Health Workers and Aids
Author: Lydia Bennett
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 1995-05-01
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9783718656608
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The Social Impact of AIDS in the United States
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1993-02-01
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 0309046289
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEurope's "Black Death" contributed to the rise of nation states, mercantile economies, and even the Reformation. Will the AIDS epidemic have similar dramatic effects on the social and political landscape of the twenty-first century? This readable volume looks at the impact of AIDS since its emergence and suggests its effects in the next decade, when a million or more Americans will likely die of the disease. The Social Impact of AIDS in the United States addresses some of the most sensitive and controversial issues in the public debate over AIDS. This landmark book explores how AIDS has affected fundamental policies and practices in our major institutions, examining: How America's major religious organizations have dealt with sometimes conflicting values: the imperative of care for the sick versus traditional views of homosexuality and drug use. Hotly debated public health measures, such as HIV antibody testing and screening, tracing of sexual contacts, and quarantine. The potential risk of HIV infection to and from health care workers. How AIDS activists have brought about major change in the way new drugs are brought to the marketplace. The impact of AIDS on community-based organizations, from volunteers caring for individuals to the highly political ACT-UP organization. Coping with HIV infection in prisons. Two case studies shed light on HIV and the family relationship. One reports on some efforts to gain legal recognition for nonmarital relationships, and the other examines foster care programs for newborns with the HIV virus. A case study of New York City details how selected institutions interact to give what may be a picture of AIDS in the future. This clear and comprehensive presentation will be of interest to anyone concerned about AIDS and its impact on the country: health professionals, sociologists, psychologists, advocates for at-risk populations, and interested individuals.
Health Workers and AIDS
Author: Lydia Bennett
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9783718656592
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMajor international projects are discussed together with measurement and evaluation issues in the area of stress, burnout and AIDS impact. Aspects of organisational and management responses to HIV/AIDS can enable researchers and health personnel to set up and evaluate their own projects. This is the first book to deal with the multitude of issues associated with HIV disease and health workers, including volunteers -- although there is a growing literature which documents the positive and negative aspects of the area. This comprehensive review, including research, evaluation and education at both personal and systems levels, will remedy the deficit. Issues covered include Asia and general care in a number of regions around the world.
From AIDS to Population Health
Author: James D. Kelly
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2022-11-22
Total Pages: 564
ISBN-13: 0253062772
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom AIDS to Population Health explores the thirty-year history of a unique collaboration between the medical schools of Indiana University and Moi University in Kenya, as it progressed from combating the HIV/AIDS epidemic in East Africa to the building of a national plan to provide universal healthcare to all. The Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) program focuses on the medical education of healthcare professionals who are building communities that can take care of themselves. The overwhelming success of the AMPATH program and its continuing vibrant legacy today are showcased through dozens of striking photographs, telling interviews, and revealing anecdotes and encounters. It focuses on four of the most innovative projects among the fifty that AMPATH oversees: a microfinance officer who organizes villagers, an oncology nurse who runs outreach clinics, a farm extension agent working in partnership with a multinational agriculture corporation to improve farm output, and a special healthcare clinic exclusively for adolescents. Over its thirty-year history, AMPATH has served more than a million clients and trained 2,600 medical professionals and community health workers, always guided by its motto "Leading with Care." From AIDS to Population Health presents their compelling stories and explores the program's continuing legacy for the first time.
Helping Health Workers Learn [microform] : a Book of Methods, Aids, and Ideas for Instructors at the Village Level
Author: Bower, Bill
Publisher: Beauport, Quebec : C.M.I.C., [between 1982 and 1985]
Published: 1985
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHIV Screening and Access to Care
Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2011-04-21
Total Pages: 114
ISBN-13: 0309212928
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncreased HIV screening may help identify more people with the disease, but there may not be enough resources to provide them with the care they need. The Institute of Medicine's Committee on HIV Screening and Access to Care concludes that more practitioners must be trained in HIV/AIDS care and treatment and their hospitals, clinics, and health departments must receive sufficient funding to meet a growing demand for care.
Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2016-09-03
Total Pages: 171
ISBN-13: 0309439124
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEstimates indicate that as many as 1 in 4 Americans will experience a mental health problem or will misuse alcohol or drugs in their lifetimes. These disorders are among the most highly stigmatized health conditions in the United States, and they remain barriers to full participation in society in areas as basic as education, housing, and employment. Improving the lives of people with mental health and substance abuse disorders has been a priority in the United States for more than 50 years. The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 is considered a major turning point in America's efforts to improve behavioral healthcare. It ushered in an era of optimism and hope and laid the groundwork for the consumer movement and new models of recovery. The consumer movement gave voice to people with mental and substance use disorders and brought their perspectives and experience into national discussions about mental health. However over the same 50-year period, positive change in American public attitudes and beliefs about mental and substance use disorders has lagged behind these advances. Stigma is a complex social phenomenon based on a relationship between an attribute and a stereotype that assigns undesirable labels, qualities, and behaviors to a person with that attribute. Labeled individuals are then socially devalued, which leads to inequality and discrimination. This report contributes to national efforts to understand and change attitudes, beliefs and behaviors that can lead to stigma and discrimination. Changing stigma in a lasting way will require coordinated efforts, which are based on the best possible evidence, supported at the national level with multiyear funding, and planned and implemented by an effective coalition of representative stakeholders. Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders: The Evidence for Stigma Change explores stigma and discrimination faced by individuals with mental or substance use disorders and recommends effective strategies for reducing stigma and encouraging people to seek treatment and other supportive services. It offers a set of conclusions and recommendations about successful stigma change strategies and the research needed to inform and evaluate these efforts in the United States.
The Lives of Community Health Workers
Author: Kenneth Maes
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2016-12
Total Pages: 189
ISBN-13: 1315400774
DOWNLOAD EBOOKConclusion: Listening to Community Health Workers: Recommendations for Action and Research -- Recruit Strong CHWs and Provide Supportive Supervision -- Emphasize the Humanity of Patients, Quality of Life, and Empathic Care -- Build Solid Relationships across Social Dividing Lines -- Finance the Creation of Secure CHW Jobs -- Strengthen CHW Participation in Processes of Social Change -- Conduct Better Research and More of It -- United, Spider Webs Can Tie Up a Lion -- References -- Index.
Caring with Confidence
Author: Kathy Attawell
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 60
ISBN-13: 9780907320418
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis briefing paper focuses on children ages birth to five years and is intended primarily for health workers in developing countries who are responsible for the management of young children with HIV and AIDS. It provides practical information on: (1) how HIV is transmitted to infants and young children; (2) how transmission can be prevented; (3) how to diagnose HIV and AIDS in young children; (4) how to care for children with HIV, including treatment of common infections; (5) how to provide support to families caring for sick children; (6) how children who are not infected may be affected by HIV; and (7) how HIV and AIDS in children affects health workers and other caregivers. Other important issues related to HIV/AIDS and children that health workers need to be aware of are also addressed, including community support, orphans, sexual abuse, and HIV testing and counseling. A list of selected printed and organizational resources on AIDS and children is included, along with a glossary of relevant terms. Appendices include a fact sheet on HIV and AIDS and an outline of a workshop and exercises that may be helpful in educating health workers about HIV/AIDS and children. (CR)
South African National HIV Prevalence, HIV Incidence, Behaviour and Communication Survey, 2005
Author: Olive Shisana
Publisher: HSRC Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780796921529
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA follow-up to the Nelson Mandela Foundation's 2002 national household survey of HIV/AIDS prevalence in South Africa, this 2005 report seeks to provide further understanding of the HIV pandemic. Using data that tested for HIV incidence rather than just using mortality statistics, this study looks at which socio-demographic groups are most vulnerab≤ whether new policies have been successful in fighting the disease; what exactly is being done by key players, such as the government, churches, and other civil society organizations; and how the spread of HIV can be reduced in South Africa.
