Counseling in HIV/AIDS patients : stigmas and barriers of counseling
Poudel, Shristy (2016)
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2016062713386
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2016062713386
Tiivistelmä
HIV/AIDS has developed into a very serious disease over the last decades. The disease has proven to be fatal and has no treatment found yet but with proper counseling and good care a patient can stay healthy for a long time.
The aim of the thesis is to describe the counseling for HIV/AIDS patients in the region most affected like Africa and produce new information on this particular area.
The method used in writing this thesis is literature review and the content in it were collected using Pub med , CINAHL , Medic and Nelli databases including the scientific journals that has been published so far.
The research question used was: what kinds of stigma are there attached with HIV/AIDS? What kind of changes can counseling bring in general public’s attitude in the places affected mostly by this disease? And how much does counseling help in prevention of the disease?
Articles were searched by the use of title, abstract and then the analysis was done by inductive content analysis.
The aim of the thesis is to describe the counseling for HIV/AIDS patients in the region most affected like Africa and produce new information on this particular area.
The method used in writing this thesis is literature review and the content in it were collected using Pub med , CINAHL , Medic and Nelli databases including the scientific journals that has been published so far.
The research question used was: what kinds of stigma are there attached with HIV/AIDS? What kind of changes can counseling bring in general public’s attitude in the places affected mostly by this disease? And how much does counseling help in prevention of the disease?
Articles were searched by the use of title, abstract and then the analysis was done by inductive content analysis.