My HIV course is still going full speed ahead. We are doing this project this week were we are taking M&Ms to simulate taking HIV medication, so we are taking M&Ms every so often throughout the day and to be honest I am tired of M&Ms. I use to like them until now. Otherwise I am doing ok in the class I am still learning a lot and the work is finally starting to get a little easier. Only a month or so left :).
Did You Know???
I looked up an article entitled Is there discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS when they seek dental care? This article was written by Charbonneau A, Maheux B, Beland F; International Conference on AIDS. A survey was taken from 224 people in Montreal, Canada all of which had HIV or AIDS. The survey asked very detailed questions in order to produce the most accurate results for the survey. The survey concluded that over 70% of the people that they had looked into getting dental work done after they learned that they were positive. Of those 71% said that they told their dentist that they were positive, then 28% said that once they told their dentist that they were positive they were either refused treatment or deferred. For those who choose not to disclose this information to their dentist they said that they did not tell them because universal precautions are used any way (gloves, gowns, mask, etc…), also because they feared being judged or discriminated against. Some people said that they also did not trust that their dental records would be kept private.
This was another display of discrimination against people with HIV or AIDS. I can understand people being afraid of getting infected but I can also understand why people who are infected choose not to disclose their status. The article is titled Is there discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS when they seek dental care? If you are interesting in this article you can view it on the following website. http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102209467.html
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There is still so much discrimination in the world no matter how much technology is advanced. The stigmas and fear are still so real. Dental care is suppose to be a part of the health care industry and therefore universal health precautions are supposed to be taken. Oh well for the dental industry.
ReplyDeleteYour Did You Know article was very interesting. You would think that if anyone should be aware of HIV and how it's transferred, it would be health care professionals. The fact that even dentist are discriminating is awful. Until people are educated about HIV they will continue to treat them differently.
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