Discrimination of Hiv/Aids

With the help of government programs such as the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) as well as multiple other methods of sociological research and social justice work, there have been shifts toward better understanding this disease, those which are living with it, and the societal impact one’s own prejudices can make toward an individual living with AIDS. However, discrepancies still exist within how to properly educate others on the disease, how to recognize it as a disability within the context of our society, and how we must reconcile stigmas that play a role in plaguing any sort of positive conversation on the topic. With well-informed citizens on the issues of HIV and AIDS patients, not only can we reduce the stigma associated with the illness, but also work toward medical advancements that assist those living with HIV in a nondiscriminatory manner.

All types of discrimination can also lead to negative behaviour and can partly cause aggression or crime; even living in poverty and experiencing discrimination can affect an individual’s behaviour as well. Due to the negligence they may take out their frustration on the care providers or others in the society which would make them in the wrong and after being investigated this may or may not change because of the client’s self-esteem or pressure levels. As well as taking it out on the care providers, they are also able to take it out on health and social care professionals.

Looking at the specific disease of HIV/AIDS, there is a captivating negative stigma surrounding anyone infected or possibly infected because others are fearful. This stigma is so potent because the disease usually starts from a homosexual and then spreads, attacking

Though the disease is still infecting many, new technology and medical techniques that include medication have made it possible to live a normal life after being infected with the HIV virus. Doctors are now far past the era in which they would deny care to an HIV-positive patient and that is because they are aware of the disease and are not afraid. Being afraid of something can unknowingly turn a person into a monster. Since being educated doctors and other healthcare professionals have been able to turn a new leaf and hop over to the supporting side of AIDS. Other than being under a doctor’s care, successful strategies for combating AIDS include “increasing awareness about prevention strategies such as using clean needles and condoms and, most recently, promoting male circumcision” (Conley 442). All these biological measures combating the chemical nature of AIDS work hand in hand to reform the social structure of the disease. Those living with AIDS in the United States today are not looked at as if they are lepers, instead they are view as survivors and

A deadly virus that has killed thousands, terrifying many people that encounter it. FRONTLINE’S “The Age of AIDS” explains the history of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and the issues that slowly unraveled as society tries to understand its ways. During the 1980s, it was a new and terrifying disease that took a hold on the nation. The increasing pandemic that occurred throughout many countries such as the United States, South Africa, Brazil, Thailand, Uganda and China comprised of certain characteristics that seem to intertwine with one another. The prevalence of stigma and discrimination, and the significance of the government’s impression on the disease are recurring factors throughout the film that help explain the pandemic of HIV/AIDS in a detailed manner.

In this world and society many people are not treated with the right type of respect in the healthcare field. While they are not treated with respect it causes more problems in their daily lives because they are not getting the right treatment for their health problem. I believe that people shouldn’t be treated differently when it comes to healthcare conditions. Just because they are less educate, poor, and their race/culture is different shouldn’t mean anything.

It becomes more difficult to take the most ethical course of action when HIV or AIDS is encountered given that they have own ethical issues (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, 2000). Many such patients desire to avoid pubic judgment because of the fact that HIV can be transferred through sexual activity and by sharing drug equipment. They need their privacy to be maintained and their problem to be solved, therefore professionals working at the agency should respect these rights and prevent discrimination of persons with HIV/AIDS, or labeling with “drug user” or “homosexual” (Newcomb & Bentler,

In 2015, specifically in LA downtown, I met Sara who is an African American girl who was suffering from HIV virus. She told me her sadly story when she was having sexual things with random people just because of having money. She didn’t have any knowledge about this virus. So, because of that, she got the HIV virus, and she thanked god that she treated so long to be clean. So, some people in this world don’t know what the AIDS means. So, the AIDS is a dangerous virus that attack cells human’s immune system, and if the people who didn’t treat themselves in the hospital, they probably are going to die. It is dangerous because this virus happens when the human’s immune system badly damaged and it becomes impressible to opportunistic infections. When the number of the human CD4 cells decrease below 200 cells per cubic millimeter of blood, it is considered to have progressed to AIDS. People who have the AIDS virus need medical treatment to prevent death. Overall, it takes time to treat around one year, and without treatment it is typically survive about three years (AIDS.gov). According to Tony L. Whitehead that between June 1981 and October 1995 in United states that U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention got report of 501, 310 cases of AIDS. In addition, there were sixty-two percent of groups who have died, and although African American was represent only 12 percent of the United States, African American was represent 34 percent among them. In only five years, the

Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a world range condition, which has a great impact on the society. This essay is going to explore how stigma and discrimination impact on a vulnerable group people, and as well as how health care system impact on this group of people. Furthermore, the essay is focusing on a vulnerable group of people, which are women, living in two districted country: Australia and South Africa. Furthermore, the situation in Australia is represented as a developed country, whereas South Africa is represented the third world, and these two factors of social determinants of health are going to compare and contrast between these two countries. According to the estimated in 2015 by UNIAIDS, there are 6.7 to 7.4 million people living with HIV (PLHIV) in South Africa and the HIV prevalence rate is 18.9% (UNIAIDS, 2015a), and there are 24 to 30 thousands PLHIV in Australia and the HIV prevalence rate is 0.2%(UNIAIDS, 2015b).

Stigma and seroconversion are a few familiar words that come to mind when dealing with human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome HIV/AIDS. These are a few processes that people go through when they are identified as being HIV positive. HIV is a virus that weakens the immune system and leaves people less able to fight infection. “Medical privacy and antiretroviral therapy among HIV- infected female inmates,” is an article written by Roberson in Journal of Nursing Laws in 2012.Throughout the article it informed the reader about HIV positive female inmates not receiving medical privacy. The intended audience of his article is nurses, nursing students, and prison staff.

In this essay I will examine the law which provides service users, individuals and health care professional with basic principles and guidelines which must be followed when dealing with individuals in any given situation. Also I will need to explain at least three or four recent initiatives by providing detailed reasons as to how and why they promote anti- discrimination practices.

There are HIV-related stigmas and discriminations that refer to the prejudice, abuse and negativity that is shown towards people living HIV and aids.in many countries with available data, over 50%of people have been said to have shown discriminatory attitude toward people living with HIV and AIDS. These stigmas have made people living with this

This often leads to them being treated differently and badly. Often, they get the denial of education for HIV positive children, the denial of equal opportunities for employment and the lack of access to equal health care.

This paper will give you an overview regarding the rights of HIV/Aids patients and their rights as patients who are seeking care or medical services, health Care professional’s duty and obligations under the law to all patients regardless of their health status. HIV/Aids individuals rights under the American Disability Act(ADA) which is to protect all individuals from discrimination or unfair treatment by other individuals, the importance of each healthcare member to uphold our values and ethical code, in order to avoid violating the law and prevent legal suits.

Firstly, it is important to know, concretely, what discrimination is. Discrimination is the way that we behave toward or treat another person because of a stigma that is attached to them. According to Alder et al, (2009:60-61) a stigma refers to the label that a person carries in terms of race, gender, age, sexuality and medical condition as well as the negative perceptions and connotations associated with these labels. In the case provided, discrimination is evident in the form of xenophobia which is discrimination against people from foreign countries because of the stigmas associated with immigrants such as the belief that foreign people steal south African jobs and bring crime to our country. As a health professional, it is critical to understand that it is impossible