ecological model of health

Kirton, C. (2007, April 2007). Nurses at the Forefront of a Pandemic: HIV/AIDS Nurses. National Student Nurse’s

Community health nurses face many concerns that can create environmental and global health issues. In history, humans have battled many health epidemics, from as early as the black plague, to polio, and more recent issues of measles, small pox, and HIV/AIDS. Many vaccines have been created and billions of lives have been saved, but there is still many unimmunized. Communities worldwide are at risk for many communicable diseases and should be prepared and knowledgeable about their community’s risks, protocols, and how to keep their community members safe.

When the AIDS and HIV virus crept its way into the human-race, it quickly, and without warning, claimed the lives of millions. Then when its destructive wake had finally been abated, it left behind several untold mysteries. Throughout the course of this class, all the new material we have been exposed to has added some unique piece to the puzzle of the AIDS epidemic. Each puzzle pieces have ranged from speculations on how the AIDS epidemic had begun, to what exactly has the epidemic done. We have also tackled the question and how it forced a change in society. Our newest piece of the puzzle is the documentary “The Age of AIDS,” by William Cran. Although this documentary did not surprise me in its content, it did, however, affirm certain types

A private practice clinic in Gainesville, Florida catering to mostly African American pregnant women use formula milk provided by the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infant & Child (WIC) as their form of infant feeding. A lack of knowledge about breastfeeding is identified as a major factor why African American women do not breastfeed their infants. Some women have very little knowledge about the advantages of breastfeeding and its effects on the infant. They consider giving their young one’s infant formula as an easy fix and they do not realize the possible complications that may arise such as diarrhea, pneumonia, poorer health outcomes due to prevalence of unsanitary preparation conditions including lack of clean water and

A plague is both a therapeutic and a social event. Socially, it is an occasion that upsets the life of a group and causes instability, dread, fault, and flight. It is assessed that 1 million individuals are as of now infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS (Centers for Disease Control, 1990), but

I do agree that the public health model is the best model that can help fight obesity but, it goes beyond removing “bad food” from supermarkets and replacing it with healthy food. Arisleida, I applaud you for mentioning the community of Brownsville and making a comparison to the Park slope community, but we have to look further than the supermarkets. We have to look at racial inequality within these communities and question why it is that some communities like park slope have access to better housing, better food choices than Brownsville and other lower income communities. We can teach and educate people on good nutrition, encourage good eating habits, etc., but if they do not have the necessary resources like good jobs that give good income,

Communicable disease, “is an infectious disease transmissible, (as from person to person) by direct contact with an infected individual or the individual’s discharges or by indirect means (as by a vector)” (Merriam-Webster, 2011, p. 1). Understanding how communicable diseases are spread is important in reducing the significant affliction of disease in low income communities across the United States and increase prevention, awareness, and safety. The objective of this paper is to discuss the communicable disease’s human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome known as HIV and AIDS. In addition to describing HIV/AIDS, a brief overview of prevention, environmental factors, and social

The health of the general population in the community is the goal of the public health nurse. The nurse strives to prevent the outbreak of

Like any other serious health concern, living with AIDs can impact an individual’s social relationships. Social factors influence the individual’s ability to cope with the diagnosis because once they reach the “coming out” stage they are most likely to see signs of discrimination and stigma among friends. During this psychological process the individual wants to feel loved, accepted, and have a strong social support. Relationships with families and friends are very important to quality of life. As John’s illness progressed he experienced a decline in social relationships; John explained that some friends stayed in touch while others stopped visiting or making contact (p. 241). Even Rosalie felt the raft of

Thirty years ago, the AIDS, “Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome”, was not a well-known disease and infected people by that disease were not quarantined, because of lack of information about the disease. The medical scholars explained that AIDS is the culmination of the virus onset, HIV, “human immunodeficiency virus”. Currently, the infected people with complications, emaciation, diarrhea, tuberculosis, cancer, fever, vomiting, cannot meet together what ever the occasion, birthday party, first communion, wedding. Around the world, in some countries, that disease has become a stigma and infected people are isolated, even by their own families. It turns out that the disease has sprung up relentlessly, via national and international contacts

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is one of the deadliest pandemics the world has ever known. Unprecedented efforts and resources have been mobilized to fight the infection worldwide. While obvious progress has been made, HIV infection still hit hard and the field of public health continues actively to raise awareness about this issue and help affected people. Public health professionals constantly look for new ways to reach high-risk populations, but sometimes the methods used result in unintended effects such as stigmatization. This makes wonder how far can public health go in the attempt of reaching its goals. In other words, what are the limits of public health in the HIV prevention

The mission of our project is developing a health advocacy campaign for HIV stigma reduction. In our project, we illustrate the significant impact of the stigma towards the population infected with HIV/AIDS and suggest a potential advocacy campaign to reduce the stigma and incidence of this epidemic. Through this project, I learned what a lot of people don’t understand, is that anyone can be affected at anytime if they put themselves in a situation where they could be at risk. People identified as being HIV positive, go through a tremendous amount of pressure and injustice. I just could not imagine the enormous stigmatization these individuals frequently go through. I had the urge to do something about it, to make a difference in HIV positive individuals’ lives. Lack of social and emotional support from their loved ones, only worsens their conditions resulting in mental health issues in addition to their bodily health issues.

It goes without saying that HIV and AIDS are as much about social phenomena as they are about biological and medical concerns. From the moment scientists identified HIV and AIDS, social responses of fear, denial, stigma, and discrimination have accompanied the epidemic. Discrimination has spread rapidly, fuelling anxiety and prejudice against the groups most commonly affected, as well as those living with HIV or AIDS. One of the main reasons for this is the lack of education and misconceptions that have developed about the disease. Some individuals affected (or believed to be affected) by HIV have even been rejected by their families, their loved ones, and their communities. This rejection holds as true in the rich

Many people know that this disease can be cause of death but are not informed about how AIDS is transmitted, which may cause them to fear AIDS and those who are infected. For example, people may not know that it is not possible for AIDS to be spread out through the air by having a conversation with AIDS patients. Therefore, it causes some people to fear being near someone who has contracted AIDS. AS a result of this fear, many of those infected have been isolated at their homes, fired from their jobs, threatened, and excluded from school because others were afraid of being infected. Because of this discrimination, it may be difficult for some of those infected to live a normal life.

The prevailing public disapproval that shrouds people with HIV/Aids and social prejudice these people receive is an important issue that needs tackling. Even with infinite information made readily available through the luxury of our smart phones, people today still have fallacies