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5-1 Journal: HIV/AIDS Prevention Strategies Bonita Middleton PHE-321-J3600 Bio Concepts for Public Health 22EW3 Southern New Hampshire University 2/6/2022

Prevention also referred to as interventions, they are aimed at reducing risks to a person’s health. The three levels of prevention are primary, secondary, and tertiary. The primary prevention objective is to prevent something from happening like a disease. One example would be education, informing people of the risks and lifestyle changes. The secondary prevention objective consists of reducing the impact of a disease like treating it in its early stages. The tertiary prevention objective is to reduce or soften the impact of a long-lasting illness (cardiac/stroke rehab programs, support groups for living well) (“Institute for Work & Health”). According to the book “Essentials of public health biology: a guide for the study of pathophysiology” public health leaders across the country have struggled for years to provide successful interventions for the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS. The most successful initial action was the establishment of information dissemination mechanisms for the affected populations as well as the physicians who treated the patients. Between years of meetings and exchanging information between the two groups, it proved important in minimizing irrational fear of infection by healthcare workers (Battle, 2009). Although many new treatments involving several forms of antiretroviral therapies are being developed, they have not been perfected for the masses due to a large number of side effects (Battle, 2009) I think that a high-risk approach would be more appropriate than a population-based health approach to further address HIV/AIDS. I think when something is spoken of minimally people tend to brush it off. High-risk people tend to pay more attention and do more research regarding the matter.

References: Battle, C. U. (2009). Essentials of public health biology: a guide for the study of pathophysiology. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett. Institute for work & health. (n.d.). Retrieved January 25, 2021, from https://www.iwh.on.ca/wrmb/primary-secondary-and-tertiary-prevention

Battle, C. U. (2009). Essentials of public health biology: a guide for the study of pathophysiology. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett . Fisher, J. D., Smith, L. R., & Lenz, E. M. (2010,

December). Secondary prevention of HIV in the United States: past, current, and future perspectives. Retrieved August 07, 2017, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih. gov/pubmed/21406979 Institute for work & health. (n.d.). Retrieved August 07, 2017, from https://www.iwh.on.ca/wr mb/primary-secondaryand-tertiary-prevention...