Grand Canyon University: NRS-427V Concepts in Community and Public Health November 23‚ 2014 Epidemiology and Nursing Research: HIV HIV is a disease that has affected millions of people worldwide. From the wealthy to the poor‚ this virus has had devastating effects on the lives of families and individuals. According to the AIDS Institute‚ HIV was first discovered in a patient from West Africa. It is believed that chimpanzees carried the “simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)” which transferred
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STi vs. EVO Rally racing is a popular auto motive sport in which drivers compete by driving their automobiles in a variety of different surfaces in a circuit‚ with the shortest time being the winner. If you want to be a rally driver you will need the rite car. Rally cars have to meet very few specifications depending on the class of race. There are currently ten different race classes. However the most popular seems to be the open all wheel drive turbo class. Also all ten classes have one requirement
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our effort to curb the spread of HIV‚ we propose to continue and improve on our outreach effort targeted at the Chinese speaking Geylang crowd‚ and to initiate a campaign targeted at youths. The main objective of both efforts would be to encourage condom use and promote HIV testing as means to prevent the spread of HIV. On top of having both campaigns‚ we would like to propose making HIV testing more convenient by assisting with the implementation of a Mobile HIV Testing Van (MTV) service. Continuing
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HIV/AIDS Amber Findley HCA/240 01/27/2013 Shannon White HIV/AIDS HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)/AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) was first discovered in the early 1980s. These cases were seen in men who had multiple sexual partners with other men and IV drug users. “AIDS is now a pandemic.” (Zelman‚ Tompary‚ Raymond‚ Holdaway‚ & Mulvihill‚ 2010) The purpose of this paper is to describe what HIV/AIDS is. This paper will also
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What do human rights have to do with HIV and AIDS? Human rights are inextricably linked with the spread and impact of HIV on individuals and communities around the world. A lack of respect for human rights fuels the spread and exacerbates the impact of the disease‚ while at the same time HIV undermines progress in the realisation of human rights. This link is apparent in the disproportionate incidence and spread of the disease among certain groups which‚ depending on the nature of the epidemic and
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HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV" \o "HIV" HIV and AIDS affects economic growth by reducing the availability of human capital. Without proper prevention‚ nutrition‚ health care and medicine that is available in developing countries‚ large numbers of people are falling victim to AIDS. HIV/AIDS is impacting on economic activity and social progress around the world. Companies are being directly affected by lower productivity‚ greater absenteeism‚ vacant posts‚ the need to retrain and rehire
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Infections Introduction Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have been described as “a major public health problem in Europe” (Fenton & Lowndes‚ 2004‚ p. 255). There is evidence that there is an increasing number of persons infected with STIs in the UK (Fenton & Lowndes‚ 2004; Cassell et al.‚ 2006)‚ and primary health care and specialist clinics play a significant role in the diagnosis and treatment of these infections (Cassell et al.‚ 2006). STIs pose a significant public health problem not least of
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Chapter 1 1.1 Background The HIV and AIDS pandemic remains one the most serious development crises in the world (WHO‚ 2006). Women and children bear a disproportionate share of the burden‚ and in many settings continue to experience high rates of new HIV infections and of HIV-related illness and death. In 2005 alone‚ an estimated 540 000 children were newly infected with HIV‚ with about 90% of these infections occurring in sub-Saharan Africa (UNAIDS‚ 2006) .UNAIDS estimates that approximately
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HIV/AIDS in Haiti HIV/AIDS is spreading rapidly through Haiti‚ they have the highest cases‚ and due to poverty they will continue to be on the large scale. This is one of the Global Social problems brought up in Poto Mitan. According to the dictionary.com AIDS is defined as “a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections‚ as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and‚ to certain cancers‚ as Kaposi’s sarcoma‚and to neurological disorders: caused by a
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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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