Hearing aids. Despite technological advancements, hearing aids continue to be the most common intervention for hearing loss. However, for a variety of practical and psychological reasons, people fitted with hearing aids often stop using them. In the UK, volunteers who often wear hearing aids themselves have supported NHS patients’ use of hearing aids and a Bristol research team recently sought ...

The negative impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic has been a major challenge to sub-Saharan Africa. Although the rate of new HIV infections in sub-continent has decreased, the total number of people living with HIV continues to rise. Most of the people infected with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa are within the age bracket of 15 to 35 years. It has been estimated that about 80% of the infected group...

hiv/aids has been concentrated among injecting drug users in the country. this study aimed to investigate and identify health and treatment needs of people living with hiv/aids in iran.this qualitative study was conducted in 2012 in iran. the study groups consisted of experts, practitioners, and consultants working with people living with hiv/aids and their families. data was collected through ...

BACKGROUND Staff shortages could harm the provision and quality of health care in Uganda, so staff retention and motivation are crucial. Understanding the impact of HIV/AIDS on staff contributes to designing appropriate retention and motivation strategies. This research aimed 'to identify the influence of HIV/AIDS on staff working in general hospitals at district level in rural areas and to exp...

This article is based on a baseline research conducted in the three locations of Raikos, Ambunti/Dreikikir and Jimi Valley Districts in February 2005. The research was part of an assessment for Tokaut AIDS, an effort to gain a greater understanding of approaches that will prove effective and appropriate in combating HIV/AIDS in PNG by attempting to gain a deeper appreciation of the attitudes he...

PURPOSE To explore information exchange about HIV/AIDS among people living in rural and urban communities and to assess the value of social capital theory, as well as demographic factors, in predicting community members' knowledge of HIV/AIDS and their likelihood of having talked about the disease. METHOD A random-digit dial telephone survey was conducted in 3 rural regions and matched urban ...

BACKGROUND Prior to 2003, there was limited capacity for an HIV/AIDS response in China. In early 2003, China launched a 5-year China Comprehensive AIDS Response Programme (China CARES) to contain the spread of HIV infection and reduce its impact. This article describes the China CARES' practices and experiences. METHODS China CARES covered 83.3 million people in 127 programme sites chosen fro...

Narrative Justification: NIDA supports a broad range of research on the drug abuse aspects of HIV/AIDS in diverse, drug using populations to reduce the acquisition and transmission of HIV associated with sharing injection paraphernalia and/or high risk sexual behavior, to improve HIV treatment including access and utilization of services, and to reduce the consequences of HIV/AIDS. Research on ...

This paper examines the long-term effects of HIV and AIDS on rural society in North Western Tanzania and South Western Uganda. We begin by describing work carried out in the 1980s and early 1990s that looked at the implications of the epidemic for individual households and broader rural economies. Much of that research predicted progressive declines in agricultural production, with dire consequ...

the most recent studies have explained almost 2.3 million children are affected with hiv up to the end of 2009. sub-saharan africa is the main region to at least 68% of the global total of hiv infection of 22.5 million. despite providing competent healthcare services to prevent mother-to-child transmission which is the main way of infection to a newborn, an estimated 370,000 children were newly...