Author: International Conference on Home and Community Care for Persons Living with HIV AIDS. 3, 1997, AmsterdamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Home and Community Care for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS
Author: International Conference on Home and Community Care for Persons Living with HIV AIDS. 3, 1997, AmsterdamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Home and Community-based Care for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS and AIDS in Thailand
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9789742990732
Category : AIDS (Disease)
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
HIV Screening and Access to Care
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309212928
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Increased 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.
Enhancing the Continuum of Care for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Multiple Co-morbidities with Home and Community-based Services in Connecticut
Author: Maximo A. Gomez II.Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public health
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Reaching Out, Scaling Up
Author: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.Publisher: World Health Organization
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
This report presents eight case studies of HIV/AIDS programmes in Africa, Asia and Latin America. These studies reflect the concern that experiences and lessons learned from local small-scale best practice should be translated into bigger projects with wider coverage to help improve the quality of life of people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS. The studies are based on a presentation given at an international conference held in Paris in 1999, and cover projects in Cambodia, Cãte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, India, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda.
Thinking about Home Care
Author: Paddy BowenSetting Up Community Health and Development Programmes in Low and Middle Income Settings
Author: Ted LankesterPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198806655
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
A majority of people living in rural areas and urban slums worldwide have minimal access to healthcare. Without information about what to give a child with stomach flu, how to relieve the pain of a broken bone, and how to work against increased substance abuse in a village, the whole community suffers. Children, adolescents, adults, and older people are all affected by the lack of what many of us view as basic healthcare, such as vaccination, pain killers, and contraceptives. To improve living conditions and life expectancy, the people in urban slums and rural areas need access to a trained health care worker, and a functioning clinic. Setting up Community Health and Development Programmes in Low and Middle Income Settings illustrates how to start, develop, and maintain a health care programme in poor areas across the world. The focus is on the community, and how people can work together to improve health through sanitation, storage of food, fresh water, and more. Currently, there is a lack of 17 million trained health care workers worldwide. Bridging the gap between medical professionals and people in low income areas, the aim of this book is for a member of the community to receive training and become the health care worker in their village. They will then in turn spread information and set up groups working to improve health. The book also explains in detail how communities can work alongside experts to ensure that practices and processes work effectively to bring the greatest impact. Copiously illustrated and written in easy-to-read English, this practical guide is designed to be extremely user friendly. Ideal for academics, students, programme managers, and health care practitioners in low and middle income settings worldwide, it is an evidence based source full of examples from the field. Setting up Community Health and Development Programmes in Low and Middle Income Settings shows how a community can both identify and solve its own problems, and in that way own its future. This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC 4.0 International licence.
The Social Impact of AIDS in the United States
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309046289
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Europe'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.
Comfort and Hope
Author: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : AIDS (Disease)
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
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