Managerial Epidemiology
The standard protocol when diagnosing a patient with HIV or AIDS involves contacting the patient’s previous sexual partners to notify them of their exposure to the disease.
This allows the patient’s sexual partners the opportunity to be tested.
How does this standard practice affect the gathering of incidence and prevalence rates for HIV/AIDS?
Do you agree or disagree with the protocol and why? If changes were made to the protocol to assist in data gathering, what changes would you suggest and why?
Managerial Epidemiology Cases and Concepts - 180 Day Option, 3rd
Edition
Steven T. Fleming 2014
The protocol for diagnosing HIV or AIDS increases the chance of gathering information about incidence and prevelence rates if the patients reveal details about their sexual partners. It causes a concern as well as fear among individuals and may psychilogically effect people surrounding the individuals.
I agree with the protocol since, it would also provide an opportunity to the partners to be tested for the disease. This would develop awareness, enhancing treatment and reduces the prevelence of the disease further.
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