[pic] “AIDS IN AFRICA AND INTERNATIONAL AID” Business’s Ethics Project Instructor: Zlat Milovanovic Date: January 03‚ 2011 Made by: Ana Stojanoska 2A1; ID 1719 [pic] INTRODUCTION: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).This condition progressively reduces the effectiveness of the immune system and leaves individuals susceptible
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HIV Isis Ramos Professor Carol S. Marshall Biology 101 September 30‚ 2013 HIV HIV is not AIDS! HIV is what leads to AIDS. It infects all types of people‚ from poor to rich‚ young to old‚ and guy to girl. There are only a few way to completely be out of its reach‚ but that would mean giving up some things most people find entertaining. So today we will learn more about the one virus that can cause us a lot of grief‚ HIV. HIV is mostly
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safe or effective. One virus that does not yet have an effective preventative vaccine is the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). HIV is a retrovirus that attacks the human immune system. Transmission of the virus can occur in many different ways; through contact of infected secretions of one person with the genital‚ oral‚ or rectal mucous membranes of another person. HIV can also be transmitted through blood and from mother to child during pregnancy‚ childbirth or through breast milk (Healthmagic
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HIV is preventable and TB is curable‚ but we haven’t eradicated either because not everyone can be cured or afford to be cured and because preventing any type of disease is very expensive and is not a simple process. There are many ways to prevent getting HIV like using condoms and avoiding using dirty needles‚ etc. But HIV can’t be eradicated because many people who have HIV don’t know they have it until it’s too late‚ and they may or may not have spread it to others. Also‚ HIV hasn’t been
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Modes of HIV transmission and prevention •HIV and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrom• •Prevention of HIV infection•Jan 25‚ 2006 Sexual Transmission HIV infection is a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Like other STDs‚ HIV spreads bidirectionally and appears to be transmitted from male to female and female to male with greater efficiency (up to three-fold) from male to female. Although the majority of sexually transmitted cases reported in the United States occur via male homosexual
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The health Belief Model assumes that people are largely rational in thought and action‚ and take any action to prevent and change their health behavior. There are four perception serve as constructs of health belief model; they are perceived seriousness‚ perceived susceptibility‚ perceived benefits‚ and perceived barriers. Perceived seriousness is define as a belief the one’s has on the seriousness of the disease. For example the person might have beliefs that the disease would create difficulties
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Nursing Practice: Health Promotion In The Community Course Number NURS 3200 Semester Hours 5 (3 Lecture‚ 2 hours 40 min/wk; 2 Clinical‚ 5 hours 20 min/wk) Course Meeting Days/Times/Locations: Lecture: ALL SECTIONS: Friday 9:30-12:15 PM S-122 Clinical: A1: Wed. 8:00-1:20 PM S 126 A2: Wed. 8:00-1:20 PM S 126 A3: Wed. 8:00-1:20 PM S 122 A4: Wed. 2:00-7:20PM S 126 A5: Wed. 8:00-1:20 PM S 122 Course Description: Continued study of nursing models and application
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Nursing research focuses on the creation and promotion of increased levels of standards of care related to higher quality of life during chronic illnesses and to help in the promotion of healthy lives and decrease complications that may cause a decrease in the quality of life (Leeton‚ 2006). According to the CDC there is an estimated value of more than one million cases of people living with HIV in the United States with new cases of infection rates and deaths increasing to a high estimated level
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. In the 1960s‚ concurrent with the growing attention on mental health‚ the promotion of community mental health centers became a major federal initiative after the U.S. passed the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act in 1963. The construction of mental health centers in local communities exploded. Their bold agenda in transitioning patients out of state psychiatric hospitals and into communities was aimed to promote more humane treatment and foster social
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The paper will use Health Belief Model to explain the situation or behaviors of cancer patients. Health Belief Model is a psychological model‚ it uses to explain and predict an individual’s health behaviors through understanding one’s attitude and beliefs towards health. The model was composed by three main assumptions. First‚ if he/she think that himself/herself can avoid the negative health condition. Second‚ if the person has a positive attitude towards taking an advised action can avoid the negative
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