Mandatory Aids Testing: Factors Influencing Public Opinion

1989 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 835-843 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Tintinger ◽  
Lawrence Simkins
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Public Health Concern ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Legal Sanctions ◽  
Mandatory Testing ◽  
And Bisexual ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
The Relationship

A survey of 341 persons, 82% of whom were university students whose median age was 27.0 yr., was conducted to investigate the relationship between their attitudes regarding mandatory AIDS testing for various groups, attitudes toward the disease, sexual orientation and behavior, and attitudes toward homosexuals. Homosexual and bisexual respondents were less supportive of mandatory testing for anyone than were heterosexual respondents. Greater homophobia and attitudes in favor of legal sanctions against persons with AIDS were correlated for heterosexual respondents, with attitudes supporting mandatory testing for everyone and homosexuals in particular. However, concern about contracting AIDS was unrelated to heterosexual attitudes favoring mandatory testing. Social and political considerations in an era of growing and potentially militant public health concern are discussed.

Using Human Rights Law to Progress Alcohol Control

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare SLATTERY
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Tobacco Control ◽  
Global Governance ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Public Health Concern ◽  
Alcohol Control ◽  
Relative Success ◽  
The Relationship

Alcohol control has long been recognised as a public health concern. Recent years have also seen increased recognition of the relationship between alcohol control and the human rights agenda. However, fragmentation exists in key global governance instruments over the role alcohol control plays as a human rights priority. The relative success of tobacco control illustrates how utilisation of agendas beyond public health can mobilise action.

scholarly journals Cyberbullying. Bullying and antisocial behavior among Chilean adolescents

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Jorge Javier Varela Torres ◽  
Paulina Alejandra Sánchez-Soto ◽  
Josefina Chuecas ◽  
Mariavictoria Benavente ◽  
Constanza González ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Structural Equations ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Antisocial Behaviors ◽  
Traditional Bullying ◽  
Public Health Concern ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Structural Equations Model ◽  
The Relationship

Cyberbullying is a phenomenon that affects teenagers around the globe. Studies suggest that it has a negative impact on both victims and aggressors, becoming a public health concern. Previous studies have sought to define its predictors; however, most studies have not assessed the relationship between cyberbullying and traditional bullying or other types of aggression. Herein, we aimed to assess the association between antisocial behaviors and traditional bullying as forms of aggression that could predict cyberbullying in victims and perpetrators. A total of 791 adolescents from Santiago, Chile, were included in our study; mean age of 13.57 years old, 46.06% female. We used the structural equations model to test our model. Our results show a good fit of the model, showing a relation between antisocial behaviors and bullying, but only for the perpetrator. Bullies were associated with the roles of cyberbullying victim and cyberbullying perpetrator. Bullying victims were only associated with cyberbullying victims. Our results confirm the relation between different types of aggressive behavior, particularly for perpetrators, which could account for a unique dynamic for bullying and cyberbullying perpetrators. Prevention programs should explore more comprehensive interventions aimed at adolescents and promote a better understanding of this type of aggression.

scholarly journals Family Support Relationship with The Rate of Schizophrenia Patients in Puskesmas Rongkop District Gunungkidul Yogyakarta

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
Joko Subandono ◽  
Adi Heru Sutomo ◽  
Carla R. Marchira
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Recurrence Rate ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Public Health Concern ◽  
Work Area ◽  
The Relationship

Background: According to the result of Basic Health Research 2013 in Gunungkidul Regency, the prevalence of the serious mental disorders is 2.05 per mil, with the average in the Province of Yogyakarta of 2.70 per mil, where Gunungkidul Regency is categorized high. Visits of schizophrenics in the work area of Public Health Center/Pusat Kesehatan Masyarakat (Puskesmas) Rongkop rank to 8, and this shows the number of people with serious mental disorders is high. Most cases of mental disorders are found in the Petir Village, which is 37 people, spread in all hamlets. This public health concern needs family and community support so that the patients can re-socialize with their community.Objectives: This research was aimed to determine the relationship between family support and recurrence of schizophrenia, the level of family support for schizophrenia and the recurrence rate of schizophrenia in the work area of Puskesmas Rongkop Gunungkidul Yogyakarta.Methods: Population in this research includes families who have experienced schizophrenia in the work area of Puskesmas Rongkop located in Petir Village, Rongkop, Gunungkidul. The samples were taken by including 37 respondents of total sampling. The analysis of hypothesis testing of collected data was made by using the Spearmen Rho correlation test aided by SPSS 16.00 program.Results: Family support for patients with schizophrenia in the work area of Puskesmas Rongkop Gunungkidul Yogyakarta is 35.13% in the medium category. The recurrence rate of schizophrenia in the work area of Puskesmas Rongkop Gunungkidul Yogyakarta is 62.16% in the low category. There is a positive and significant correlation between family support and recurrence of schizophrenia in the work area of Puskesmas Rongkop Gunungkidul Yogyakarta with correlation coefficient 0.649 with 1% significance level.Conclusions: Family support for patients with schizophrenia in the work area of Puskesmas Rongkop Gunungkidul Yogyakarta is in the medium category. The recurrence rate of schizophrenia in the work area of Puskesmas Rongkop Gunungkidul Yogyakarta is in a low category. There is a positive and significant correlation between family support relationship with recurrence of schizophrenia in the work area of Puskesmas Rongkop Gunungkidul Yogyakarta.

scholarly journals Unpaid carer inequalities: a public health concern

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Carr ◽  
A Woklowski ◽  
M Parkinson
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Inequalities ◽  
Clinical Education ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Medical Model ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Public Health Concern ◽  
Care Givers ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract The number of unpaid carers is rising globally and is anticipated to grow given predictions on life expectancy, morbidities and limitations on care alternatives. The estimated number in England is 5.5 million. Significant international evidence exists of potential negative impact on employment, health and wellbeing which have individual and societal consequences. This presents a major public health concern, especially as much of the experience and health consequences remain a largely hidden issue. Drawing on two doctoral studies undertaken in the UK we expose the potential for significant health and social inequalities to be experienced by unpaid carers and offer models to enhance understanding and potentially more effective responses. The presenting author provided supervision and continues to research the topic. Both studies were set in a translational paradigm to maximise timely utility. The experiences of the participants were privileged while attempting to ensure that the clinical, education and policy potential of the research was incorporated. Study participants were care givers for family members with life limiting illnesses, principally cancers and dementia. Qualitative methodologies were employed in both studies; one drawing significantly on realist approaches and the other on grounded theory. There is generally a lack of consensus concerning when and how carers can best be supported. Although some support interventions were valued there are some fundamental tensions in service models which limit their potential. Specifically the centrality of the relationship is needs to be acknowledged and nurtured. Often, professionals often predominately draw on a medical model as the default intervention position when attempt to tackle carers’ health inequalities. These findings suggest that greater attention should be afforded to the potential of social coping strategies to create a more enabling rather than burden dominated perspective. Key messages unpaid (family)carers are at risk of being exposed to a range of health inequalities which can have individual and societal consequences. Interventions that acknowledge the relationship and draw on social dimensions may off coping may offer effective ways forward.

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior of Teenagers Regarding Sex in the Community of Los Baños, Laguna

2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Eleanor L. Candelaria ◽  
Maricar B. Rodriguez ◽  
Robbie Jun B. Reyes ◽  
Leah Rebecah R. Clemente-Co ◽  
Reymund D. Tatel
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Teenage Pregnancy ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Sexual Encounter ◽  
Further Training ◽  
Public Health Concern ◽  
Professional Advice ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior ◽  
Source Of Information

Background. The steady rise in the number of teenage pregnancies in Los Baños, Laguna was identified as a public health concern that needs to be addressed immediately given the numerous complications to the teenage mother and her infant. Methods. The study used a multicomponent strategy which included 1) a survey of Grades 7-12 students, 2) training of midwives, and 3) advocacy for parents to enhance existing projects on teenage pregnancy. Results. The survey showed that students value the opinion of friends of the same gender but prefer to get information from a health professional. Conclusion. The students did not see their parents as a preferred source of information for sexual health. Approximately one-third of the respondents mistakingly believed that teenagers will never get pregnant during their first sexual encounter. Recommendations include training teachers to provide professional advice, inclusion of more schools for the survey, further training on other counselling techniques, and extension of advocacy to other pertinent sectors of the community.

Reframing Fatness: Critiquing ‘Obesity’

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bethan Evans ◽  
Charlotte Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Weight Loss ◽  
Michel Foucault ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Public Health Concern ◽  
Policy Language ◽  
Religious Imagery ◽  
Fat Bodies

Over the last twenty years or so, fatness, pathologised as overweight and obesity, has been a core public health concern around which has grown a lucrative international weight loss industry. Referred to as a ‘time bomb’ and ‘the terror within’, analogies of ‘war’ circulate around obesity, framing fatness as enemy.2 Religious imagery and cultural and moral ideologies inform medical, popular and policy language with the ‘sins’ of ‘gluttony’ and ‘sloth’, evoked to frame fat people as immoral at worst and unknowledgeable victims at best, and understandings of fatness intersect with gender, class, age, sexuality, disability and race to make some fat bodies more problematically fat than others. As Evans and Colls argue, drawing on Michel Foucault, a combination of medical and moral knowledges produces the powerful ‘obesity truths’ through which fatness is framed as universally abject and pathological. Dominant and medicalised discourses of fatness (as obesity) leave little room for alternative understandings.

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