Assessing and Addressing Health Need of HIV Population

Running head: ASSESSING AND ADDRESSING HEALTH NEED
Assessing and Addressing Health Need of HIV Population
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Table of Contents
Part One..........................................................................................................................3
Introduction................................................................................................................3
Background Research.................................................................................................3
Prioritising the Health Needs.....................................................................................6
Part Two.........................................................................................................................7
Aims & Objectives.....................................................................................................7
Health Promotion Activities.......................................................................................8
Activity 1- Health Persuasion....................................................................................8
Description.............................................................................................................8
Justification............................................................................................................9
Activity 2- Legislative Action....................................................................................9
Description.............................................................................................................9
Justification............................................................................................................9
Activity 3- Personal Counselling...............................................................................9
Description.............................................................................................................9
Justification..........................................................................................................10
Activity 4- Community Development......................................................................10
Description...........................................................................................................10
Justification..........................................................................................................10
Resources.................................................................................................................11

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Evaluation................................................................................................................11
Action Plan...............................................................................................................11
Conclusion....................................................................................................................12
References....................................................................................................................14

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Part One
Introduction
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or AIDS is the most advanced stage of the
infection caused by Human Immunodeficiency virus, which destroys the immune system’s
infection fighting cells known as CD4 cells. Gradual destruction of the human immune
system leads to advancement of AIDS. HIV in children and adolescents is a growing concern
globally. According to UNICEF Data, 2019, over 1.6 million adolescents were suffering from
Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection. UNICEF Data (2019), confirms that the current
trend will lead to 183,000 new cases of HIV in adolescents by the year 2030. This health
concern is required to be extensively assessed and addressed. To complete this objective, the
following sections of the paper aims to assess the health condition of HIV in target
population of children and adolescents and develop an action plan to address this issue.
Background Research
According to a study conducted by Sohn, Vreeman, and Judd (2017), the global
epidemic of adolescents HIV is growing rapidly, with the most affected age group is children
of 14-19 years of age. However, according to the authors, the primary focus of the
interventions should be to address the young generation who have acquired HIV in
childhood, followed by the adolescents who have acquired HIV infection due to their
behavioural outcomes. The authors state that globally, paediatric health care providers have
failed immensely to provide effective care of chronic disease in children and are accused of
‘taking too long’ to address the health issues in this population. In low and middle-income
countries, it is unlikely to find a specialist paediatric HIV clinic and the adolescents are
intended to visit the all-age family-centered HIV clinics, which might lead to social issues of
accepting HIV positive status openly and not visit the clinic at the very first place. The
primary focus of the paper is the transition of adolescents from paediatric clinic to adult HIV