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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Living with HIV January 7‚ 2013 Living with HIV Since the beginning of time we as humans have been fighting off and adapting to a variety of diseases. Some we have not treated and ended in tragic death and others we have become adapted to. There are those that have cures and those still to this day without a cure. To name a few like Parkinson’s‚ Alzheimer’s‚ Multiple Sclerosis‚ Fibromyalgia‚ Lupus‚ Cancer‚ Arthritis and HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). All of the diseases I mentioned does
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the concepts of epidemiology and nursing research to a communicable disease. Communicable Disease Selection Choose one communicable disease from the following list: 1. Chickenpox 2. Tuberculosis 3. Influenza 4. Mononucleosis 5. Hepatitis B 6. HIV Epidemiology Paper Requirements Include the following in your assignment: 1. Description of the communicable disease (causes‚ symptoms‚ mode of transmission‚ complications‚ treatment) and the demographic of interest (mortality‚ morbidity‚ incidence
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People with HIV People with HIV Sharaka Nelson University of Phoenix People with HIV Not too long ago in the distant past‚ a deadly virus called HIV put a damper on the health industry. This virus wreaked havoc and everyone was on edge due to the ignorance of this disease and its process. The race was on to discover a drug to help people with this deadly virus to live longer and productive lives. Today‚ people are living longer with this virus‚ for instance: if
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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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MDG6 Combat HIV/AIDS‚ Malaria and Other Diseases: MDG6 strive to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS and the incidence of malaria and other major diseases. Most of the indicators show positive trends‚ particularly in the case of HIV prevalence among pregnant women‚ and detection and provision of health care for TB patients. The latter has been achieved and the former is likely to be. This can be attributed to swift and focused action on the part of the government‚ particularly in the case of TB. However
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Sociological Reactions to HIV/AIDS in the 80’s‚ 90’s and new Millennium In the early stages of identifying HIV‚ it was first believed that only certain individuals were able to become infected. This group was known as the 4-H group: homosexuals‚ hemophiliacs‚ heroin addicts and Haitians. The stigma of HIV was that it infected people with promiscuous or unclean ways. Jerry Falwell‚ a televangelist‚ fundamentalist Southern Baptist pastor and conservative cofounder of the Moral Majority‚ became a
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Introduction First Aid is the medical care given to an ill or injured person before the arrival of professional responders. First aid is basic medical care given to an ill or injured person by a non-professional in an emergency. What is interesting is the purpose of first aid; to prevent further harm - for example‚ if someone has collapsed in the middle of a road where they might not be seen‚ you want to make sure that they won’t get hit by a car too. To preserve life - so to prevent them deteriorating
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Africa’s AIDS Epidemic Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has become an epidemic for many underdeveloped regions. Although it does exist in the developed nations‚ it is more prevalent in places like South America‚ Asia‚ the island countries and most heavily of all Africa. There are many aspects to the problem of AIDS in Africa. Public health departments lack the resources to treat patients properly and to control the epidemic through education. Thirty-three million people have AIDS in the
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people with or at risk for HIV. It ’s important‚ therefore‚ to have an understanding of the changing epidemiology of the disease‚ the most recent testing recommendations‚ development in screening technology‚ the implications of aging with HIV infection‚ and the nursing implications of the ongoing epidemic. What could be a mission or vision of the Community Medical Center that would guide the president in his decision about the case of an operating room nurse who may have HIV/AIDS. What could be the decision
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