The public health problem I select is HIV/AIDS WITHIN THE African American population. The HIV epidemic in United States in alarming‚ however it is becoming particularly alarming more so within the African American community. It is not long ago since the first case of HIV/AIDS among the African American community was identified. The first case was identified in the 1980’s. HIV/AIDS was thought to be a disease that doesn’t exist in the African American community it was initially thought to be mainly
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EQ 7/2 EQ 7/2 PHT 112: HIV AIDS Determinants‚ Prevention and Management INTRODUCTION Human behavior plays a key role in most of the disease condition in life. a) Socialization; is a life long process through which individuals in a society develop an awareness of social norms and values; achieve destine of self. b) Norms: Rules and expectations conduct which either prescribes a given type of behavior‚ or forbid it. c) Values: Culturally defined standards held by human individuals or groups
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LITERATURE 2.0 INTRODUCTION HIV/AIDs has been ranked among the common disease of all times that is threatening us with the extinction of youths and adults. It is not only terrorizing the entire generation but also kills and leaves millions of orphans for the oldest grandparent to carter for. 2.1 HIV/AIDS IN NIGERIA According to USAID brief (2004)‚ Nigerian epidemic is characterized by one of the most rapidly increasing rates of new HIV/AIDS cases in West Africa. Adult HIV prevalence increased from
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Stigma of HIV/AIDS It goes without saying that HIV and AIDS are as much about social phenomena as they are about biological and medical concerns. From the moment scientists identified HIV and AIDS‚ social responses of fear‚ denial‚ stigma‚ and discrimination have accompanied the epidemic. Discrimination has spread rapidly‚ fuelling anxiety and prejudice against the groups most commonly affected‚ as well as those living with HIV or AIDS. One of the main reasons for this is the lack of education
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HIV-AIDS in Africa Shelby May H102 – The World in the Twentieth Century II Professor Machado April 3‚ 2014 Word Count: 1800 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the virus that causes AIDS‚ has become one of the world’s most serious health and development challenges; “more than 25 million people have died of AIDS worldwide since the first cases were reported in 1981”.1 HIV is much like other viruses today such as the flu or the common cold. The difference
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Introduction : 2 2. HIV/AIDS : 2 3. HIV/AIDS and women : 2 4. Special signs and symptoms of HIV/AIDS in women : 3 5. Vulnerability of women to AIDS : 3 6. The challenges that HIV/AIDS infected women faced : 4 7. Transmission of HIV to women : 5 8. Global distribution of HIV/AIDS among women : 5 9. The impact of HIV on women : 7 10. Prevention : 9 11. HIV treatment : 9 12. Prevention Challenges : 11 13. The Global Response to HIV/AIDS : 11 14. The Global
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HIV/AIDS BSHS302 May 21‚ 2012 Faye Flanagan HIV/AIDS Social issues facing HIV/AIDS today are as diverse as the people that are affected by the disease. Advocating for a large group of people takes action at the macro human service practice. The goals and intervention strategies will be similar to micro human service and will involve the same strategies to bring justice to human rights for all members of society. One strategy is including a broader range of other diversity in research in
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2000 words essay on: HIV-AIDS AIDS‚ The full form is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is caused by a virus called HIV (Human Immune Deficiency Virus). It is a condition in which the built in defence system of the body breaks down completely. This phenomenon is gradual but ultimately leads to total depletion of a very important cell component of the immune mechanism. Thus those who are affected are unable to combat with common diseases including even mild
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1 Discrimination of HIV/AIDS Discrimination of HIV/AIDS-positive people in medical field and in society is morally wrong In the rural area of Nigeria‚ an AIDS patient cut his hand and‚ when he went to the closest hospital to bandage it‚ the doctors kept transferring him from one outpatient department to another medical ward‚ then to another one because they did not want to get infected
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Growing up in Kenya‚ that has the joint fourth largest HIV epidemic in the world‚ I had the opportunity to volunteer for an organization called ‘Care for Kenya’ that works in the largest urban slum in Africa. I conversed with women that discussed their challenges living in the slum; HIV was frequently mentioned as a growing issue. I became interested to learn more about the dynamics of how the virus is spread‚ specifically for Kenya. I came across the SIR model when researching the spread of epidemics
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