ 1998). It’s HIV/AIDS‚ and it doesn’t care who you are or where you’re from. U.S. public health
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HIV/AIDS/XXX Ricardo Juarez Catherine Emley‚ RN‚ MN‚ CS MA 051B If you talk about AIDS these days‚ most people think of Africa. Since two thirds of the people infected with HIV in the world live in Africa. In some countries over 80 percent of all adults will die of HIV. But the truth of the matter is‚ that HIV/AIDS is a pandemic problem that is all over the world‚ including here in the USA. So what is HIV/AIDS? If you were to ask people around you‚ the majority of the people will tell
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HIV AS A NATIONAL DISASTER IN KENYA The term ‘national disaster’ refers to the detrimental effect of a particular phenomenon whether natural or not which affects the population of a nation negatively in terms of loss of human lives or massive harm or injury to a large section of the population. In the year 1999‚ former president Daniel Arap Moi declared HIV/AIDS a national disaster in Kenya and called for the establishment of the National AIDS Control Council. HIV is a virus which causes progressive
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perceived and actual risks of being infected with HIV are closely intertwined with his or her spouse’s. As the HIV/AIDS epidemic spreads to the general population‚ a large and increasing proportion of HIV transmissions occur within marriage (Bongaarts 1996). Indeed‚ discordant couples (i.e. couples where only one partner is infected with HIV) represent the majority of HIV-infected couples in sub-Saharan Africa (de Walque 2007)‚ and a large proportion of new HIV infections in this region occurs within discordant
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Economic Consequences Of AIDS/HIV Affects on economically active people: • Will not be able to work • Women are the main tillers of soil as well as the main cares when family members become ill • When patients are in hospital it is common for woman to take care of them‚ bath them and feed them so pressure is caused not just by the financial burden of hospital care but by the time lost of tending land Impacts on Sexually active: • Impacts on sexually active people is that they will not
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Analyzing a Web Page BSHS/352 Analyzing a Web Page When using the internet for research‚ you want your information from your sources to be reliable‚ persuasive and credible. You have to evaluate each source carefully for credibility. It is very important to enter the correct search information‚ or you might find yourself drowning in web pages and links that are not reliable or credible. As I researched sources for human services resources to analyze‚ I found a site on
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How to Prevent the Spread of HIV Felicia White English 1001 May 5‚ 2013 Sean Leary South University HIV has been on the rise for some years now. HIV is the Virus that causes the medical condition AIDS. This illness attacks the immune system‚ making a person susceptible to many infections and diseases. The virus is found in the body fluids of an infected person and can be passed from one person to another. HIV can be spread in various ways‚ such as vaginal‚ oral‚ or anal sex as well blood
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Human service professional and hospice care workers work with patients with the virus HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) that causes AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). Early on during the AIDS crisis social workers or human service professionals dealt more with the terminal parts of AIDS by starting up hospice services for the patients. Later on after much research and education the human service worker dealt with more of the psychosocial issues involved. Hospice services can provide advocacy
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The Truth about HIV/AIDS Iyana Scott Language Arts The Truth about AIDS How can we decrease the spread of HIV/AIDS virus? There are approximately 1‚148‚200 individuals residing in the United States who are living with the HIV virus or full blown AIDS. Human Immunodeficiency Virus‚ also referred to as HIV‚ is an advanced virus that gradually reproduces a retrovirus that results into the development of immunodeficiency syndrome‚ known as AIDS. AIDS is a condition when the human
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