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According to estimates and numbers provided by the CDC, about one and a half million people 13 years of age and younger is HIV positive. Demographics also show that almost 20% of people who are infected do not know they have the virus. The CDC estimates that now every year, there are about 50,000 new cases diagnosed (2013). At risk groups include gay men, bisexual people, and African Americans (CDC, 2013). Young African American males are at greatest risk for contracting HIV among various ethnicities and races (CDC, 2013).

In Public Health, we want to take into consideration the communities’ background when we are trying to make health behavior changes. Our goal when going out to the community is to provide culturally appropriate health programs that fit all backgrounds. When applying and integrating community-based theories/models into a health education program, it is critical to recognize, document, and integrate the socio-cultural, economic, and normative values of the community. By applying these factors, it will be easier to get the community to adopt the new and wanted health behavior.

Since its identification approximately two decades ago, HIV has increasingly spread globally, surpassing expectations (1). The number of people living with HIV worldwide is estimated to be 36 million, with 20 million people having died from the disease, giving a total number of 56 million being infected (1). In 2000 alone, 5.3 million people were infected with HIV and there is potential for further spread. HIV infection rates vary all over the world with the highest rates in Sub-Saharan Africa (1). Responding to this epidemic has been a challenge as infection rates have increased worldwide despite tremendous public health efforts by nations (1). The identification of potential interventions to reduce the magnitude of the problem has

The community I decided to research and compose this paper is one from which I live, Kent County Michigan. I gathered data from several different resources such as the Kent County Health Department and Michigan Department of Community Health in order to create a community assessment. The data I collected can be broken down into four different assessment pieces.

The Community Guide (TCG) is a website offering a plethora of resources useful to community health workers (Truman, Smith-Akin, Hinman, et al., 2000). It is one place in which professionals may seek information on which interventions do and do not work. The literature provided is valid and backed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other supporting organizations, agencies, and researchers. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) established this resource, also known as The Community Preventive Services Task Force, in 1996. As mentioned above, the original goal was to simply provide communities with interventions for disease prevention and health promote on in regards to what does and does not

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) along with other sexually transmitted infections (STI) have emerged as a health epidemic over the recent decades and continue to threaten the lives of people today. In order to better understand the virus and other STIs, in terms of the populations they affect, it is important to observe the diverse risk factors among different genders and ethnicities that are HIV positive. One vital consideration for a study of this nature is the difference in HIV-positive care provided between genders. By examining the disparities that exist within STI treatment across the variables of gender and ethnicity, information for various people of age, gender and race have more viable information to use. Therefore, careful examination of the trends in equity (or lack thereof) across education programs and care for different gender and ethnicity groups, can lead to important changes that can be made for better health treatment of all people. However, not all groups of people can be treated entirely equally. For example, risk factors for transmission of HIV have been known to shift according to gender trends and remain higher for some ethnic groups than others. Effective public health interventions will need to combat overt discrimination in treatment while balancing the influence of known trends across these two broad variables in order to manage a positive output for clients.

Strengthening community action is instrumental in establishing positive health outcomes in young people. In strengthening community action, various support networks are put into place to not only prevent

The greatest achievements from many of the health promotion initiatives can be accomplished when the there is support and engagement by a community. Active participation from a group of people will lead to embracement of a program, therefore results are more likely to be positive and sustainable. The Planned Approach to Community Health (PATCH), developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its partners, is widely recognized as an effective model for planning, conducting, and evaluating community health promotion and disease prevention programs (Health Nexus, 2011). This model has been used in various types of communities to address concerns such as HIV, teenage pregnancy, cardiovascular disease and tobacco use.

Safe-sex practices should be taught in every school district and household in the world. If more people were informed on how serious this disease is and how easily one can get infected, there would be a tremendous decline in transmissions. The simplest way to prevent the spread of HIV is obviously to be abstinent, however with social reform in modern day society more and more teenagers are beginning to become sexually active. In hindsight of this inevitable change, the development of a higher educational program concerning sexual intercourse needs to be developed. Education in the fragile aspects of

My practicum cite, Department of Health, White River Junction, Vermont is a local public health agency. It serves part of Windsor County and part of Orange County. For this assignment I chose to elaborate 3 of the public health services provided by my practicum cite - monitoring and evaluation of the community to identify community health problems (Assessment), mobilizing community partnerships to identify and solve health problems (Policy Development), and linking people to needed health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable (Assurance).

HIV/AIDs is a huge epidemic still plaguing society today. The lack of knowledge and technical advances has caused an increasing number of cases. It has made its way around the world since the 1940s, causing countries to join together in the fight against AIDs. With all the campaigning that has been done the numbers of cases continue to rise. Countries have separated the disease into three patterns to make it easier to distinguish the effects that AIDs has on different regions of the world. As well as what subtypes sprout from what areas. HIV/AIDs can be spread in many different ways. The future is still uncertain for the victims whom lives have been dramatically changed by this deadly disease.

The need for the project is clearly stated and aligned with the identified impact area (Health and Wellness, Civic Engagement, Education). Multiple sources or pieces of data are incorporated. Evidence and data clearly support the need for

The Magic Johnson Foundation (MJF), a well-known philanthropic organization, offers an HIV/AIDS Community Grants Program to assist non-profit organizations in developing high-quality, innovative programs for HIV/AIDS awareness, education, prevention, and treatment services to urban communities (2016). Furthermore, the DREAMS (Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored, and Safe) initiative was launched in the United States in partnership with public and private sectors with the goal of reducing the rate of HIV infections among adolescent girls and young women in 10 sub-Saharan African countries that account for nearly half of all the new HIV infections in 2015 (USAID, 2018). The initiative is presently implementing a Core Package of evidence-informed approaches addressing the factors that increase the risk of acquiring HIV among girls directly and indirectly. These factors include poverty, gender inequality, sexual violence, and lack of education. The DREAMS initiative is supported by the U.S. PEPFAR, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Girl Effect, Johnson & Johnson, ViiV Healthcare, and Gilead Sciences (U.S. PEPFAR,

The HIV and AIDS pandemic remains one the most serious development crises in the world (WHO, 2006). Women and children bear a disproportionate share of the burden, and in many settings continue to experience high rates of new HIV infections and of HIV-related illness and death. In 2005 alone, an estimated 540 000 children were newly infected with HIV, with about

Community health is an essential aspect of wellness of a community’s citizens. In order to ensure that a community is safeguarding the health for its residents, the healthcare professional must recognize that the process of evaluation, assessment, implementations and planning is essential for the community health nurse to assure adequate outcome of indicated interventions. In the community assessment, diabetes was noted to be a major problem in the Irvington community. It is only adequate to identify suitable interventions that can help curtail this ailment amongst the residents of Irvington, New Jersey. As identified during the community assessment of Irvington Township, several aspects of the community and environmental risks relating to the high incidence of diabetes amongst this population were recognized. During the course of this paper, specific interventions and quantifiable goals will be identified. The main goal of this paper is to curtail the prevalence of diabetes in Irvington Township.