There are over 36 million people around the world living with HIV today. The human immunodeficiency virus attacks and destroys CD4 cells or T-cells that are meant to protect your body from infections. HIV transmission can spread through contact with blood, pre-seminal fluid, vaginal fluid, rectal fluid, semen, or breast milk from anyone infected with HIV. In the early stages of HIV, the symptoms are very similar to other illnesses like flu. This makes it extremely difficult to detect if you have been infected or not based off of symptoms alone. ART, otherwise known as antiretroviral therapy, is the use of HIV medicines to treat an HIV infection. This type of therapy can only help those infected live a longer life but does not cure
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This research article claims that depression is a leading contributor to disease worldwide and should be considered in HIV prevention. The sample required the subjects to be aged 18 to 49 and living in the five districts in Botswana with the highest prevalence of HIV infection. A survey was used as the data to analyze possible depression. Of the 1178 respondents, 25% of women and 31% of men were considered suffering from depression using a Hopkins Symptom Checklist for Depression score (Gupta et al., 2010). The study began with 1433 randomly selected participants but 165 of them defaulted and an additional 90 of them failed to complete depression screens. Detailed characteristics of the participants by gender were recorded and considered as possibly factors in this study. In particular, the income, education, occupation, and marital status of those surveyed. The researchers found an association between depression and risky sexual practices in sub-Saharan Africa. Women who believe they have low self-worth links to the engagement of risky sexual practices. On the other hand, men are more likely to seek sexual relationships when depressed. These claims that were brought up that may seem reasonable, but the researchers should have provided more evidence after making the claim. Additionally, this study fails to capture the rural areas of Botswana, and the severity of depression and how it can affect
This research article claims that depression is a leading contributor to disease worldwide and should be considered in HIV prevention. The sample required the subjects to be aged 18 to 49 and living in the five districts in Botswana with the highest prevalence of HIV infection. A survey was used as the data to analyze possible depression. Of the 1178 respondents, 25% of women and 31% of men were considered suffering from depression using a Hopkins Symptom Checklist for Depression score (Gupta et al., 2010). The study began with 1433 randomly selected participants but 165 of them defaulted and an additional 90 of them failed to complete depression screens. Detailed characteristics of the participants by gender were recorded and considered as possibly factors in this study. In particular, the income, education, occupation, and marital status of those surveyed. The researchers found an association between depression and risky sexual practices in sub-Saharan Africa. Women who believe they have low self-worth links to the engagement of risky sexual practices. On the other hand, men are more likely to seek sexual relationships when depressed. These claims that were brought up that may seem reasonable, but the researchers should have provided more evidence after making the claim. Additionally, this study fails to capture the rural areas of Botswana, and the severity of depression and how it can affect