People who inject drugs (PWID) is a heterogeneous and hard-to-reach group due to legal implications, stigma and discrimination. PWID are vulnerable to various poor health outcomes including HIV and hepatitis due to ongoing injection and sexual risk behaviours, various forms of a…
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Fungal infections cause an estimated 13 million life-threatening infections and 1.6 million deaths annually. The burden of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) reflects immunocompromise resulting from the rise in HIV/AIDS and iatrogenic immunosuppressive therapy. Cryptococcal menin…
To explore an actor’s process is to explore the foundation of all acting methods. The purpose of this document is to do just that. From character creation to final performance of the role of Tom Collins in West Virginia University’s spring 2021 production of Jonathan Larson’s Re…
The purpose of this dissertation was to assess the health literacy in Russian-speaking immigrants from the former Soviet Union (FSU) and identify factors relevant to their health literacy. Immigrants have been shown to have lower health literacy than native-born population and e…
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an emerging risk factor for HIV infection. Given the high vulnerability of and limited research on transwomen in China, we described IPV, sexual risk behaviors, HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) testing rates and results, and inves…
My thesis is an exploration of how human rights are understood and experienced by Papua New Guinean people living with HIV, men with diverse sexualities and transgender women. I examine the emergence and progress of two organisations established by these communities: Igat Hope a…
On 12 May 2019, a newspaper article in the Sunday Times titled “Grade 4s to learn about masturbation in new Life Orientation curriculum” hit South African citizens by storm. This article caused panic amongst educators, parents and other ‘moral police’ in society. Most textbooks …
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between degrees of AIDS knowledge, economic class/income levels, and high-risk sexual behavior in the low, middle and high-income classes in Owerri, Nigeria. High-risk sexual behavior or unprotected sex is a cofactor in …
This study demonstrates the relationship between HIV/AIDS and human security in Nigeria, focusing on three conceptual frameworks of human security namely economic security, family security and community institutions (that is the military and education sectors). I specifically ex…