Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a chronic, potentially life-threatening condition caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). By damaging your immune system, HIV interferes with your body's ability to fight infection and disease.
The National AIDS Control Programme (NACP), launched in 1992, is being implemented as a comprehensive programme for prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in India. Over time, the focus has shifted from raising awareness to behavior change, from a national response to a more decentralized response and to increasing involvement of NGOs and networks of PLHIV.
Austin Journal of HIV/AIDS Research is an open access, peer reviewed, scholarly journal dedicated to publish articles in all areas of research in HIV/AIDS. The aim of the journal is to provide a forum for researchers and other health professionals to find most recent advances in the areas of HIV/AIDS research and treatment.
Austin Journal of HIV/AIDS Research covers special areas of virology such as HIV/AIDS diagnosis, early detection, prognosis, epidemiology, transmission, palliative care and large multicentre studies of new therapies.
Austin Journal of HIV/AIDS Research accepts original research articles, review articles, case reports, clinical images and rapid communication on all the aspects of diagnosis and treatments of HIV/AIDS.
These slides give an overview of public health and the role of local public health departments in keeping people healthy, presents housing, health and some of the vulnerable populations who are the primary focus of our work, and shows the Healthy Chicago Public Health Agenda - the blueprint for our work at the Chicago Department of Public Health. Lastly, it highlights some of our work and accomplishments with vulnerable groups.
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a chronic, potentially life-threatening condition caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). By damaging your immune system, HIV interferes with your body's ability to fight infection and disease.
The National AIDS Control Programme (NACP), launched in 1992, is being implemented as a comprehensive programme for prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in India. Over time, the focus has shifted from raising awareness to behavior change, from a national response to a more decentralized response and to increasing involvement of NGOs and networks of PLHIV.
Austin Journal of HIV/AIDS Research is an open access, peer reviewed, scholarly journal dedicated to publish articles in all areas of research in HIV/AIDS. The aim of the journal is to provide a forum for researchers and other health professionals to find most recent advances in the areas of HIV/AIDS research and treatment.
Austin Journal of HIV/AIDS Research covers special areas of virology such as HIV/AIDS diagnosis, early detection, prognosis, epidemiology, transmission, palliative care and large multicentre studies of new therapies.
Austin Journal of HIV/AIDS Research accepts original research articles, review articles, case reports, clinical images and rapid communication on all the aspects of diagnosis and treatments of HIV/AIDS.
These slides give an overview of public health and the role of local public health departments in keeping people healthy, presents housing, health and some of the vulnerable populations who are the primary focus of our work, and shows the Healthy Chicago Public Health Agenda - the blueprint for our work at the Chicago Department of Public Health. Lastly, it highlights some of our work and accomplishments with vulnerable groups.
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The perceptions of health workers on the effectiveness of HIV Prevention Programmes for MSM in Jamaica
May 2013
Abstract
The Jamaican Ministry of Health (MOH) has framed a policy and strategy that allows for sexual health promotion and HIV prevention programmes to be conducted for men who have sex with men (MSM), despite an enforced legal framework which makes it illegal to participate in anal sex. The population of Jamaica’s MSM accounts for the highest HIV prevalence rate on the island. While the National HIV/ STI Programme conducts a government-run programme, a significant portion of the work is conducted by local and internationally funded non-government organizations (NGO). This study seeks to explore the efficiency of these HIV/AIDS prevention programmes from the experiences and perspectives of the health care workers involved in their implementation. It will utilize qualitative research methodology of a descriptive cross-sectional design. The procedure will involve the use of interviews. These will be conducted with health workers in MSM programmes from NGOs and the Jamaica National HIV/STI Programme. It is expected that the results may indicate a view of success with many programmes, with limitations being attributed to the societal and legal framework within which they work. It may also show disparities between government and locally ran programmes conducted by NGOs. The results of this study will be shared and made available to public libraries, the government of Jamaica and other stakeholders working to alleviate the impact of HIV and AIDS in Jamaica and the world. *
Keywords: HIV/AIDS, health promotion and HIV prevention, men who have sex with men (MSM), Jamaica, sexual health, gay men, other MSM and transgender individuals (GMT).Table of Contents
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Conclusion
Reflection
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Appendix Consent
Appendix Draft Interview
Glossary
Privacy Statement
1. Introduction
This study explores the effectiveness of the HIV and AIDS response within the target population of MSM in Jamaica. It investigates, the views and perspectives of the health workers who carry out or implement these programmes.
Thanks to science, the ability to treat and care for persons living with HIV (PLHIV) and AIDS has grown exponentially. Individuals are defying their prognoses and are living with HIV and AIDS for record number of years than they did when the virus was first discovered. Gay, bisexual, transgendered and other men who have sex with men but may not identify as gay, are disproportionately affected by sexually transmitted infections like HIV (MOH, 2011a). For the purpose of this research the term MSM will be defined and utilized as the public health terminology to capture the target audience of all males who have sex with males.
For the purpose of this research.
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