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Women and Girls HIV-AIDS Day:
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Spotlight On
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TB & Cultural Competency
What does a
young nurse at a TB clinic do when the patient, an elderly
Cantonese speaking man, refuses to believe he is ill, continues
going to work, refuses to comply with the agreed on treatment
plan, and suffers from many other untreated health problems?
Read about how she worked with the patient and his family to a
successful outcome.
We are going to go through this together, Qiong Pan, BSN, RN
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Tuberculosis Awareness
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Colorectal Cancer Awareness |
Why are southeastern states particularly concerned about
racial disparities in tuberculosis? How does the
HALT program in Georgia
focus on TB treatment?
Care for the TB patient requires educating the patient,
family, and others they come in contact with. Do you need
multi-media resources for a training session? Print materials
for the family? Help with translation?
TB
& Cultural Competence Sub-committee Resource List
Is vitamin D responsible for the disparity in TB seen among
dark skinned people?
The sunshine cure
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Access to screening and to care are
reflected in colon cancer disparities:
African -Americans With Colorectal Cancer Have Poorer Outcomes,
Lower Survival Rates
Why talk about lack of screening without
mentioning lack of health insurance coverage:
The
facts Hispanics need to know about colon cancer
Interactive primer on
Cancer Risk- Understanding the Puzzle
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Article of the Month |
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Peacock D, Stemple L, Sawires S, and Coates TJ. Men, HIV/AIDS,
and Human Rights. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome, 51; Supplement 3, 2009 accessed at www.jaids.com |
This article documents the evidence base demonstrating
that carefully crafted initiatives targeting men can change
social practices that affect the health of both sexes,
particularly in the context of HIV-AIDS. Messages
that only focus on the harm done to women by patriarchial,
violent, masculine behavior may be ineffective by defining men
as the problem.
More effective strategies recognize that men with
"traditional" views of masculinity are also disadvantaged in
terms of health and life expectancy. Examples are considered
from research on health outcomes related to male violence and
risk-taking behavior. Many effective strategies are
described for programs that serve men as clients, involve men in
improving women's health, and/or work directly with men and boys
to promote a positive shift away from regressive gender
attitudes and behaviors. Successful initiatives are "Men
Make a Difference" (United Nations), the Family violence
Prevention fund's Coaching Boys into Men Campaign, Instituto
Promundo's Programmme H Alliance in Latin America, Men's Action
to Stop violence Against Women in India, and others. In addition to
such local and national initiatives, advocacy efforts must hold
governments accountable for their human rights commitments.
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Did You Know? |
- HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of
death for African American women aged 25 to 34.
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- There is a popular saying
in many Hispanic communities that colon cancer is a man's
disease despite the fact that colon cancer does not
discriminate by gender.
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- Current clinical trials are
testing effect of vitamin D supplementation on TB
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- 1 in 83 eight year olds is
designated as having intellectual disability as defined by
an IQ of 70 or below
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