Jaipur Framework for Managing HIV/AIDS: An Analysis of Socioeconomic Factors

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Introduction
While seeking to prevent HIV/AIDS in the population, social determinants have been
seen to play a leading role in the continued burden of the disease globally. The social
determinants of health (SDH) entail conditions where individuals are born, work, as well as grow
old, plus the power and resources that influence these everyday living conditions. HIV/AIDS as a
global endemic that has been widespread in many regions of the world has been linked to
socioeconomic factors that predispose an individual to the disease (Edwards & Collins, 2014, pp.
143). The inequitable distribution of underlying social determinants of health is the root cause of
inequalities in health. Jaipur paradigm is a framework that explains and predicts the HIV
epidemic. The paper will examine the framework; analyze the framework and apply the
framework on the case of HIV/AIDS.
Summary of the Jaipur Framework
Jaipur framework is a mode that provides an understanding of the social vulnerability and
susceptibility of a specific population to disease, especially HIV. The framework has been
instrumental in promoting the understanding of the social and economic factors in the society
that makes a country or a group of population to be susceptible and vulnerable to disease and
helps to provide the necessary interventions needed to manage the disease (Mabweazara et al.,
2019, pp. 257).
Socioeconomic Factors

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Socioeconomic factors are the primary social determinant of health (SDH) based on the
model that has resulted in an increased prevalence of HIV in the society. The declining income
has made people to resort to risk behaviors that make them susceptible to HIV epidemic.
Susceptibility to HIV infection in a society attributed, which has been created by the interaction
of many factors that determine the frequency in which the epidemic is spread. On the other hand,
based on the framework, vulnerability explains those characteristics of a socioeconomic entity,
which ascertain the harshness of the effect probable to be caused by additional death, as well as
morbidity (Jhajharia, Verma & Kumar, 2018, pp. 581). The framework allows for better
understanding of the relationship between the disease and socioeconomic status within a given
population to provide a clear framework that will be used to treat and manage the disease based
on the understanding of the prevailing social and economic factors as SDH.
Analysis of the Framework
Strengths
The Jaipur framework or model better provides a means through which an understanding
of the socioeconomic factors influences the prevalence of HIV among women in different
countries across the world. This is the strength of the model since it addresses the different
socioeconomic factors that influence HIV in the society offering a better understanding. In
addition, the framework provides an understanding by explaining the diverse epidemics through
developing indexes or statistical relationships. The other strength of the model is that it develops
a better understanding on the relationship between health, socioeconomic activity inequity, as
well as the extent of social accessibility in managing a disease (Schmidt-Sane, 2018, pp. 1715).