Describing the Aggregate
Belle Glade, Florida is in Palm Beach County, Florida and is estimated to have a general population of 17 667. The total area of the city is 4.7 sq. mi and the population density is 3 109.1/sq. mi. Census data from 2000 shows that there are approximately 3 431 families in the area and 4 854 households. The racial compilation of the population includes 50.68% Blacks, 13.8% non-Hispanic whites, and 27.57% Hispanic or Latinos. Additionally, approximately 33.5% of the population is below the age of 18, 37.1% between 18 and 44. The demographics of the gender groups are almost equal as males make up 50.94% of the population and females 49.06%. According to the 2012 census, the total number of live births in Palm Beach is …show more content…
To date, the community has the highest cumulative per capita of HIV in the United States. Local clinics are fighting against the spread of the infection through different means of prophylaxis. The first approach that clinics are taking is educating many health facilities, spreading information concerning different aspect of the condition such as the spread and the necessary measures to take such as condoms and sexual practice with one partner. There was also the launch of a risk reduction program to reduce the practice of unprotected sex in the community. Additionally, the program was aimed at reducing behaviors that increase the likelihood of transmitting the infection. There are also several studies in the community that have been done to assess the pattern of infection spread. Previously there were suspicions that the rate was prevalent among IV drug users (Mc Coy et al., 1996). However, studies found the contrary showing that the primary mode of transmission was heterosexual unprotected sex under the influence of some intoxicating substances (De Cock, 2012). Apart from studies of the population, the clinics also carry out the distribution of male and female condoms, which are free of charge.
Questionnaire
1. What position do you occupy at the health care institution?
2. How long have you been working in the hospital, and in particular with patients suffering
Belle Glade, Florida is in Palm Beach County, Florida and is estimated to have a general population of 17 667. The total area of the city is 4.7 sq. mi and the population density is 3 109.1/sq. mi. Census data from 2000 shows that there are approximately 3 431 families in the area and 4 854 households. The racial compilation of the population includes 50.68% Blacks, 13.8% non-Hispanic whites, and 27.57% Hispanic or Latinos. Additionally, approximately 33.5% of the population is below the age of 18, 37.1% between 18 and 44. The demographics of the gender groups are almost equal as males make up 50.94% of the population and females 49.06%. According to the 2012 census, the total number of live births in Palm Beach is …show more content…
To date, the community has the highest cumulative per capita of HIV in the United States. Local clinics are fighting against the spread of the infection through different means of prophylaxis. The first approach that clinics are taking is educating many health facilities, spreading information concerning different aspect of the condition such as the spread and the necessary measures to take such as condoms and sexual practice with one partner. There was also the launch of a risk reduction program to reduce the practice of unprotected sex in the community. Additionally, the program was aimed at reducing behaviors that increase the likelihood of transmitting the infection. There are also several studies in the community that have been done to assess the pattern of infection spread. Previously there were suspicions that the rate was prevalent among IV drug users (Mc Coy et al., 1996). However, studies found the contrary showing that the primary mode of transmission was heterosexual unprotected sex under the influence of some intoxicating substances (De Cock, 2012). Apart from studies of the population, the clinics also carry out the distribution of male and female condoms, which are free of charge.
Questionnaire
1. What position do you occupy at the health care institution?
2. How long have you been working in the hospital, and in particular with patients suffering