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Topics of Interest In this Issue

Drunk & Drugged Driving Prevention

Universal Human Rights Month
World AIDS Day

           

              

              

                                                                                                  

                                               

             

       

       

        National Allied Health Week, 7—13

 

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· National Marrow Awareness Month

· National Allied Health Week, 7—13

 

 

 

 

 

DECEMBER  QUESTION 

 

What is the age group contributing about half of the new HIV infections in the world annually?

       A. birth-14

       B. 15-24

       C. 25-46

       D. 47-60

      

A prize will be awarded to one person, selected at random, who answers correctly. Email your response to nwosu@etsu.edu by 4:30 pm on December 14.

 

Answer to the November Question: The five countries with the world’s highest prevalence of diabetes are:  India, China, United States, Indonesia, and Pakistan. Source: Global Prevalence of Diabetes

 

     Did You Know?

◦ 40% of designated drivers in a survey of college students admitted to having one or more drinks before climbing behind the wheel.

◦ At least 130 million women have been forced to undergo female genital cutting and another 2 million are at risk every year.

◦ By the end of 2003, AIDS left 15 million children as AIDS orphans (children who had lost one or both parents to AIDS before reaching the age of 18).

◦ In at least 45 states, there are “conscience clauses” on the books giving medical professionals the opportunity to refuse to give patients information about subjects that may be against the professionals beliefs or religion.     

 

 

Health Links on Diversity

Article of the Month

Hall HI, Li J, McKenna M. HIV in Predominately Rural Areas of the United States. The Journal of Rural Health 2005; 21 (5): 245 –253.

Using 2000 HIV/AIDS data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the authors calculated HIV incidence rates for rural areas of the US.  Rates of new HIV diagnoses were lower in rural areas (7.3) than in suburban (8.6) or urban areas (22.7).  The highest HIV rates were observed for the US-Mexico border (21.1/100,000), followed by the Mississippi Delta (17.3), the Southeast region (14.7) and Appalachia (10.4).  Heterosexually acquired HIV was more common in the Southeast Region and the Mississippi Delta than elsewhere.  The Mississippi Delta had the largest percentage of young people 13 – 24, diagnosed (18.4%).  Diagnosis rates for Blacks and Hispanics were higher than for Whites in all regions.  The authors concluded that interventions need to take into account the racial and ethnic composition of the rural communities, the greater contribution of heterosexual contact as a mode of HIV exposure and the younger age of those at increased risk of exposure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

assessed annually for three years.  The research took an ecological approach simultaneously studying multiple individual, family, and community risk and protective factors focused on occurrence of two types of abuse: severe physical assault and assault of child self-esteem. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The listing below represents just a few of the resources available to promote knowledge, awareness and discussions on diversity in health care among ETSU students, faculty and staff.  

 

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