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International Journal of Education and Information SciencesJuly-December 2014 Vol:4 Issue:2

Psycho-Social Environment and HIV/AIDS in India

Abstract

The present study attempts to review the current state of knowledge on issues relating to the psycho-social environment in which the HIV/AIDS epidemic is breathing in India. A well known but little understood fact is the complex relationship between psycho-social environment and the spread of HIV/AIDS. Information, education and communication efforts and behavioral change strategies about practicing safe sex cannot produce the desirable effect if these efforts are not contextualized within the risk behaviors. In this context some of the social factors are poverty and socio- economic- status, mobility of the Population, HIV Surveillance in injection drug use, young population, evaluation of knowledge and awareness, discrimination and human rights. Depression and other psychological effects were also found in HIV/AIDS patients. So, it is very important for the rehabilitation professionals to recognize the major social and psychological issues that appear at different stages of HIV/AIDS infection.

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P. S. N. Tiwari, Preeti Shahi  ( Pages 131-138 )
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Keyword

HIV/AIDS, Psycho-Social Environment

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