¿Qué papel juega la teoria en la prevención del VIH?
¿qué es la teoría y en qué puede ayudar?
Una teoría describe los factores o las relaciones que influencian la conducta o el ambiente, y sirve de guía para modificar estos últimos. Las teorías empleadas en la prevención provienen de varios campos que incluyen la psicología, sociología y antropología. Las teorías se formalizan por medio de un proceso de comprobación cuidadosa.
What is the role of theory in HIV prevention?
What is theory and how can it help?
A theory describes what factors or relationships influence behavior and/or environment and provides direction on how to impact them. Theories used in HIV prevention are drawn from several disciplines, including psychology, sociology and anthropology.
How Does Mental Health Affect HIV Prevention?
What does mental health have to do with HIV prevention?
A s much as the HIV epidemic has changed over the past 20 years, most reasons for continued high risk behavior have remained very much the same. Some factors that contribute to these behaviors are: loneliness, depression, low self-esteem, sexual compulsivity, sexual abuse, marginalization, lack of power and oppression. These issues do not have quick fixes.
New HIV infections are decreasing among IDUs. This decrease has been related to the practice of injection risk reduction among IDUs such as the use of needle exchange programs where available. However, recent research has found that sexual risk behavior among IDUs may account for more new HIV infections than injection practices.2 We need to know more about the sexual practices of IDUs. To date, most HIV prevention efforts have focused on how HIV negative people can stay negative.
¿Cómo afecta la salud mental en la prevención del VIH?
¿qué tienen que ver la salud mental y la prevención del VIH?
A unque la epidemia del VIH ha cambiado mucho durante los últimos 20 años, poco han cambiado las razones para los comportamientos de alto riesgo. Algunos factores que contribuyen a estos comportamientos son: la soledad, la depresión, la baja autoestima, la compulsividad sexual, el abuso sexual, la marginalización, la falta de poder y la opresión.
¿Cómo pueden colaborar los proveedores de servicio y los investigadores?
¿por qué colaborar?
“La investigación sobre la prevención del VIH-por muy buena que sea-no detiene la infección del VIH.
Heterosexual men are affected by HIV
HIV is a concern for heterosexual men, as almost 14% of new male HIV cases in 2016 occurred among heterosexuals, through sex with a woman (9.5%) and injecting drug use (3.9%). Most of those cases were among Black (63%) and Latino (22%) men, and men living in the Southeast (62%) and Northeast (19%) of the US.[1]
¿Pueden las barreras ayudar en la prevención del VIH?
¿por qué los métodos de barrera?
Los métodos de barrera son relativamente bajos en costo, de fácil acceso y juegan un papel importante en la prevención de embarazos y de Enfermedades de Transmisión Sexual (ETS).
How Can Service Providers and Researchers Collaborate in HIV Prevention?
Why collaborate?
“Research on HIV prevention—no matter how good—does not stop HIV infection. HIV behavioral research can only stop HIV infection when results of the research can be used to make applied programs better.”1 -Jeff Kelly
Everyone working in HIV prevention wants to know that their efforts make a difference towards halting the spread of HIV.
Project Access is a qualitative study of barriers to HIV counseling and testing, and the personal HIV prevention strategies of drug users.
Main Findings:
Drug users’ risk behavior was not directly related to the number of times they had previously tested for HIV.
Personal prevention strategies and HIV testing patterns are shaped by public health messages, institutional practices, and the concrete realities of living and surviving in impoverished communities.
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HIV transmission is disproportionately on the rise among economically poor, African American men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States . Although this trend has been observed for over a decade, prevention efforts have apparently been unable to adequately address the needs of this population.
La escena: San Francisco; la época: 1989. El STOP AIDS Project acaba de cerrar sus puertas porque los cambios generalizados en la conducta de la comunidad gay han originado una marcada reducción en las infecciones de VIH.
An Empowerment HIV Prevention Program for Spanish-Speaking Latino Gay/Bisexual Men
Latino gay/bisexual men in the U.S. have been highly and disproportionately affected by the AIDS epidemic.
¿Qué necesita el hombre heterosexual en la prevención del VIH?
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¿está el hombre heterosexual en riesgo?
Sí. En los EEUU los casos nuevos de SIDA reflejan un incremento en las infecciones por uso de drogas intravenosas (UDI) y por contacto sexual heterosexual.1 El aumento de infecciones en hombres heterosexuales por UDI ha elevado los casos de VIH en las mujeres ya que más mujeres se están infectando al tener sexo con hombres UDI.
Can Barrier Methods Help in HIV Prevention?
Why barrier methods?
Barrier methods are a relatively low-cost, accessible and important part of the pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevention landscape. Barrier methods can be physical or chemical substances which prevent pregnancy and/or block the spread of STDs including HIV. They do not include hormonal contraceptive methods.
What are men who have sex with men’s (MSM) HIV prevention needs?
What do MSM need?
Men who have sex with men (MSM) are not a single homogenous group, but represent a wide variety of people, lifestyles and health needs. From middle class gay men, to homeless runaways, to injection drug users (IDUs) to incarcerated men, MSM have many different identities and associated risks for HIV and other infectious diseases.
There have been many reactions to the release of preliminary data suggesting a significant increase in HIV incidence in San Francisco. Many are alarmed, some are saddened, and more than a few have a great deal of anger. The one reaction nobody has had is surprise. While a few don’t like the numbers and will argue about the analysis of them, there has been little shock that there appears to be a range of 750 – 900 new infections this year.
HIV has spread dramatically in minority communities, with African Americans currently being five times as likely as whites to contract HIV, and the disproportion continues to increase. Historically, few minority investigators have been funded by the NIH. Culturally appropriate measurements and methods are needed to successfully involve respondents and accurately measure their beliefs, values, and behaviors.
