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Stigma, Social Norms, And Culture As Mediators Of Hiv And Aids Incidence In South Africa, Skyeisha Swain

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a significant global public health issue with 38.4 million individuals living with the virus in 2021. South Africa has experienced the world’s largest HIV epidemic across all regions, with 7.5 million individuals living the virus, 210,000 new infections and 51,000 related deaths, in 2021. Interventions have focused on targeting sexual behaviors and addressing mediators of HIV transmission, such as poverty, age, socioeconomic status, education, and gender. Despite a drop in HIV incidence, the virus is still having a negative impact on the continent. This paper highlights overlooked but essential mediators of HIV transmission in South …

A Resource Guide On The Epidemiology, Prevention, And Treatment Of Opioid And Other Substance Use., Anthony F. Rotoloni

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In the wake of the opioid epidemic, there is a need to provide sound educational materials that provide succinct and consolidated information on substance use and their disorders. Substance abuse is a public health epidemic and rates of substance abuse in the United States has been growing substantially. Childhood trauma has been shown to be a predictor of engagement in risky behaviors, like substance abuse and risky sexual behaviors later in life. The rates of HIV/STDs have been increasing alongside increases in substance use. Substance use has been found to raise the risk of a person engaging in risky sexual …

Hepatitis C Virus (Hcv) And Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Hiv) Opt-Out Testing In A Southern Federally Qualified Health Center (Fqhc), Leah Pinholster

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INTRODUCTION The CDC recommends one-time HCV screening of all baby boomers and those at high risk for infection. Despite HCV being the most common blood-borne virus in the US, routine HCV testing is not uniformly practiced.

AIM To evaluate the prevalence of HIV/HCV screening prior to and following the implementation of a dual routine opt-out program, the linkage to care practices for positive patients, and the demographic characteristics of positive patients in a southern FQHC.

METHODSWe conducted a retrospective, cross-sectional study using electronic health record data from patients receiving care at SMC in Atlanta.

RESULTS Pre-implementation: Of the 68 …

Examining The Community Outreach Efforts Of Local African American Religious Organizations In Relation To Drug Use And Hiv Transmission, Alyshia Jackson

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Examining the Community Outreach Efforts of Local African American Religious Organizations in Relation to Drug Use and HIV Transmission

By Alyshia Jackson

04/26/2018

INTRODUCTION:

Faith-based organizations, such as churches, are pillars of the community that provide inspiration in times of need. Often serving as a gathering place for those seeking hope and refuge, the church is heavily relied on by the community. African Americans are considerably more religious compared to other races in the U.S. population as a whole in terms of level of affiliation, attendance to religious services, frequency of prayer, and religion’s importance in life (Liu, 2009). Aside …

Analysis Of Anti-Retroviral Procurement For Hiv-Affected Countries From Fiscal Years 2012 To 2014, Dejene' Marshall

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ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

In 2015, the World Health Organization expanded eligibility for anti-retroviral therapy (ART) to all individuals affected with HIV, regardless of CD4 count. Although, anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) are essential to HIV/AIDS treatment and therapy, ARVs may also pose a financial burden on low-income countries affected by a high prevalence of HIV. Programs funded by global donor organizations such as the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) may provide assistance to these HIV-affected populations through the procurement of ARVs. The objective of this analysis was to determine total ARV expenditures for SCMS participating countries from fiscal years 2012 to …

A Grant Proposal To Fund Prevention Education For Teen Pregnancy, Hiv, And Other Sexually Transmitted Infections In Targeted High Schools In Gwinnett County, Georgia, Connie Lynn Russell

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INTRODUCTION: This capstone project is a grant proposal to provide prevention services to adolescents using a comprehensive risk reduction approach modeled after the federal Personal Responsibility Education Program that supports abstinence and also provides medically accurate information regarding the use of birth control and condoms for the prevention of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.

NEED: Teen births result in poorer outcomes for babies and mothers and have a negative impact on our economy. There are disparities in teen birth rates among racial and ethnic population groups, with young Hispanic and black girls having rates that are three to …

An Evaluation Of The Costs And Health Benefits Associated With An Overseas Voluntary Hiv Screening Program For Refugees Undergoing Ressettlement To The United States, Michelle Canady

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Since 2010, HIV screening is no longer required as part of the overseas medical examination for U.S.-bound refugees. Estimated HIV prevalence for U.S-bound refugees range from 0% to 9%, with an average of 2.2%. Based on this data, many refugees may be at high risk for HIV and HIV-associated infections and sequelae when compared to the 0.4% to 0.9% prevalence range in the U.S. population.

This capstone is an economic analysis of costs associated with an overseas voluntary HIV screening and treatment program for refugees undergoing resettlement to the U.S. This study seeks to answer the following question:

• Will HIV …