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Proposed Evidence Based Interventions on HIV/AIDS Reduction in Atlanta

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Atlanta is the capital of Georgia. The heart of the city is located at an elevation of about 1,000 feet (300 meters), 6 miles (10 km) southeast of the Chattahoochee River. Its metropolitan area spreads out over the rolling wooded hills of the Piedmont Plateau at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains in northwestern Georgia. Atlanta's elevation and southern location combine to make its climate quite mild. Snow is a rarity in winters, when the average mean temperature in January is 45° F (7° C), and cooling breezes can be felt on summer evenings when, even in August, the mean temperature is 78° F (26° C).

Proposed Evidence-Based Interventions on HIV/AIDS Reduction Atlanta City

The HIV/AIDS has become a threat to most of the states in America. The disease has been categorized as a social disease that results from the social related behaviors. However, fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS requires the identification of cultural norms as well as practices that may render one to the disease. According to the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, it provides that the communities must address the social-cultural behaviors that lead to HIV infection. Therefore, the approach helps in ensuring effective and efficient HIV/AIDS intervention plan (UNAID, 2004).

According to Georgia Department of Public Health Epidemiology, there has been an increase in the rate of HIV/AIDS transmission in the Atlanta City among adolescents: the males between the age of 13 and older. In 2008, the diagnosis of males with HIV/AIDS was 19, 361, while in 2009, there were 20, 957 diagnoses of the males in the same age bracket. The rate of HIV/AIDS diagnosis among the males reached 21, 661 males in 2011. However, the rate for African Americans, African-born persons, and Hispanics HIV/AIDS diagnosis was 62%, 9%, and 5% respectively (Rane & Kelly, 2013).

It is true that most of the HIV/AIDS transmission cases among men rise through male-to-male sex. In 2008, the rate of HIV/AIDS diagnosis among the group in Atlanta City reached 76 % as a result of male-to-male sex. The data from Atlanta: US Department of Health and Human Services, indicates that there is a need of educational message among the African American (CDC, 2007).

The human immunodeficiency virus is mostly transmitted through sperms and blood. Conversely, the use of condoms during sex intercourse helps in reducing the transmission of the virus. However, some cultural beliefs that oppose the use of condom expose individuals to the disease. Accordingly, those who practice male-to-male sex should, therefore, ensure proper use condom during the act. A campaign will be conducted to educate the affected groups on how to ensure proper use of the condom. The use of condoms will decrease the rate of HIV transmission by 50 % among the African Americans, African-born persons, as well as Hispanics. According to the UNAID, the proper use of condom is the most effective way to reduce HIV infection rates among AIDS affected population in an area (UNAID, 2004). However, to evaluate the decrease of infection among the age group; a diagnostic practice will be conducted on the age group after three years.

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CDC. (2007). “HIV/AIDS among men who have sex with men. Atlanta: US Department of Health and Human Services. Available at www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/msm/resources/factsheets/msm.htm

Rane, D. & Kelly, J. (July 22, 2013). HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report. CAPUS Metro Atlanta Testing and Linking Consortium (MATLC). Georgia Department of Public Health Epidemiology. Retrieved from https://dph.georgia.gov/sites/dph.georgia.gov/files/HIV%20Surveillance_Deepali%20Rane_Jane%20Kelly_07.22.13.pdf

UNAIDS. (2004). “Report on the global AIDS epidemic.” page.72.