HIV Sero Status Disclosure Among Clients Attending Art Clinics

ISBN-13: 9783639281385 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 72 str.

Bazie Mekonnen Berihun

Opis

The United Nations Population Fund has declared HIV/AIDS is a young peoples disease. Individuals between the ages of 15 and 24 are infected every 14 seconds. Disclosure is an important factor in HIV/AIDS prevention interventions. Disclosure of ones HIV status enables for improved access to prevention and treatment programs provides increased opportunities for risk reduction and helps in planning for the future. This book explores the rates barriers and outcomes of HIV Sero-positive status disclosure in Bahirdar town with an insight to same at the national level.Therefore, the book is vital to provide valuable information for practitioners and experts on the rates, barriers and outcomes of HIV Sero-positive status disclosure in the country in general and in Amhara National Regional State in particular.

O autorze

Bazie Mekonnen Berihun has got his BSC-degree in Nursing from Jimma University, Ethiopia and his MSc-degree from Addis Ababa University. He has been serving in the Teaching Profession for about 8 years. Bazie is currently working at Addis Ababa University School of Nursing and Midwifery as a lecturer, Research Advisor and Clinical Supervisor.