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1) I would like to become an HIV Peer Test Counselor because I want to empower students with the knowledge and agency to live healthy lives as they balance their sexual, emotional and physical health. Taking an HIV test is an intimidating experience for many people, so I want to provide my peers a warm, anonymous, and safe space where they can share their experiences while I help them make informed decisions that reflect their cherished values and beliefs. This role will help me increase my emotional

The mobile clinic will be operated for providing HIV testing and counseling service. Weekly outreach events will be hosted on a total of 5 college campuses in Alameda County at UC Berkeley, Cal State Hayward (East Bay), Chabot College, Laney College, and Mills College. The outreach on the campuses provides awareness and educate college students regarding the HIV cause, transmission, and prevention. The intervention proceeds over a 24-month period with participants between the ages of 20-29 years

Abstract Forty million people worldwide are infected with the HIV virus. About six percent of them will not inform their intimate partners about their health condition. Many efforts that have been made over the past decade towards establishing a HIV/AIDS law, have finally paid off. The act of disclosing the virus was written in 1990. It caused quite a stir among the citizens of the United States. Many people concluded that there were holes in the disclosure law concerning HIV/AIDS because it lacked

Mandatory HIV testing should be enforced, because for those who have the virus and do not know that they have it, could possibly be spreading it to many of partners. If the government starts enforcing this potential law, it would prevent many misfortunes and burdens. An article read, “It will help people make informed choices. Some people are not honest enough to disclose their HIV status” (Obemeyer). This quote explains that for those who do not have HIV, will not make informed choices about intercourse

In August 2009, the VA policy for HIV testing was revised from “risk-based” testing to routine HIV of all Veterans regardless of risk factors. Written informed consent was no longer needed, but verbal consent was still required. Initially, this change in policy was not well received. Already overburdened primary care physicians were complaining about workload issues and assumed that routine testing would result in minimal yield. There were many misconceptions that even educated health care

Today, as we must know HIV is still spreading around the world and neither a vaccine nor a cure exists. The prevention of the disease remains the main key of the strategy to stop the epidemic. The most common mode of HIV transmission is sexual contact; therefore, HIV prevention is closely linked to the sexual and reproductive health of men and women. Effective prevention programs include interventions that promote sex abstinence, delay sexual initiation, maintain a mutually faithful partner, limit

NACP and HIV counselling NACP began in 1987, as an Indian health ministry initiated surveillance taskforce, after the first Indian HIV case was reported. Since then, it has extended its role to provide HIV services (IAVI, 2005; Singh et al., 2005). In 1992, the Indian Health Ministry set up the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) as a separate wing to implement and closely monitor various components of the programme (Singh et al., 2005; NACO, 2015b). Services provided under this programme trickle

1. If HIV-seropositivity is detected, what additional confirmatory tests should be done? List 3 tests and describe their principle. Western blotting - In Western blotting first, the macromolecules have to be separated via gel electrophoresis. The molecules now separated by electrophoresis are blotted onto either a nitrocellulose or a polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) membrane (a second matrix). To inhibit the binding of nonspecific antibodies to the membrane surface it is subsequently blocked. Then

Literature Review 1. Overview Couples HIV Testing and Counselling HIV Testing and Counselling HIV antibody tests were first issued by the World Health Organization in 1992 (WHO, 1997), since then with frequent update of recommendations, HIV testing and counselling continue to be the gateway to HIV prevention, essential treatments and cares (Fonner et al., 2012, WHO, 2012b). However, globally not more than half (49%-58%) of people living with HIV knew their serostatus (WHO, 2015b). To address this

Goffman (1963) defined stigma as any condition, attribute, trait, or behavior that is deeply discrediting and reduces the bearer from a whole and usual person to a tainted and discounted one. . Stigma consist of an attributes that marks people as different leading to devaluation. Stigma is socially constructed (Major & O’Brien, 2005) thus is dependent both on relationship and context. In fact, Goffman (1963) emphasized using the “language of relationships” (p. 3) when considering stigma. A subsequent