Course Description

4.0 Credits for Florida 4 Hour HIV/AIDS Requirement
Test has 65 Questions
Book has 144 PagesRequirement
This course is not approved for ARRT Credits.

HIV and AIDS is a growing worldwide epidemic. As a healthcare professional, you are at a greater risk of exposure and infection. It is imperative to understand the epidemiology and pathology of this disease in order to help protect yourself. Fear is not the answer to stopping the spread of HIV. This course will provide you with not only a basic understanding of the disease process, but also a global perspective of the epidemic and its consequences. Also discussed are treatment developments appearing now and hopefully in the future. This course covers required Florida Law information regarding HIV/AIDS.

Book Description

HIV/AIDS is without doubt the worst epidemic to hit humankind since the Black Death. As of 2004 an estimated 40 million people were living with the disease, and about 20 million had died. Despite rapid scientific advances there is still no cure and the drugs are expensive and toxic. In the developing world, especially in parts of Africa, life expectancy has plummeted to below 35 years, causing a serious decline in economic growth, a sharp increase in orphans, and the imminent collapse of health care systems. The news is not all bleak though. There have been unprecedented breakthroughs in understanding diseases and developing drugs. Because the disease is so closely linked to sexual activity and drug use, the need to understand and change behavior has caused us to reassess what it means to be human and how we should operate in the globalizing world. This Very Short Introduction tackles the science, the international and local politics, the fascinating demographics, and the devastating consequences of the disease, and suggests how we must respond.