What are the individual and societal consequences of offering regular, routine HIV testing? What values underlie...
- What are the individual and societal consequences of offering regular, routine HIV testing? What values underlie the arguments for and against this proposal?
- Discuss the social approach to mental health. Do you agree with this approach? Why?
- What are risk factors that could lead to developing coronary heart disease? Do you believe that you engage in any of these risk factors that could put you at a higher risk for developing coronary heart disease?
Homework Answers
HIV -- Human Immunodeficiency Virus spreads through blood,exchange of bodily fliuds.And after sometime it may leads to AIDS.
Most of the people are unaware that they are infected with the virus.
Discrimination and stigma are the reason where individuals are the reason for not undergoing routine testing for the virus.People are showing discrimination towards people who are tested positive and they are not interacting with the affected people.
Arguments which are encouraged this proposal are saying that this will decrease the transmotrans of the disease to others if they know that their partner is affected.And testing will increase awareness among people.
Arguments aganist this proposal include that it may cost a lot to people who are not able to test for it.And if the test result is false it may cause the people to find false hope.And it may cause coercion between partners.
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