Strategies in Caring for HIV AIDS Patients

Health Services for Vulnerable Population

Beyrer, C., Malinowska-Sempruch, K., Kamarulzaman, A., & Strathdee, S. A. (2010). 12 Myths About HIV / AIDS And People Who Use Drugs. Lancet, 376(9737), 208-211. Doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61005-7

This article explores on the misconceptions that have rocked the existence of the phenomena in HIV and ADIs in many parts of the world. The article looks at different interpretations people have on HIV and AIDs, with the outcome or the decisions these people take like using certain drugs based on their stereotypical understanding. The authors of the article have noted that the misconceptions include the statements that HIV and AIDs people who make use of drugs and not compliant in that they have a negative response to the antiretroviral drugs just like those who do not have the disease (Beyrer et al. 2010). Further, the article claims that these people have a very poor rate of retention of the drugs in their bodies, and they just suffer in the same way those who are positive suffer even without using the drugs. Some of the other myths that have been mentioned in the article include that those who use drugs belief that they are not at any risk of acquiring further infection unlike if they did not use drugs. Moreover, the authors claim that some of the possible transmission ways like sharing of needles do not exactly lead to one acquiring HIV and AIDs.

The article is succinct in its presentation. The authors have used survey research, which has elicited practical data. The source has also incorporated different other research studies that have been done earlier in life. It has incorporated an equitable understanding of the need to carry out a deep ethnographic study as a way of realizing the best from the study. The study has not indicated any level of bias and prejudice in its conclusions. Moreover, it has involved a diversified analysis of the results to derive the best conclusions. The source made me realize the existence of the many stereotypes and myths that are affecting many people living with HIV and AIDs. One wonder in this article is the way in which some things completely defy the comprehensively known ways that lead to the acquisition of HIV and AIDs like sharing of needles.

Chepngeno-Langat, G., Falkingham, J. C., Madise, N. J., & Evandrou, M. (2012). Concern about HIV and AIDS among Older People in the Slums of Nairobi, Kenya. Risk Analysis: An International Journal, 32(9), 1512-1523. doi:10.1111/j.1539-6924.2011.01765.x

The peer-reviewed article identifies the difficult conditions in which elderly people are living with HIV and AIDS in the slums of Kenya face. The article explores on the social networks together with individual experiences that affect the perceptions of HIV and AIDS (Chepngeno et al. 2012). The study has undertaken a survey study on 50 years and above elderly people. The results of the study indicate that there is need to consider the desperate conditions these people live in and strive towards the realization of equity in the handling of cases involving people with HIV and AIDS. The article concludes by mentioning on the high levels of personal vulnerability of the people with HIV and AIDS and the infection that is likely to increase with these conditions.

The article has involved an in-depth study and methodology, coupled with a research design that suits the topic under study. The authors are authentic in their procedures of the study, revealing every necessary step needed to realize the best of the conditions for study. After reading the article, I am informed of the difficult conditions that the elderly people living with HIV and AIDS face in the slums, making them even vulnerable to the infections and poor health conditions that will increase their safety. One wonder the article has expressed is the inhumane conditions that people are living with HIV and AIDS are facing in most slums, without the knowledge of many people.

Surgevil, O., & Akyol, E. M. (2011). Discrimination against People Living With HIV / AIDS in the Workplace: Turkey Context. Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, 30(6), 463-481. Doi:10.1108/02610151111157693