Personal Risk Assessment

The challenges that this population faces are directly related to psychosocial, physiological, economic and behavioral factors. Challenges such as these can cause serious obstacles for the prevention of STDs due to their influence on access to care, willingness to seek treatment, and social behaviors regarding sexuality. Often older adults are looked at as

3.4 summarise the types of risks that may be involved in assessment in own area of responsibility.

This article focuses on what comprises an effective and efficient preventative education program as it relates to HIV/STD prevention relative to sexual activity. Techniques of teaching are taught to reinforce the behaviors and activities that lead to the spread of HIV and AIDS.

After considering my above feelings and thoughts I realised that by being aware of the time I spent on the risk assessment, I was able to keep it as necessary and as concise as I had hoped for. Previously I have ran out of time completing the full assessment, meaning that the ending of the assessment is typically missed off. According to Westbrook et al (2007) five or ten minutes is required at the end of treatment to conclude and set up a homework task. Although at the time I was feeling anxious and nervous; attempting to keep track of the time allowed me to achieve the assessment in the time I had allocated myself.

Within in my own setting one of my roles is to promote individuals’ independence but in the same time we have to protect them from harm and danger. Everybody takes risks in everyday living therefore people living in care homes should be able to that, too. When we look after our residents, we make sure that they are aware of any risks involved, e.g. before they go out. Risk assessment is completed. Risk assessment covers many areas like showering themselves, going out on their own. We do them with our residents to identify what they want, what risks it involves, and how they can be avoided or minimized.

In today’s world we seem to put aside things that we consider no longer a threat. Well we are wrong to do this, because HIV/AIDS still affects over 5.4 million people that are walking around with this infection or full blown AIDS. They are friends, Criminals, neighbors, and even children attending school, etc. So, why do we think it is ok to not worry about a problem that does not have a cure, but only a life time of meds? Within this qualitative research method, we will explore Sexual risk, there or the Measures, Sexual risk, method, demographics, HIV/AIDS risk and may add other areas as they relate to this study.

Assessing an adult for sexual recidivism can be a different type of work than evaluating a juvenile, and requires a different set of risk assessment tools. That being said, adult risk assessment tools initially, and continue to inform juvenile risk assessment tools, therefore, a foundational introduction to adult risk assessment is beneficial to better understand juvenile risk assessment (Christiansen & Vincent, 2013; Collie, Ward, & Vess, 2008; Prescott, 2004). Recognizing this need for some foundational understanding of risk assessment, The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) has set forth some guidelines for adult risk assessment.

Within the justice system, clinicians are asked to make a determination of risk for both adult and juvenile offenders. This evaluation of risk is then used by various legal entities to determine if that offender will be required to register as a sex offender. For both adult and juvenile offenders, the specific requirements of sex offender registration can vary dramatically from state to state (Batastini, Hunt, Present-Koller, & DeMatteo, 2011; Viljoen, et al., 2008). This can be problematic if an offender either wishes to reside in a different state then the offense was committed in, or if the offender commits an offense in a state he does not reside in.

Whilst on placement with the Aberdeenshire Council Children and Families Team I adhered to the lone working policy to ensure my safety when out of the office working with clients. To minimise risks, in line with this policy I have my mobile phone with me at all times and ensure I write my day to day diary on the office board with names, times and addresses of where I will be going, and notify staff of my where-a-bouts (Aberdeenshire Council 2014).

Further, the primary prevention of STDs is assessing behavior risk, which place he/she at risk of acquisition or transmission of the infection. Second, heath-care providers must routinely address risk of unsafe sex by interviewing and counseling with respect, compassion, and non-judgmental behavior. Using open ending questions techniques and by reinforcing that condoms are the best option of defense and prevention of STDs. Unfortunately, some older adults with diagnosis of a STD are not able to benefit from medications treatment due to they are embarrassed; it strike as surprising because some of the STDs have no symptoms until permanent damage has strike; therefore, it is imperative that healthcare providers initiate the dialogue. Times are different and growing older is not stereotype of impotence or less sex activities, which is a recipe for increase STDs (King et al,

Every year a group of teens form El Paso goes through an extensive training of approximately eleven sessions. Once this program is completed they are then required to attend another training in which they are instructed on the HIV/AIDS’ history, prevention methods, and ways of spreading along with other influential factors. Once they have completed this training they are then certified as Teen Advisory Board educators. Once certified these teens begin outreach. They attend schools, from middle schools to colleges, to conduct presentations on HIV/AIDS. They stress the importance of having the right information in order to do the right choices. They talk about the risk factors that can increase the possibility of individuals becoming infected with this virus. Such factors include the usage of drugs and alcohol as well as peer pressure. In targeting these risk factors not only do they help lower the excessive use of drugs and alcohol but they are also preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS. Another goal of this program is to destroy ignorance. By giving these individuals the correct information they are trying to eliminate the stigmas that for decades have accompanied this

National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (NHAAAD), annually September 18, provides us with an opportunity to discuss the challenges facing HIV seropositive persons as they age, and the challenges older individuals at risk for HIV or have recently acquired it. This memo hopes to reiterate the unique challenges of the graying of the HIV epidemic, while providing context for current and future interventions, and addressing faults in the field. Statistics reveals that the HIV/AIDS epidemic is slowly becoming a chronic disease increasingly characterized by individuals beyond the age of 50 and of color. Incidence is high amongst older women whose biological changes makes them especially vulnerable to HIV infection. Reports have shown that the cause

HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) are the most widely and ongoing pandemics affecting the United States and many other parts of the world. There is still much more to be researched about HIV, as it has no known cure. Aside from finding a cure to HIV, it is equally important to look at the social and psychological impact that the HIV might have on the person infected and how these impacts differ according to gender. Studying gender can be substantial in making connections to how STDs affect individuals on the social and psychological levels. These connections that are made through examining mental illness can help in developing appropriate support groups for the groups that face the most crucial

Personal Risk Assessment is made by the person who involved in the risk for the same person who involved in the risk. It contains of three basic questions:

In the last three decades HIV/ AIDS has become the one of the most notorious and widely spread diseases in the modern world. Its discovery in the late seventies prompted worldwide concern. The one thing that has become the most bothersome thing about the HIV/ AIDS epidemic is prevention. Prevention or stopping the transmission of the diseases is hindered by factors such as: denial or non-acceptance by infected persons, unsafe sex, and non-disclosure by infected persons to their at risk sexual partner(s). According to Alghazo, Upton, and Cioe (2011):