scholarly journals Religiosity of adolescents in prevention of STD/VIH/AIDS

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 440
Author(s):  
Adriana Gomes Nogueira Ferreira ◽  
Patrícia Neyva da Costa Pinheiro
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Paulo Freire ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
Nursing Health ◽  
Safer Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Hiv Aids

ABSTRACTObjective: to identify the influence of religiosity in the adoption of safer sexual behaviors related to prevention of STD/ HIV/AIDS, from the knowledge of the activities in the church and can be inserted in the course of nursing as a social network of support, but also will promote educational activities with young people from the biblical knowledge about the prevention of these diseases. Methods: this is about a qualitative study, focused on the Paulo Freire’s methodology. The subjects are adolescents who participate in meetings of young assiduously promoted by the Catholic church in the municipality of Tianguá-CE to accept and participate in the study. To assist in the collection and analysis of data used: semi-structured interview, a field diary, observation and free of crop circles as Freirian method. The analysis will be made from the sort of stories and discussion according to the sequence of circles together with the results more significant. It will be observed the ethical aspects of research in Human Beings accordance with Resolution 196/96. Descriptors: nursing; health education; sexually transmitted diseases; acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. RESUMOObjetivo: identificar a influência da religiosidade na adoção de comportamentos sexuais seguros relacionados à prevenção das DST/HIV/AIDS, a partir das atividades realizadas na igreja que podem ser inseridas no exercício da enfermagem como rede social de apoio, e promover ações educativas com os adolescentes acerca da prevenção destes agravos. Métodos: será realizado estudo qualitativo voltado à metodologia de Paulo Freire. Os sujeitos serão adolescentes que participem assiduamente de encontros de jovens promovidos pela igreja católica do município de Tianguá-CE e que aceitem participar do estudo. Para a coleta e análise dos dados será utilizado entrevista semi-estruturada, diário de campo, observação livre e círculos de cultura conforme o método Freiriano. A análise será a partir da ordenação das narrações e discussão de acordo com a seqüência dos círculos e com os resultados mais significativos. Serão observados os aspectos éticos da pesquisa em Seres Humanos de acordo com a Resolução 196/96. Descritores: enfermagem; educação em saúde; doenças sexualmente transmissíveis; síndrome de imunodeficiência adquirida. RESUMEN Objetivos: identificar la influencia de la religiosidad en la adopción de comportamientos sexuales seguros relacionados con la prevención de las DST/HIV/SIDA,  a partir de las actividades realizadas en la Iglesia que pueden ser inseridas en le ejercicio de la enfermería como red social de apoyo y promover acciones educativas con los adolecentes a cerca de la prevención de estos agravantes. Métodos: será realizado un estudio cualitativo tornado hacia la metodología de Paulo Freire. Los sujetos seron adolecentes que participen asiduamente de reuniones de jóvenes promovidas por la Iglesia Católica del Municipio de Tianguá-CE e que acepten participar del estudio. Para la colección y análisis de los datos será utilizada entrevista semi-estructurada, prontuario de campo, observación libre y círculos de cultura conforme el método de Freire. El análisis será a partir de la orden de narrativas y discusión de acuerdo con la secuencia de los círculos y con los resultados más significativos. Serán observados los aspectos éticos de la pesquisa en Seres Humanos en la conformidad con la Resolución 196/96. Descriptores: enfermería; educación en salud; enfermedades de transmisión sexual; síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida.  

Gender Equity in HIV/AIDS Education

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kacie Kidd
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Aids Education ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
School Based ◽  
Initial Discovery ◽  
Student Questions ◽  
Hiv Aids

Since its initial discovery in the early 1980s, through the development of treatment and prophylaxis medications as well as continued attempts at vaccination development, HIV/AIDS has changed the narrative about infectious diseases around the world. It has led to recognition of the complexities of the intersections of sexuality, gender, race, age, culture, and socioeconomic status while simultaneously highlighting gender inequities in all aspects of the disease. These inequities present in clinical trials that include only subsets of the population, prevention strategies that are offered based on oversimplified assumptions about sexual behaviors, and limited education about risk for everyone from schoolchildren through medical professionals. Activists and public health advocates push for inclusion and transparency in research and treatment for HIV/AIDS, but education at all levels has lagged. The United Nations and the International Conference on Population Development have declared school-based sex education a goal for all countries in order to reduce the health burden of HIV/AIDS. Sex education in schools varies between and within countries, with no standardization of how to best educate youth about sex, reproductive health, or disease prevention. Despite continued challenges with curriculum incorporation and content, research suggests that key qualities of an effective educational program include the creation of a safe space for student questions, inclusion of diverse voices, and clear guidance for preventing sexually transmitted infections such as HIV/AIDS. In order to mitigate continued inequity over the next several decades and beyond, comprehensive HIV/AIDS education must emphasize the intersectionality of gender, sexuality, race, age, culture, and socioeconomic status at all levels from elementary introductions through training for medical and mental health researchers and providers.

scholarly journals Origin of HIV/AIDS and Vaccine Failure: Simulation of the Role of the Adjuvant Activation Hypothesis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.C. Grassi ◽  
E.D.J. Andrades ◽  
V.J. Andrades-Grassi
Keyword(s):  
Passive Immunization ◽  
Hiv Infections ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Vaccine Failure ◽  
Humoral Immune ◽  
Aids Pandemic ◽  
Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
Therapeutic Alternatives ◽  
Hiv Aids

ABSTRACTHuman Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the etiological agent for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). It is possible that vaccine failure could be related to the events involved at the origin of HIV/AIDS. In this work the role of the adjuvant activation hypothesis on the origin and on the failure of vaccines, as well as other effects is evaluated by means of a simulation using a mathematical analysis, differential equations and an Excel spreadsheet. The results show that the adjuvant activation alters the viral load and the cellular and humoral Immune Response. Under certain conditions it was possible to show how the adjuvant activation could have promoted the origin of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and also, as a consequence of the SIV adaptation to human beings at the origin, the failure of present day vaccine trials. Other effects such as Immunotolerance and Antibody Dependent Enhancement (ADE) were shown. This study provides a means to examine other effectors in order to suggest therapeutic alternatives. In this case passive immunization in combination with anti-retroviral therapy showed an acceptable adaptation to the conditions tested. It is concluded that the methodological strategy of this work may be useful for the analysis of the adjuvant activation hypothesis as well as other effects, interactions and new proposals, such as thermodynamics of HIV infections.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF EDUCATION ON KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AMONG MEDICAL AND TECHNICAL STUDENTS IN AL-AFAQ COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, SANA'A CITY, YEMEN.

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-76
Author(s):  
Nousiba L. Jaml ◽  
Hussein M. Kolaise ◽  
Amal J. Al-Farran ◽  
Hanan N. Serri ◽  
Ahmed A. Amer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Transmitted Infection ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes ◽  
Technical Students ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Threatening Condition ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
Hiv Aids

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a chronic, potentially life-threatening condition caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). . HIV is a sexually transmitted infection (STI), it suppress the immune system and interferes with the ability of body to fight against infection and disease. There's no cure for HIV/AIDS, but medications can dramatically slow the progression of the disease. These drugs have ability to reduce AIDS deaths in many developed nations. A number of knowledge, attitude, and practice studies conducted in different parts of world reveal widespread misconceptions about the disease among young people. Medical students are the budding doctors of tomorrow and have just entered the noble profession. Thus, there is a need to assess impact of education on knowledge and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS among students. The results of this study showed that the education had an effect on the students who participating; It also helped increase knowledge and change misconceptions about the disease.

Intimacy and the knowledge of the inmates of a prison on stds and hiv/aids

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Ricardo Saraiva Aguiar ◽  
Almilane Sá Varão ◽  
Nicoly Aguiar
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Data Interpretation ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Low Education ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency ◽  
Health Nursing ◽  
Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
Hiv Aids

 ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the knowledge of the inmates of Casa de Prisão Provisória (CPP) of Gurupi, Tocantins, Brazil, on STDs and HIV/AIDS. Methodology: this is a descriptive study, with a qualitative approach, focusing on phenomenology, and the participation of seven inmates who met the inclusion criteria: to have more than six months of detention in the CPP of Gurupi; to be over 18 years of age; and to be under semi-open prison regime. A semi-structured interview script was used, whose results were analyzed through Minayo’s Proposal for Qualitative Data Interpretation of Data. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Centro Universitario UNIRG, under the Protocol 0109/2010. Results: it was observed that the inmates have a low knowledge on STDs and HIV/AIDS and that no preventive measures against these diseases are adopted in the CPP of Gurupi.  Conclusion: the knowledge of the inmates on STDs and HIV/AIDS showed to be deficient due to low education and detention status itself; the inmates obtain no information about these diseases from health professionals. Thus, there is a need for adopting health education programs in the CPP of Gurupi to prevent STDs and HIV/AIDS. Descriptors: health; nursing; sexually trasmitted diseases; acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. RESUMO Objetivo: avaliar o conhecimento dos reeducandos da Casa de Prisão Provisória (CPP) de Gurupi-TO sobre as DST’s e HIV/AIDS. Metodologia: trata-se de um estudo descritivo, de abordagem qualitativa, com enfoque na fenomenologia com a participação de sete reeducandos que atenderam os critérios de inclusão: possuir mais de seis meses de reclusão na CPP de Gurupi; ser maior de 18 anos; e pertencer ao regime de prisão semi-aberto. Utilizou-se um roteiro de entrevista semi-estruturado, cujos resultados foram analisados por meio da Proposta de Interpretação Qualitativa de Dados de Minayo. O estudo foi aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa do Centro Universitário UNIRG, sob o Protocolo n.º 0109/2010. Resultados: verificou-se que os reeducandos apresentam déficit de conhecimento sobre as DST’s e HIV/AIDS e que as medidas preventivas a essas doenças não são adotadas na CPP de Gurupi. Conclusão: o conhecimento dos reeducandos acerca das DST’s e HIV/AIDS mostrou-se deficiente devido à baixa escolaridade e à própria condição de reclusão; os reeducandos não são orientados por profissionais de saúde sobre essas doenças. Dessa forma, há necessidade de implantar programas de educação em saúde na CPP de Gurupi para prevenir as DST’s e HIV/AIDS. Descritores: saúde; enfermagem; doenças sexualmente transmissíveis; síndrome de imunodeficiência adquirida. RESUMEN Objetivo: evaluar el conocimiento de los re-educandos de la Casa de Prisión Provisional de Gurupi (Tocantins, Brasil) sobre las Enfermedades de Transmisión Sexual (ETS) y VIH/SIDA. Metodología: se trata de un estudio descriptivo, de abordaje cualitativo, enfocado en la fenomenología con la participación con siete re-educandos que reunieron los requisitos de inclusión: tener más de seis meses de reclusión en la CPP de Gurupi (TO); ser mayor de 18 años; y estar en régimen de prisión en tercer grado. Se empleó un guión de entrevista semi-estructurada cuyos resultados fueron analizados por medio de la Propuesta de Interpretación Cualitativa de Datos de Minayo. Se aprobó el estudio por el Comité de Ética en Investigación del Centro Universitario UNIRG, bajo Protocolo nº 0109/2010. Resultados: se verificó que los re-educandos detentan escaso conocimiento sobre las ETS y VIH/SIDA, y que las medidas preventivas para evitar estas enfermedades no se adoptan en la CPP de Gurupi (TO). Conclusión: el conocimiento de los re-educandos acerca de las ETS y VIH/SIDA se mostró deficiente en virtud de la baja escolarización y a la propia condición de reclusión; se orienta a los re-educandos por medio de profesionales de sanidad sobre estas enfermedades. De esta forma, se verifica la necesidad de implantar programas de educación sanitaria en la CPP de Gurupi (TO) para prevenir tales enfermedades. Descriptores: salud; enfermería; enfermedades de transmisión sexual; síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida. 

scholarly journals Morte/morrer de pessoas com hiv: o olhar da enfermagem

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 3337
Author(s):  
Amanda Regina da Silva Góis ◽  
Brígida Maria Gonçalves de Melo Brandão ◽  
Regina Celia de Oliveira ◽  
Solange Fátima Geraldo da Costa ◽  
Denize Cristina de Oliveira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Representations ◽  
Death And Dying ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Categorical Analysis ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency ◽  
Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Nursing Professionals ◽  
Hiv Aids

RESUMOObjetivo: descrever os conteúdos representacionais de profissionais da Enfermagem sobre a morte e o morrer de pessoas vivendo com HIV. Método: trata-se de estudo qualitativo, de campo, descritivo e exploratório, fundamentado na Teoria das Representações Sociais, realizado em sete Serviços de Assistência Especializada (SAE) em HIV/AIDS e um Centro de Testagem e Aconselhamento (CTA, com 20 profissionais de enfermagem, por meio de entrevista semiestruturada. Analisaram-se as falas pela técnica de Análise de Conteúdo na modalidade Análise Categorial. Resultados: elegeram-se quatro categorias temáticas a partir da análise das falas: “O diagnóstico”; “Os significados da morte e do morrer”; “O enfrentamento dos profissionais da Enfermagem perante a morte e morrer de PVHIV” e “A morte dando lugar à possibilidade de vida”. Conclusão: incidem-se os conteúdos representacionais nas práticas em saúde e enfermagem desde a construção simbólica do adoecimento perante a possibilidade de morte relacionada ao HIV e às novas perspectivas de tratamento e promoção da saúde, sendo possível destacar o avanço do conhecimento científico dos profissionais de enfermagem, o que contribui para a sua assistência em saúde às PVHIV. Descritores: Enfermagem; Morte; HIV; Síndrome de Imunodeficiência Adquirida; Percepção Social; Promoção da Saúde.ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the representational contents of Nursing professionals about the death and dying of people living with HIV. Method: this is a qualitative, field-based, descriptive and exploratory study, based on the Theory of Social Representations, carried out in seven Specialized Assistance Services (SAS) in HIV / AIDS and a Testing and Counseling Center (TCC) with 20 nursing professionals, through a semi-structured interview. The speeches were analyzed by the technique of Content Analysis in the Categorical Analysis modality. Results: four thematic categories were chosen from the analysis of the lines: "The diagnosis"; "The meanings of death and dying"; "The confrontation of nursing professionals before death and die of PLHIV" and "Death giving way to the possibility of life". Conclusion: the focus was on the representational contents on health and nursing practices from the symbolic construction of illness to the possibility of death related to HIV and the new perspectives of treatment and health promotion, being possible to highlight the advance of the scientific knowledge of nursing professionals, which contributes to their health care to PLHIV. Descriptors: Nursing; Death; HIV; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Social Perception; Health Promotion.RESUMEN Objetivo: describir los contenidos representacionales de profesionales de Enfermería sobre la muerte y el morir de personas viviendo con VIH. Método: se trata de un estudio cualitativo, de campo, descriptivo y exploratorio, fundamentado en la Teoría de las Representaciones Sociales, realizado en siete Servicios de Asistencia Especializada (SAE) en VIH / SIDA y un Centro de Pruebas y Asesoramiento (CTA, con 20 profesionales de enfermería, por medio de una entrevista semiestructurada. Se analizaron las hablas por la técnica de Análisis de Contenido en la modalidad Análisis Categorial. Resultados:  se elegieron cuatro categorias temáticas a partir del análisis de las hablas: “El diagnóstico”; “El significado de la muerte y del morir”; “El enfrentamiento de los profesionales de la enfermería ante la muerte y morir de PVHIV" y "La muerte dando lugar a la posibilidad de vida". Conclusión: se inciden los contenidos representacionales en las prácticas en salud y enfermería desde la construcción simbólica de la enfermedad ante la posibilidad de muerte relacionada al VIH y las nuevas perspectivas de tratamiento y promoción de la salud, siendo posible destacar el avance del conocimiento científico de los profesionales de enfermería, lo que contribuye a su asistencia en salud a las PVVIH. Descriptores: Enfermería; Muerte; VIH; Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida; Percepción Social; Promoción de la Salud.

scholarly journals Microbicides: A New Frontier in HIV/AIDS Prevention

Elements ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Kenny
Keyword(s):  
Sexually Transmitted Diseases ◽  
Aids Prevention ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Structural Barriers ◽  
Current Development ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Hiv Virus ◽  
New Frontier ◽  
Hiv Aids

Sexually transmitted diseases have long been a taboo subject among many cultures and creeds. Although the stigma surroudning these unfortunate illnesses arises from their sexual nature, sheer ignorance must be blamed for the way people perceive them. The idea of acquring the HIV virus and possibly developing AIDS has struck fear in the lives of the sexually activte, especially those individuals who cannot protect themselves-the poor, powerless women of our world. Though many structural barriers act to oppress these human beings, the lack of a vacicine for HIV/AIDS proves to be their greatest hardship. The current development of microbicides, however, gives them hope. Utilizing the latest research from experts in the area of HIV/AIDS, this essay attempts to inform our greater community of the ability of microbicides to combat both a physical and social disease that has plagued society for too long.

Secret: serum positive hiv strategy to overcome prejudices

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 279
Author(s):  
Maria Eliane Liégio Matão ◽  
Denismar Borges Miranda ◽  
Pedro Humberto Faria Campos ◽  
Adriana Regina Coimbra ◽  
Ângela Stoffels
Keyword(s):  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Derechos Humanos ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Acquired Immunodeficiency ◽  
Immunodeficiency Syndrome ◽  
Hiv Aids

ABSTRACTObjective: to discuss the serum positive HIV people secret and their perspectives of live. Methodology: this is about a exploratory and descriptive study, from qualitative approach, performed bu individuals infected with HIV. Data were conducted through interviews open at depth, which, after analysis, were extracted from the themes focused on the subjects. The study was approved by the Committee of Ethics in Research of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás (0112/05). Results: four categories: the discovery – feelings and reactions; the revelation – the great challenge, that is, to tell others on not; the motivation – important elements that are present in the option of not revealing the discovery and the strategy – to keep up the “secret”. Conclusions: results pointed out to us the understanding of the “secret”. The option of not telling is a very common way of facing the everyday life in this situation. This work emphasizes the urgent need to discuss the virus HIV/AIDS in all social environments: not only the general analysis of them but also the links between the serum positive HIV people and the disease itself – AIDS. It is a “must” to pay more attention to these human beings rights to maintain normal lives and have their children by truing to minimize or, perhaps, to eliminate the social prejudices. Descriptors: social behavior; adaptation psychological; hiv seropositivity; acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. RESUMOObjetivo: discutir o segredo na perspectiva de pessoas vivendo com HIV. Metodologia: pesquisa de campo, do tipo exploratória descritiva, de natureza qualitativa, realizada com indivíduos infectados pelo vírus HIV. A coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de entrevistas aberta em profundidade, das quais, após analisadas, foram extraídas as temáticas enfocadas pelos sujeitos. O estudo foi aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás (0112/05). Resultados: foram agrupados em quatro categorias - da descoberta: reações e sentimentos; da revelação: o dilema entre contar ou não contar; da motivação: elementos que influenciam na opção de não contar; e da estratégia: a manutenção do segredo. Considerações finais: O resultado proporcionou a compreensão de que o segredo é uma forma de enfrentamento bastante utilizada pelos sujeitos como estratégia para (con)viver em sociedade, frente a carga de estigma que a infecção ainda detém. Enfatiza-se a necessidade de ampliar a discussão no meio social quanto aos aspectos gerais relacionados à infecção pelo HIV/AIDS, com ênfase nos direitos humanos e reprodutivos das pessoas, com vistas a minimizar, quiçá, eliminar a exclusão social. Descritores: comportamento social, adaptação psicológica, soropositividade para hiv, síndrome de imunodeficiência adquirida. RESUMENObjetivo: discutir el secreto en la perspectiva de las personas que viven con VIH. Metodología: investigación de campo de tipo exploratoria descriptiva, cualitativa, realizada con pacientes infectados por el virus VIH.  La recolección de datos fue realizada mediante entrevistas abiertas a profundidad, después del análisis se extrajeron de los temas se centraron en los participantes. El estudio fue aprobado por el Comité de Ética en Investigación de la Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás (0112/05).  Resultados: agruparon en cuatro categorías, a) del descubrimiento: reacciones y sentimientos; b) de la revelación: el dilema entre contar o no contar; c) de la motivación: elementos que influyen en la opción de no contar; y d) de la estrategia: el mantenimiento del secreto. Conclusiones: el secreto es una forma de enfrentamiento bastante utilizada por los pacientes como estrategia para convivir en sociedad, frente a la carga de estigma que todavía se tiene de la infección y que los apresa.  Se enfatiza en la necesidad de ampliar la discusión en el medio social, en lo que concierne a aspectos generales relacionados con la infección por HIV/AIDS, con énfasis en los derechos humanos y reproductivos de las personas, con miras a minimizar y tal vez eliminar la exclusión social. Descriptores: conducta social; adaptación psicológica; seropositividad para vih; síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida. 

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