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Vih Y Alcohol En Arica, Chile: Percepciones De Portadores Y Profesionales, Lena Sessions
Vih Y Alcohol En Arica, Chile: Percepciones De Portadores Y Profesionales, Lena Sessions
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This paper investigated the relationship between alcohol consumption and HIV in Arica, Chile. The objectives of this investigation were to understand the demographics of HIV positive Ariqueños who consume alcohol, and understand their perceptions of alcohol consumption with respect to whether they believed they had a drinking problem, whether they believed that the consumption of alcohol facilitated their contracting HIV, and whether the consumption of alcohol affected their treatment. Although there is no literature that specifically addresses the topic of how HIV positive individuals who consume alcohol perceive their disease, former research suggests that a significant number (25-50%) of individuals …