How To Find Information About Aids

Author : Virginia A Lingle,M Sandra Wood,Jeffrey T Huber
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-16
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781134732852

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How to Find Information About AIDS by Virginia A Lingle,M Sandra Wood,Jeffrey T Huber Pdf

If you have ever attempted to research the AIDS epidemic or the HIV virus, you have discovered the overwhelming array of information sources. How do you know which information is the most accurate and most current? This second edition contains a directory of sources and resources in the AIDS information arena, designed to make it easy for anyone to find information on AIDS. Important Topics Covered: Organizations--includes AIDS service organizations, community-based organizations, and organizations operating at the local, regional, state, and national level Health Departments--identifies state offices, including the District of Columbia, that provide AIDS-related information or that can refer individuals to the appropriate organization Research Institutions, Grant Funding Sources, Education and Training Centers, and Federal Agencies Hotlines--both local and national Electronic Sources of Information--includes specific journals, bibliographies, and monographs Audiovisual Producers--covers producers of audiovisuals concerning AIDS The organization of the directory and the indexes, arranged geographically as well as alphabetically, are compelling features of this timely book. How to Find Information About AIDS, Second Edition is a valuable addition to the reference collection of librarians, counselors, school teachers, AIDS organization administrators, and medical personnel.

Author : Institute of Medicine,Committee to Study HIV Transmission Through Blood and Blood Products
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1995-10-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309053297

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HIV and the Blood Supply by Institute of Medicine,Committee to Study HIV Transmission Through Blood and Blood Products Pdf

During the early years of the AIDS epidemic, thousands of Americans became infected with HIV through the nation's blood supply. Because little reliable information existed at the time AIDS first began showing up in hemophiliacs and in others who had received transfusions, experts disagreed about whether blood and blood products could transmit the disease. During this period of great uncertainty, decision-making regarding the blood supply became increasingly difficult and fraught with risk. This volume provides a balanced inquiry into the blood safety controversy, which involves private sexual practices, personal tragedy for the victims of HIV/AIDS, and public confidence in America's blood services system. The book focuses on critical decisions as information about the danger to the blood supply emerged. The committee draws conclusions about what was doneâ€"and recommends what should be done to produce better outcomes in the face of future threats to blood safety. The committee frames its analysis around four critical area: Product treatmentâ€"Could effective methods for inactivating HIV in blood have been introduced sooner? Donor screening and referralâ€"including a review of screening to exlude high-risk individuals. Regulations and recall of contaminated bloodâ€"analyzing decisions by federal agencies and the private sector. Risk communicationâ€"examining whether infections could have been averted by better communication of the risks.

Author : S. Kartikeyan,R.N. Bharmal,R.P. Tiwari,P.S. Bisen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781402057892

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HIV and AIDS: by S. Kartikeyan,R.N. Bharmal,R.P. Tiwari,P.S. Bisen Pdf

HIV and Aids: Basic Elements and Priorities is a concise collection of all aspects of this disease and a source of readily available knowledge. It examines all currently advocated preventive measures such as health education, condom use, safer sex practices, and treatment of sexually transmitted infections. Coverage details strategies for prevention and control as well as the latest global information about HIV/AIDS.

Author : Jeffrey Huber
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000447897

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HIV/AIDS Internet Information Sources and Resources by Jeffrey Huber Pdf

HIV and AIDS information on the Internet can be very overwhelming. HIV/AIDS Internet Information Sources and Resources organizes the information on the Internet about HIV and AIDS so you don?t have to. Don?t allow access to the most up-to-date HIV and AIDS-related Web sites be an impossible challenge! With HIV/AIDS Internet Information Sources and Resources, you?ll know where to go to educate yourself and those you care about in an effort to stop the spread of this disease.HIV/AIDS Internet Information Sources and Resources is guaranteed to help you find the best Web sites to answer questions you may have regarding HIV and AIDS. Even if what you are searching for isn?t in the main recommended Web sites, you?ll be directed to discussion and support destinations tailored to suit your needs. HIV/AIDS Internet Information Sources and Resources reviews, evaluates, and categorizes all HIV and AIDS related Web sites according to who designed the Web site, the type of information within the Web site, and the Web site target audience. You?ll find the details of the best HIV/ AIDS information about: women, children, adolescents and minorities websites created by organizations such as the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) news sites general HIV and AIDS sites, a profile of HIV insite drug therapy sites, including one for alternative medicine medical management and Internet library resourcesSome newer Web sites use unusual terminology you may have never heard before. HIV/AIDS Internet Information Sources and Resources clarifies this new language so you?ll understand exactly what is meant. You?ll never have to waste your time reading scattered articles about HIV and AIDS information on the Internet after buying your own copy of HIV/AIDS Internet Information Sources and Resources.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : AIDS (Disease)
ISBN : IND:30000110390758

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Neurological Complications of AIDS by Anonim Pdf

Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789241548373

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Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children by World Health Organization Pdf

The Pocket Book is for use by doctors nurses and other health workers who are responsible for the care of young children at the first level referral hospitals. This second edition is based on evidence from several WHO updated and published clinical guidelines. It is for use in both inpatient and outpatient care in small hospitals with basic laboratory facilities and essential medicines. In some settings these guidelines can be used in any facilities where sick children are admitted for inpatient care. The Pocket Book is one of a series of documents and tools that support the Integrated Managem.

Author : Herbert W. Hethcote,James W. Van Ark
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783642514777

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Modeling HIV Transmission and AIDS in the United States by Herbert W. Hethcote,James W. Van Ark Pdf

The disease that came to be called acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) was first identified in the summer of 1981. By that time, nearly 100,000 persons in the United States may have been infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). By the time the routes of transmission were clearly identified and HIV was established as the cause of AIDS in 1983, over 300,000 people may have been infected. That number has continued to increase, with approximately 1,000,000 Americans believed to be infected in 1991. The epidemic is of great public health concern because HlV is infectious, causes severe morbidity and death in most if not all of those infected, and often occurs in relatively young persons. In addition, the cost of medical care for a person with HIV disease is high, and the medical care needs of HIV-infected persons place a severe burden on the medical care systems in many areas. Understanding and controlling the HIV epidemic is a particularly difficult challenge. The long and variable period between HIV infection and clinical disease makes it difficult both to forecast the future magnitude of the epidemic, which is important for health care planning, and to estimate the number infected in the last several years, which is important for monitoring the current status of the epidemic.

Author : W. David Hardy
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780190936044

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Fundamentals of HIV Medicine 2019 by W. David Hardy Pdf

The essential work in HIV for providers and pharmacists, updated for 2019 Includes CME access code for 2019 AAHIVS, AAHIVE, or AAHIVP accreditation! Assembled by the leading educational organization in HIV medicine, AAHIVM's Fundamentals of HIV Medicine 2019 is an end-to-end clinical resource for the treatment of individuals with HIV/AIDS. It offers state-of-the-art continuing education for physicians, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, and other professionals working in the care of HIV patients. Along with updates to the classic domains of HIV medicine, this new edition features expanded coverage of emerging topics, including: behavioral and therapeutic interventions to HIV prevention; updates on the pursuit of a cure; new DHHS and IAS guidelines and their clinical implications; and the myriad issues around aging with HIV. Embodying the American Academy of HIV Medicine's commitment to excellence in the care of seropositive patients, Fundamentals of HIV Medicine 2019 is a must-have for health professionals across HIV care, treatment, and prevention. Note: This edition includes a login for online CME questions and accreditation

Author : Jacques Pépin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108487498

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The Origins of AIDS by Jacques Pépin Pdf

An updated edition of Jacques Pépin's acclaimed account of the events that transformed a chimpanzee virus into a global pandemic.

Author : Christine Grady
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1995-05-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0253112729

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The Search for an AIDS Vaccine by Christine Grady Pdf

"The book is a balanced and comprehensive treatment of an important social issue. It is accessible to the general reader and belongs in public as well as academic libraries." -- Religious Studies Review "Painstaking analysis of the knotty ethical problems involved in human-subjects research, and a well-thought-out proposal for a community approach to conducting field trials for an HIV vaccine.... Highly recommended for medical ethicists and anyone concerned about the AIDS epidemic and how HIV research is conducted."Â -- Kirkus Reviews "... a carefully reasoned account of how research for and trial of a preventive vaccine differ from the methods used to discover a therapy."Â -- Booklist "I highly recommend reading this book which I would attest to be a thrilling, ethically challenging, and informative descent into the allopathic solution." -- Ryan Hosken, Bastyr University Library Newsletter "As the scientific effort to produce an efficacious vaccine continues, [Grady's] work provides an ethical compass that will guide us well, regardless of where phase III HIV vaccine trials ultimately occur." -- Journal of the American Medical Association "Highly recommended... " -- AIDS Book Review Journal "A remarkable treatment of a most difficult and complex subject... Grady's book is of special merit because it is simple, readable, and understandable, while conveying in-depth perceptions that are critical to the reader. A useful and essential reference work for those who would engage in the initiative to bring about a resolution of a mighty human health problem." -- Maurice R. Hilleman, Ph.D., D.Sc., Director, Merck Institute for Therapeutic Research "Dr. Grady's important study captures the complexity of the search for an AIDS vaccine with startling clarity. Her insights into the full range of forces that shape our national response to AIDS vaccine development should read like signposts to vaccinologists, AIDS community activists, and most importantly, the Public Health Service. An impressive contribution." -- Derek Hodel, Gay Men's Health Crisis "This book is recommended to medical ethicists, those involved in non-HIV vaccine trials, and all persons involved in HIV vaccine trials, including investigators, sponsors, study subjects and communities at risk." -- Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law The creation of a vaccine now seems the best hope for controlling AIDS. Yet developing and testing an HIV vaccine raises a host of difficult ethical issues. These concerns are the focus of this timely and important book. Essential reading for everyone interested in ethics and the conduct of HIV vaccine research.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1854483692

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HIV + AIDS by Anonim Pdf

Author : James A. Bourgeois,Mary Ann Adler Cohen,Getrude Makurumidze
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 591 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-18
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030806651

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HIV Psychiatry by James A. Bourgeois,Mary Ann Adler Cohen,Getrude Makurumidze Pdf

This book is a practical guide in understanding how to prevent HIV transmission, to recognize risk behaviors, and to add something else to their repertoires. It aims to empower clinicians and provide a sense of security and competence with the recognition and understanding of some of the psychiatric illnesses that complicate and perpetuate the HIV pandemic that continue to persist throughout every area of the world despite the magnitude of the progress that has transformed the illness from a rapidly fatal to chronic illness that is no longer life-limiting. Missing in most of the literature on HIV is the subtle, and sometimes not so subtle, contribution of psychiatric symptoms, psychiatric illness, and risk behaviors that drive the pandemic and serve as catalysts for new infections. This practical guide provides state-of-the-art understanding of not only prevention but also a way to recognize risk behaviors, psychiatric symptoms, and psychiatric illnesses that will demystify and decode the sometimes enigmatic and frustrating reasons for nonadherence with diagnostic procedures and life-saving treatments and care. All behaviors and pathology are covered as well as the resources and treatments available. The goal of this text is to refresh knowledge on the current state of psychiatric illness management among people living with HIV, to provide a concise volume on the psychiatric aspects of HIV prevention and treatment that substantially impact the overall care of the patient, and to help understand the psychiatric catalysts of the pandemic Written by experts in the field, HIV Psychiatry: A Practical Guide for Clinicians provides enduring guidance to medical and other professionals caring for complicated clinical patients as they face ongoing challenges in working with persons with HIV and AIDS.

Author : Alan Whiteside OBE
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008-01-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780191578182

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HIV/AIDS: A Very Short Introduction by Alan Whiteside OBE Pdf

HIV/AIDS is without doubt the worst epidemic to hit humankind since the Black Death. The first case was identified in 1981; by 2004 it was estimated that about 40 million people were living with the disease, and about 20 million had died. Despite rapid scientific advances there is still no cure and the drugs are expensive and toxic. Because of controversies and taboos surrounding safe drug usage and prostitution, the numbers of people infected continues to rise. However, it is in the developing world and especially parts of Africa that the real catastrophe is unfolding. In some of the worst affected countries life expectancy has plummeted to below 35 years, which has led to a serious decline in economic growth, a sharp rise in orphaning, and the imminent collapse of health care systems. The news is not all bleak though. There have been unprecedented breakthroughs in understanding diseases and developing drugs. Because the disease is so closely linked to sexual activity and drug use, the need to understand and change behaviour has caused us to reassess what it means to be human and how we should operate in the globalising world. This Very Short Introduction provides an introduction to the disease, tackling the science, the international and local politics, the fascinating demographics, and the devastating consequences of the disease, and explores how we have — and must — respond. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : Jeffrey T. Huber
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : AIDS (Disease)
ISBN : 091839399X

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How to Find Information about AIDS by Jeffrey T. Huber Pdf

The second edition to How to Find Information About AIDS contains a directory of sources and resources in the AIDS arena, designed to make it easy for anyone to find information on AIDS. It includes references to organizations, hotlines, research agencies, federal grant programs, and much more.

Author : M Sandra Wood,Jeffrey T Huber
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781317951001

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HIV/AIDS Community Information Services by M Sandra Wood,Jeffrey T Huber Pdf

Information forms the basis for education, and currently education is the only weapon available to stem the spread of HIV/AIDS and to foster empathy toward individuals already affected by the disease. HIV/AIDS and Community Information Services provides readers with insight into the information construct within the AIDS arena and how that construct affects the provision of information services to the HIV/AIDS affected population. It will serve as an irreplaceable reference as the number of individuals with AIDS increases, creating a greater demand for information and making that information increasingly difficult to provide. While directories exist to assist with practical approaches to accessing HIV/AIDS-related information, none had served as a comprehensive resource concerning the nature of that information or the provision of information services. HIV/AIDS Community Information Services fills that void. It fosters the enlightenment of the general public concerning the true nature of HIV/AIDS, guides readers in providing information services--both educational and recreational--to individuals affected by HIV/AIDS, and encourages the dissemination of instructional materials to those individuals at risk for infection. In doing so, contributors provide readers with information about: the relationship between AIDS and the body of information concerning the disease the complex nature of HIV/AIDS-related information available HIV/AIDS information services information as a means for empowerment suggestions for future programs, potential collaboration efforts, and innovative services An essential guide for information professionals, librarians, health educators, counselors, members of community-based AIDS service organizations, and individuals affected by HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS Community Information Services foster the creation, accession, collection, organization, dissemination, and sharing of information concerning the HIV/AIDS epidemic and promotes the provision of services to individuals already affected by HIV/AIDS.