This past week I have been working on my blog log and paper. For this reason I have been reflecting on the course and my experience. The Infected Men's Panel, M&M Simulation, Thrush Simulation, Silverlake Life Movie and the book What Looks Like Crazy are just to name a few assignments that were very interesting. This has been a very hectic and fulfilling semester. I have learned so much and I am more aware of HIV before I enrolled in this course. I will take everything I learned in this course with me on my journey through life. My major is Health Services Administration and I plan to be apart of programs in order to promote HIV Prevention and I want to get involved in funding issues. The impact of HIV on the community is something that cannot be ignored. I can definitely say that this is one of the few classes I have taken that I have grown in. All of the assignments were important to me and was not just busy work. I can't believe that this is my final blog. The semester went by so fast!
Did You Know?
The HIV Prevention Srategic Plan has been extended through 2010 and its short term milestone is to increase the number of providers who routinely provide screening in health care settings. The HIV Prevention Leadership Summit is coming up in 2010 and I hope that the outcome is postitively seen throughout the community. I like that fact that there is a focus on routine screening. If it takes incentives from the insurance companies for physicians to want to recommend routine screening, then that is what needs to happen. Too many people are becoming infected at a fast rate and people are acting as if they do not care. This prevention method will ensure that people know their status and this will decrease the chances of them transmitting it to others. The HIV Prevention Leadership Summit will be a great way to spread awareness and encourage people to protect themselves and to go get tested.
Web: CDC. 2009. Retrieved on November 24, 2009 from, http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/reports/psp/goal_objective.htm
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With the HIV Prevention Strategic Plan being extended into 2010 we can have some confidence that more potentially infected people will be discovered through the testing services. The Prevention Leadership Summit will bring additional attention to the fight against HIV. It is good to know that there are still some positive forces working on the HIV epidemic.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you--this has gone by so fast! At first, I hated all of the work! But all of the assignments had relevance and weren't just busy work. The movies and the book were especially real to me and not only upset me, but also made me much more aware of this epidemic.
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