Comments on: Reaching Older Adults: National HIV/AIDS & Aging Awareness Day http://blog.aids.gov/2011/09/reaching-older-adults-national-hivaids-aging-awareness-day.html HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media. Wed, 15 May 2013 18:33:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mônica Americano Leite http://blog.aids.gov/2011/09/reaching-older-adults-national-hivaids-aging-awareness-day.html#comment-24350 Mônica Americano Leite Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:27:57 +0000 http://blog.aids.gov/?p=3882#comment-24350 Interessantíssima esta reportagem, pois estou concluíndo minha tese de mestrado no Brasil sobre idosos com depressão e HIV/SIDA, e estes dados são bem-vindos neste momento!

Atenciosamente

]]> By: janice( white) smith http://blog.aids.gov/2011/09/reaching-older-adults-national-hivaids-aging-awareness-day.html#comment-22711 janice( white) smith Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:05:29 +0000 http://blog.aids.gov/?p=3882#comment-22711 am very interested as a friend is HIV positive; age is 63 yrs; not is denial but not seeking updated info as age and HIV does not seem to be a relevant factor to their way of thinking: a lack of knowledge does not aid in the prevention of redsidual health issues in aids and the aging: however, I would certainly like to know so as to be informed and to stay informed: for their sake and MY OWN! Thank-you very much.

janice (white)smith

]]> By: Robert Miller http://blog.aids.gov/2011/09/reaching-older-adults-national-hivaids-aging-awareness-day.html#comment-22096 Robert Miller Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:51:29 +0000 http://blog.aids.gov/?p=3882#comment-22096 I would hope for something more than promoting testing for HIV infections among the older Americans population. There are cultural barriers when working with Hispanics and with Blacks. Blacks, for example, feel more comfortable being treated by Black clinics and clinicians. There are social penalties for older PWAs to come forward and identify themselves, despite efforts to reverse this. Not only do older PWAs need local support groups, but their physicians need to be better educated in treating them. HIV among seniors needs to be talked about on mainstream television and on the radio, in dramatizations that people can identify with…and not by conservative talking-heads or those who would condemn them for religious reasons.

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