men s roles and responsibilities

... analysis is a necessary component to understanding globalization is not to say that such analysis is by itself sufficient This is because macro analysis is best suited for locating global trends, ... quantitative analysis in order for us to understand many of its large-scale processes and as a means to help explain how these transform issues of global cohabitation Nevertheless, to say that macro-level ... of transactional sex as an appropriate means to satisfy material desires As one female participant suggested, ‘it doesn’t matter if he s sick as long as he satisfies your needs for money and alcohol,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... Gayle, MD, has no significant financial interests or relationships to disclose Craig McClure has no significant financial interests or relationships to disclose Craig Sterritt has no significant financial ... PhD, has disclosed that he has received grants for clinical research from GlaxoSmithKline and Bristol-Myers Squibb Joep M A Lange, MD, has disclosed that he has received grants for clinical research ... interests or relationships to disclose Publish with Bio Med Central and every scientist can read your work free of charge "BioMed Central will be the most significant development for disseminating...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... an AIDS-defining illness This observation was anticipated because AIDS-related illnesses are, by definition, associated with decreased immune response and thus lower CD4 counts.[19,20] Similarly, ... predominantly affects injecting drug users (IDU) and men who have sex with men (MSM);[7-10] however, more recently, heterosexual transmission has become the fastest growing transmission group.[7] ... has disclosed no relevant financial relationships References This work was partially funded by a grant from the University of Buenos Aires (M014) Authors and Disclosures Carlos Zala, MD, has...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... professional embarrassment and fear of colleagues’ and patients’ judgements Conclusions While care is available and relatively accessible, Swaziland health workers still face unique usage barriers ... Interventions that target health workers should address these issues Background The HIV pandemic does not spare health workers In some areas particularly hit hard by AIDS, such as Zambia s Lusaka and Kasama ... unavailability of ARVs Access appeared most difficult in health clinics (see Figure 2) and government facilities (see Figure 3) Nurses and nurse assistants expressed more difficulty obtaining access than technicians,...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... HIV/AIDS were now in transit to more psychological manifestations such as stress and depression The symptoms noted in this study, including the terms used for AIDS and people with AIDS, were essentially ... students Focus groups were allowed to discuss various local names and symptoms that people in their communities associated with HIV/AIDS The discussions were led by the researchers The two standard ... body sores, impaired vision, loss of appetite, persistent cough, whooping cough, low CD4 count, have STDs most times, pimples around body, skin rashes, swollen glands, swollen skin, syphilis, gonorrhoea,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21

... economy and society • Although a state usually functions to preserve existing economic and class structures, it nonetheless has its own distinct interests vis-à-vis the dominant class(es) • States ... nature and extent of homelessness in Ireland and see what insight Marxist analyses provide to our understanding of the existence of homelessness in a wealthy society such as Ireland, and competing ... government since the early 198 0s in most Western European states and that the state is most definitely not neutral The effect of this is that on some grand economic issues the state and business...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 20:20

... and reinforces positive social values Is based on analysis of learners’ needs and a broader situation assessment Has training and continuous support of teachers and other service providers Uses ... discuss issues with young people An evaluation of the program has shown that the majority of adolescents have access to and read the newspapers and listen to the radio shows, and this is raising ... allows them to become more assertive and to take responsibility for personal and community-wide actions How to sustain more assertive behavior is also discussed Young and older women s The process...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 15:20

... years The diabetic patients were chosen as the comparison group because diabetes mellitus, like schizophrenia, runs a chronic course and requires specialist attention Assessment A modified version ... of their schizophrenic patients did not use condoms It is worth mentioning that other risk groups, such as men who have sex with men and those who use intravenous psychoactive substances, reported ... MBBS, DPM, FMCPsych, FWACP, FRCPsych, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships References 10 11 12 13 14 In conclusion, this study has shown that special risk groups, such as persons...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... different ways: some have used UPDRS scores as the basis for measuring disease progression, whilst others have used the Hoehn and Yahr scale The majority of cost-effectiveness models (across all therapeutic ... neurodegenerative diseases, such as, Parkinson s and Alzheimer s diseases In Chapter the authors review and describe the use of organotypic cultures as a model to study molecular mechanisms of PD as well as the ... reflects the true natural history of the disease and incorporates its key aspects makes the process of assigning costs much simpler Some examples of costs which should be included in a costeffectiveness...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 19:20

... includes owners of small businesses, or small traders, (e.g bakeries, butchers, dressmakers, hairdressers, store, etc.), semi-salaried with regular income from commissions from sales (e.g cosmetics ... transmission pose serious consequences for female PLWHA as well as undermine the success of vertical transmission programmes so far achieved (Csete et al., 2009) The participants’ coping strategies ... differences are shown at the diagnostic and during illness phases At the diagnostic phase, some women in this study were diagnosed as part of routine blood tests at pregnancy This led to women discovering...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 03:20

... illness status and delay social exclusion as they are still living healthy and productive lives with no visible signs of illness However, regardless of whether or not a patient 's illness is visible, ... body, causing confusion and dizziness ('Siriporn') In this sense drug users were seen as bringing sickness upon themselves leading to self-exclusion from reciprocal social and moral obligations In ... Because, we [nurses] think that drugs are bad and stigmatise those who still take it The level of honesty and openness of the view expressed was interesting within a culture that emphasises the saving...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:20

... the Intervention and Policy Assessment is designed to assess existing interventions and policy responses aimed at reducing drug use and its consequences while allowing the assessment team to examine ... doctors, psychologists, social workers, and nurses It also carries out the expert assessment of substance use disorders for local road police and the criminal justice system and provides educational ... financial resources and a short time frame, we directed our focus to three areas of the IDU-RAR when assessing the IDU situation: Contextual Assessment, Drug Use Assessment, and Intervention and Policy...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 20:20

... teaching status (c-statistic = 0.79) ICU admission rates between those with SS and HIV/AIDS and those with SS and metastatic cancer When compared with those with SS and HIV/AIDS only, those with SS and ... patients with SS and HIV/AIDS versus patients with SS but without HIV/AIDS Thus, the purpose of this study was two-fold: to examine patterns of care and outcomes for patients with SS and HIV/AIDS; and ... assess differences in patterns of care and outcomes for those with SS and HIV/AIDS versus those with SS without HIV/ AIDS ovascular disease (old myocardial infarction, peripheral vascular disease,...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 22:22

... as well as supervision and implementation at district and facility levels Reach a consensus on the methodology, the tools, and the steps needed for the rapid assessments Describe the health services ... ministry(ies) Mobilize resources based on the identified priorities and stakeholder commitments in Step Maintain ongoing support and relationships and conduct regular progress assessments with national ... appropriate social and psychological counseling and support addressing adherence, disclosure and grief - TB prevention, diagnosis and treatment - Pain and other distressing symptom management - Opportunistic...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20

... developing programmes and policies for HIV-positive women i) Systemic Issues: Access and Resources This issue of access was alluded to several times, perhaps most strongly emphasized in regard to ... this report imply myriad gaps in SRH services and policies for HIV-positive women These include systemic problems such as access, as well as specific gaps in service content and in human rights ... doctor, it is useless to take the meds because the virus at this stage takes its course, which is painful and embarrassing Taking the medication as soon as the symptoms appear stops the development...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 10:20

... specialists and doctors; • Nursing professionals and other nursing staff; • Other health professionals such as social workers and physiotherapists; • Non-professional health workers such as ward ... a sample to obtain a nation-wide representative sample of medical professionals i.e specialists and doctors, nursing professionals and other nursing staff, other health professionals such as social ... hospitals, and to expand the sample across hospitals and clinics of all sizes Tables and show the allocation of public and private hospitals to the provinces as well as the number of interviews...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 10:20

... stigma and discrimination were found to be associated with not disclosing HIV status to sex partners, and nondisclosure was closely associated with HIV transmission risk behaviours Internalised ... the progress and achievements as well as the challenges and lessons learnt from experiences of conducting multicountry intervention research on complex issues such as stigma and HIV riskbehaviour ... individuals and households is paramount to all our solutions; • effective partnerships among stakeholders is a prerequisite for any successful strategy; • socio-economic needs ought to be addressed as...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 23:20

... necessarily result in actual or sustained loss of land tenure status There was little or no evidence of distress sales of land as a direct consequence of HIV/AIDS and far fewer examples of dispossession ... costs of HIV/AIDS, but to caution against focusing only on HIV/AIDS as a threat to tenure security or to assume a mono-causal link between the onset of HIV/AIDS and land loss and dispossession ... ©HSRC 2004 The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Land Rights outright landlessness, as well as loss of productive land to residential use, are on the increase (Interviews, District Commissioner and District...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 04:20

... Province SA South Africa SAHA Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Health SAMM Surveys, Analyses, Modelling & Mapping SAS Survey Analysis Software SD Standard deviation SSU Secondary sampling unit ETAPSUD ... cornerstone of national HIV/AIDS campaigns and when respondents were asked which HIV/AIDS slogans or messages they recalled, condom use messages were the most prominent ‘AIDS kills’ was also mentioned ... households in South Africa excluding persons in so-called special institutions (e.g hospitals, military camps, old age homes, schools and university hostels) Figure provides a graphical representation...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:20