hiv aids related behaviour among young people in developing countries

... following overview illustrates current trends in the provision of savings services to young people in developing countries by reviewing each of the three types of approach in greater depth, illuminating ... of savings for young people can be confirmed, and therefore, achieved Trends in practice Increasingly common are savings products geared specially to young people December 2010 Savings initiatives ... Promoting savings can increase young people s experience with financial services al., 2010, and 2009) Recent experiments in developing countries – the subject of this paper – have begun to show links...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 21:20

... the International AIDS Society 2008, 10:148 HIV infection rate and AIDS cases are showing a rapid increase among young people In young people aged less than 30 years, there were 20,330 HIV infections ... availability of HIV/ AIDS- related health services (HIV/ AIDS testing, HIV- related counseling, and treatment for HIV/ AIDS) When asked about where a person could obtain HIV/ AIDS- related health services, ... intercourse could prevent HIV infection and 36.1% believing that avoiding touching HIV positive people could so, thus indicating an inadequate awareness about the prevention of HIV/ AIDS in our study subjects...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... correlated with rule-breaking behaviour (p = 0.001) and externalizing syndrome (p = 0.026) among young men Among young women, there were significant inverse correlations between health maintenance/physical ... emerged Among the young men, total life skills inversely correlated with rule-breaking behavior and externalizing syndrome The health maintenance/physical fitness dimension among young men inversely ... of intervention most efficacious in suicide prevention [17] There is a wide ‘research-gap’ on the determinants of suicidal Page of expressions among young people in low and middle income countries, ...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22

... explanation for declining HIV- 1 prevalence in Uganda AIDS 1999, 13(3):391-398 Ghys PD, Kufa E, George MV: Measuring trends in prevalence and incidence of HIV infection in countries with generalised ... HIV- related mortality [2,3] Accordingly, changes in prevalence over time among young people should signal underlying changes in incidence Changes in incidence are useful when gauging the effectiveness of ... prevalence early on in the epidemic, a visible increase in HIV- related mortality in the late 1990s among the participating communities also may have accelerated early behaviour change among youth [26]...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... Journal of the International AIDS Society 2006, 8:24 Introduction With over million people living with HIV/ AIDS (PLHA), India has the world's second highest number of HIV- positive cases.[1] ... by 5" initiative, targets a goal of reaching 100,000 eligible PLHA over years.[8] In 20042005, a total of 25 HAART centers were functioning in India (17 in the high-prevalence states, in the ... capital, and the remainder in the medium-prevalence states) The program goal was to initiate HAART in 25,000 PLHA in that time period The national estimate for AIDS cases in India for August 2006...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... narrowing • Suicide and mental health problems are significant among young people • HIV/ AIDS is a major threat to the well-being and survival of young people However, increasing numbers of young people ... Alcohol use among young people seems to be increasing, though 42 per cent of young people say they never drink alcohol Young white people have the highest rate of drinking, with a third of young men ... Education and Training (FET) sector Also, the Inter-ministerial Committee on Young People at Risk of 1995-98, starting as an enquiry into young people in conflict with the law and into the juvenile...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 01:20

... disorders are becoming increasingly common among young people These include mental retardation, hyperkinetic disorders, autism e.t.c Mental health problems in young people among others include antisocial ... of people aged 1024 years in many countries Four settings constitute the major site for accidents among young people: home settings, work or school setting, road, and recreational settings Increase ... often a combination of risk-taking and an unsafe environment that leads to injury Many young people especially in developing countries start work too young and are especially at risk since they...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 21:20

... made in developing countries or in the USA, whose education and schooling systems differ from those in Europe The Finnish system is closest to those in the other Nordic welfare-state countries in ... years of schooling and indicates the importance of drinking behaviour as a target for health promotion in Finland The results of studies made in other countries have been interpreted to indicate direct ... Direct 0.004 Schooling (increase in years of schooling) 0.008 Smoking (change of smoking habits from no –0.004* –0.004* smoking to regular daily smoking) Alcohol consumption (increase in consumption...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 21:20

... especially in English-speaking countries, about children’s participation in clinical decisionmaking, little was known about children’s experience of health care more broadly, including their involvement ... has begun to involve children in its legal and policymaking work Children and young people have a right to have their voices heard and taken into account in matters that affect them in accordance ... important’) • Having treatment explained in advance/being prepared – 44.1% • Being able to understand what the doctor is saying – 49/1% • Being able to ask questions – 44.6% • Being listened to...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 17:20

... combining the following five items : having a shower and/or a bath, having hot running water, having central or dispersed heating, having an elevator, and having a washing machine The resulting ... living with other people and being the household head, and not living with partner but living with other people and not being the household head People were asked about living with anyone needing ... patterns depending on the health indicator analysed, as well as the differences in factors associated with each of them point out the importance of examining different health indicators in trying to understand...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 14:20

... associated with increased physical activity among young people (133,137, 138 ) These perceived benefits include excitement and having fun; learning and improving skills; staying in shape; improving appearance; ... school personnel pre-service and in- service training in promoting enjoyable, lifelong physical activity among young people (116,121, 124,164,247,262 ) Instructor training has proven to be efficacious; ... physical activity patterns of young people, reinforce physical activity among active young people, counsel inactive young people about physical activity, and refer young people to appropriate physical...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 09:20

... another within a single country The majority of young people live in developing countries2 and 42 per cent live in poverty.3 Capabilities among them range widely: some young people are income-poor ... and STIs, including HIV3 9, in fact only 30-40 per cent of young people had accurate knowledge about HIV in 2007.40 In the majority of countries, young people are more likely to be using a modern ... first because they are poor and again because they are young Marginalized young people, including men who have In some countries, persistent inequity has resulted in socially and politically volatile...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 20:20

... and Training in Social Work (CCETSW), the training council then responsible for social work education, 225 infant and child observation training was revitalised in social work education in the ... This included ‘listening’, ‘understanding’, ‘explaining well’ and ‘getting things done’ Second, the process of consultation itself emphasised the need for practitioners to find creative ways to involve ... observation seminar Here students take turns in reading reports of their observations and reflect on the experience of establishing and maintaining an observant stance and on the learning gained as...

Ngày tải lên: 27/05/2014, 07:46

... priorities of HIV/ AIDS Conference coverage Innovative methods to increase public awareness about HIV/ AIDS in developing countries Coverage of government responses Restricted ART access in developing country ... of HIV and to treat those living with HIV/ AIDS This is important since the vast majority of journalists trained by the J2J program come from and work in developing countries in which HIV/ AIDS ... vary, depending on the place and campaign, but that comprehensive mass media programs are valuable in helping to change HIV/ AIDS- related behavior, at least among young people in developing countries...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... surveys in populations at risk of HIV; Durham, North Carolina, Family Health International (2000) HIV case reporting As one part of the HIV surveillance system, HIV in all clinical stages (including ... advanced HIV cases and AIDS) is an ongoing reporting system in many countries including the lowand middle-income countries Since 2006, World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended to replace AIDS ... to capture individual-level information about persons with HIV infection Each person with HIV infection is reported using a single case report form which contains information pertaining only to...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 17:20

... participant talked about maintaining her longstanding belief in bush medicine and using it even after being diagnosed with cancer She explained that a great deal of Aboriginal people were naive about ... dominant society reminding Aboriginal people of their loss of cultural knowledge, access to the traditional healing system, bush medicine and other healing processes repairs some of the damage inflicted ... issue of using traditional healers and bush medicine for cancer during their interviews This paper provides an overview of the use of bush medicine and traditional healing amongst Aboriginal Australians...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21

... problems in developing countries, especially HIV/ AIDS, is strengthening or weakening their stretched and fragmented health systems [3-8] In this paper we examine the case for and against funding AIDS ... continue to increase investment in HIV/ AIDS The targets of universal access to HIV/ AIDS prevention, treatment, and care cannot be reached without increased international investments in many developing ... system, improving the information management capacity of staff [46] Sharing of information among different stakeholders has been observed in Benin [21] In some countries, information sharing among government...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... vegetables, drinking more water, reducing the intake of meat, salt and saturated oils/fats, reducing or eliminating smoking and alcohol intake); exercise (increasing daily physical activity including cardiovascular ... chances of making healthy adjustments increasing with increasing level of education Among males the chances of living healthy increased with increasing level of educational attainment from primary ... trend in healthy lifestyle behaviour among Ghanaian adults in the phase of the “Regenerative Health and Nutrition” health policy Our findings reveal an increase in risky lifestyle behaviour among...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... Medicine; 2009 16 Semigina T: Tracking Global HIV/ AIDS Initiatives and their Impact on the Health System in Ukraine Kyiv: Kyiv Mohyla Academy; 2009 17 International HIV/ AIDS Alliance in Ukraine: ... explained that while intolerance of HIV/ AIDS was widespread, younger people were increasingly open and knowledgeable about HIV/ AIDS, drugs and sexual practices Ukrainian stakeholders also pointed ... outlets in both countries where services included blood sampling for sending to AIDS Centre laboratories for HIV testing, administering antiretroviral drugs; and in some cases distributing needles...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... decentralisation include a lack of supervision and control, little interest (and hence funds) in HIV/ AIDS by some local decision-makers, inequities in service provision, a need for improved information sharing ... political settlement Institutional decentralisation (as in Namibia) is to be carefully considered as the findings point to gaps in capacity (also accountability and coordination) undermining mitigation ... 20 A rethink considering the political economy of the State would lead to more effective and sustainable HIV/ AIDS mitigation strategies in SSA countries For instance, States can act to introduce...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:20