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Population Data Gay Men HIV/AIDS

Population Data Gay Men HIV/AIDS. Population Data: Gay men HIV/AIDS Suzanne Talley Kaplan University NU450-01 Barbara G. Erickson, MSN/Ed., BSN, RN October 28, 2011. Vision. To improve the quality of life for gay men living with with HIV/AIDS. Statistics.

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Population Data Gay Men HIV/AIDS

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  1. Population Data Gay Men HIV/AIDS Population Data: Gay men HIV/AIDS Suzanne Talley Kaplan University NU450-01 Barbara G. Erickson, MSN/Ed., BSN, RN October 28, 2011

  2. Vision • To improve the quality of life for gay men living with with HIV/AIDS.

  3. Statistics Statistics show a slight increase of the number of HIV cases with a smaller increase in AIDS cases. HIV cases AIDS cases • 427 623 • 453 645 • 499 641 • 562 671 • 635 682 Georgia Department of Community Health 2011

  4. Needs for our community • Create environments that support and promote health, by teaching safe sex and giving free condoms, develop personal skills and provide access to early detection and treatment services • We need to provide HIV counseling, assistance with antiviral medication, support group referrals, resource speakers and assistance with program planning. • Nutrition education needs to be taught along with the primary care of living with HIV. • Reaching young gay men in places such as; youth detention centers, youth groups, schools, group homes and shelters. We need to utilize every teaching moment possible to help stop this disease from spreading and to help save and prolong lives.

  5. African Americans and minorities make up for the largest percent of HIV/AIDS victims. • Disparities, despite prevention efforts, affect some groups more than others. • Differences may occur by gender, race or ethnicity, education, income, disability, poverty, unequal access to health care and the stigma of being gay. • The stigma attached to gay men with HIV/AIDS may cause a challenge in developing a positive self identity, risk emotional isolation, an increase their vulnerability and mental health outcomes. • Research suggests that gay men are at risk for poor physical and mental health resulting from physical abuse, self mutilation, sexual abuse and victimization, manifesting behaviors such as; depression, substance abuse and suicide (NASTAD 2009).

  6. Progress in life expectancy • Progress is being made to prolong life expectancy with new medications to improve patient’s immune system. • We now have programs to help low income patients receive the care and medications that are needed. • The Ryan White Care Act have expanded opportunities for treatment and case management. • Georgia’s Medicaid program provides coverage to many disabled AIDS patients who formerly exceeded income guidelines for eligibility and can not afford treatment. • Georgia has an insurance assistance program, which pays private insurance premiums to maintain coverage for people with HIV whose income has fallen below 300 percent of the federal poverty level. • The Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program provides housing assistance and related supportive services for HIV positive persons with low income and their families (Georgia Department of Human Resources 2010). • Over the last 10 years the life expectancy for gay men has improved from 10.5 years after diagnosis to 25.5 years. The greatest improvement being in white men, black men being the lowest at 19.9 years.

  7. Who is needed to reach our population of gay men? Community Health Centers Physicians Social workers Counselors Educators Community Leaders Youth leaders Federal funding Resource centers Healthcare providers Gay men as mentors

  8. Reaching the population of gay men with HIV/AIDS, educating them on prolonging their life is important to our community, reaching the African American and minority population to decrease the mortality rate is a much needed project. Education is of the upmost importance, ignorance is not an option. Now is the time to change direction of the increase of positive HIBV results.

  9. Reference Georgia Department of Community Health: HIV/AIDS Surveillance, (2011), Retrieved October 7, 2011 from www.dhr.georgia.gov Georgia Department of Human Resources: Aids in Georgia (2010), Retrieved October 6, 2011 from www.dhr.georgia.gov NASTAD National Alliance of Sate & Territorial AIDS Directors (2009), HIV/AIDS: Crisis among Young Black and Latino Gay Men and Other Men Who Have Sex wit Men (MSM0.Retrieved Octobe 7, 2011 from www.NASTAD.org

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