HIV-affected community

The affected community (also known as the HIV-affected community) is composed of people who are living with HIV and AIDS, plus individuals whose lives are directly influenced by HIV infection.[1][2] This originally was defined as young to middle aged adults who associate with being gay or bisexual men, and or injection drug users. Research has shown that people more at risk for HIV are part of disenfranchised and inner city populations as drug use and sexually transmitted diseases(STDs) are more prevalent.[3][4] People with mental illnesses that inhibit making decisions or overlook sexual tendencies are especially at risk for contracting HIV.[3]

Community prevention

Originally, contracting the HIV infection meant the result was almost certainly fatal. As of 2019 there is still no cure for HIV/AIDS, but a combination of continual therapy and medicine can allow the infected to have a longer life while also potentially preventing transmission.[5] Nonetheless, the HIV-affected community steadily grows due to not only unsafe sex, but also due to the lack of information on the disease. This has led to a growth in increased HIV prevention efforts being implemented everywhere, especially the susceptible areas of the world.[3][5] One example of this would be clinical trials, which happen to be very fast when it comes to HIV cases due to the urgency placed behind it.[5] There have also been HIV preventive groups implemented for communities where anyone who has been affected by HIV can help make efforts towards ending it.[6]

References
  1. Why Some With HIV Are Healthier
  2. Practice for the Real World Serving the HIV Infected and Affected Community
  3. Otto-Salaj, Laura L.; Kelly, Jeffrey A.; Stevenson, L. Yvonne (1998). "Implementing cognitive-behavioral AIDS/HIV risk reduction group interventions in community mental health settings that serve people with serious mental illness". Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. 21 (4): 394–404. doi:10.1037/h0095283. ISSN 1559-3126.
  4. Kelly, Jeffrey A.; Murphy, Debra A.; Sikkema, Kathleen J.; Kalichman, Seth C. (1993). "Psychological interventions to prevent HIV infection are urgently needed: New priorities for behavioral research in the second decade of AIDS". American Psychologist. 48 (10): 1023–1034. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.48.10.1023. ISSN 1935-990X.
  5. Volberding, P. (2011-11-01). "The impact of HIV research on health outcome and healthcare policy". Annals of Oncology. 22 (Suppl 7): vii50–vii53. doi:10.1093/annonc/mdr426. ISSN 0923-7534. PMID 22039146.
  6. Quantitative evaluation of HIV prevention programs. Kaplan, Edward Harris., Brookmeyer, Ron., SIAM Institute for Mathematics and Society. New Haven: Yale University Press. 2002. ISBN 9780300128222. OCLC 236345944.CS1 maint: others (link)

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