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1). Further, inadequate utilization of screening tests contribute to approximately half of the deaths resulting from cancer of th...

overall problem of HIV/AIDs, including current statistics about the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in certain populations and the role tha...

heterosexual sexual contact, including sexual behaviors with IV drug users and others who have contracted the virus through sexual...

of health promotion models. Though a single theory may not provide a complete perspective, the study of several theories can buil...

women are five times more likely to be abandoned at the hospital (Neff-Smith, Spencer and Taval, 2001). The leading cause of aband...

16,000 new infections per day (AIDS Weekly Plus, 1997). With figures like these, it is essential that health care providers under...

bodily fluids such as semen and blood, usually through sexual contact or the use of dirty needles for injecting drugs, and is not ...

students have numerous misconceptions about how HIV is transmitted (Blanchett, 2002). Blanchett (2002) attempts to provide more d...

country. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between orphans and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa and ident...

and HIV-2 are the main categories for which there are also subcategories, HIV -2 is the most virulent and also leads to the lower ...

sufferer by weakening attacking the lymphocytes T Cells1. These are the cells that will usually those that fight infection, when t...

result in drugs no being developed. Conversely, where the drugs are required, and profits are being made in the developed ...

years, the pharmaceutical industry and other research facilities have struggled to find a cure. While progress has been made, no g...

them with the behaviors necessary for formulating good health decisions. The target audience for the program are African American ...

on coverage based in what has been deemed "pre-existing conditions" and to refuse coverage to individuals based on everything from...

Over twice as many people have been infected with HIV than was initially projected; over 42 million people have been infected sinc...

shortly after being diagnosed with the virus whereas others can take years to show any sign of the disease. New research by an int...

undue stress that is directly related to workplace attitudes. According to Paul et al, "the problem of AIDS in the workplace is c...

and AIDS Treatment, 2004). Then the virus will begin to reproduce itself as though no drugs were ever taken because the virus beco...

childbearing age and, particularly adolescent girls, should receive special attention in regards to prevention. There are several ...

student should, therefore, intermix their own journal findings with the information presented. The first article to be examined...

Asian/Pacific Islanders and Whites, in contrast, comprised only 4.8 percent and 7.9 percent of 2001 AIDS cases (Kaplan, Tomaszewsk...

the assertion and assumption of Peter Duesberg, a molecular scientist who has long held the theory that HIV does not cause AIDS, a...

Declaration of Helsinki, that it is the "duty of the physician to promote and safeguard the health of the people" (414). In fact,...

informs the patient on the various options available to them for aiding their own recovery and return to health. Many of the manag...

of these high levels of HIV prevalence"(AIDS/HIV Statistics 2002). The organization, USAID, is the largest AIDS/HIV related organ...

and 7) is noteworthy and requires further study" (Vlahov et al. 1129). In addition this study found that "The incidence of HIV-...

In five pages an overview of how HIV and AIDS affects the between 18 and 24 segment of the population is presented along with beha...

tissue (AIDS, 2002). Therefore, HIV is transmitted through a variety of means (AIDS, 2002, See also HIV and its Transmission, 2...

In a paper of nine pages, the author reflects on the use of a behavioral health promotion model in at-risk populations. Specifica...