Discussion Question 6 - Community HealthOne of the health objectives that I focused on is the issue of HIV. The disparity that Iidentified is the fact that 81% of the annual diagnosis of HIV occurred in men as of2017(CDC, 2018, para.1). In 2016, the number of men who died and had been diagnosedwith HIV in the US was 11,913. The causes of these deaths could have been due to othercomplications. Acco
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Discussion Question 6 - Community Health
One of the health objectives that I focused on is the issue of HIV. The disparity that I
identified is the fact that 81% of the annual diagnosis of HIV occurred in men as of
2017(CDC, 2018, para.1). In 2016, the number of men who died and had been diagnosed
with HIV in the US was 11,913. The causes of these deaths could have been due to other
complications. According to the CDC, about 1 in 7 HIV men do not know if they have HIV
and therefore can not receive the medication they need to be safe and protect their
partners against getting HIV. Thus, without realizing it, they will pass on the infection to
others. Many men have HIV, particularly through sexual intercourse
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