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HIV Management Guidelines ASHM

WebHIV Management in Australasia is a ‘living resource’ for health practitioners managing and caring for people with HIV in Australasia. It provides information on the basic principles of …

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Health promotion HIV Management Guidelines

WebHealth promotion is defined as ‘the process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health. [2] In 1986, the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion identified …

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Post-exposure prophylaxis HIV Management Guidelines

WebThe Australian National PEP guidelines [ 50] recommend 28 days of ART with two or three drugs (at prescriber’s discretion) for an HIV transmission risk event of ≥ 1:15,000. …

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Pre-exposure prophylaxis HIV Management Guidelines

WebTerminology. WHO defines pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as the use of oral tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) or co-formulated TDF/emtricitabine (TDF/FTC) or co …

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Client education HIV Management Guidelines

WebClient education. Nurses play a pivotal role in managing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), in particular by providing clients with evidence-based education, so that they can …

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Psychiatric disorders in people with HIV infection

WebToby Syme, Mark Jeanes Victorian HIV Mental Health Service, Infectious Diseases Unit, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne VIC Last reviewed: October 2019 Introduction People …

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Natural history of HIV infection HIV Management Guidelines

WebMark Kelly 1, Rajesh Varma 2 . Armidale Rural and Referral Hospital, Armidale, NSW; Sydney Sexual Health Centre, Sydney NSW; Last reviewed: November 2019. …

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Virological failure HIV Management Guidelines

WebThis association is particularly common when HIV RNA levels are >500 copies/mL 3. Therefore, patients who have persistent plasma HIV RNA levels ≥200 copies/mL are considered to be experiencing virological failure. Causes of virological failure. (Adopted from Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Adults and Adolescents with HIV.

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Biomedical prevention of HIV infection

WebHowever, among Indigenous men in these programs, HIV prevalence increased almost five times between 2011 and 2017 (from 0.9% to 4.2% [ 1 ]). Overall, recent declines in HIV …

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HIV surveillance in Australia HIV Management Guidelines

WebSkye McGregor : Kirby Institute Last reviewed: March 2019In Australia, the epidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is monitored through a range of public …

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Informed consent HIV Management Guidelines

WebInformed consent is a central ethical and legal principle in the provision of health care, including nursing care; it applies to all health interventions with certain well-defined exceptions (such as life-threatening situations).[34] The requirement for consent to be informed is justified on the ethical grounds of avoiding harm, unfairness and exploitation, …

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Evolving roles of nurses in HIV care HIV Management Guidelines

WebNurses have been involved in varying capacities in supporting people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) since the beginning of the HIV epidemic in the 1980s. As …

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Nursing ethics in the care of people with HIV

WebElizabeth Crock: Bolton Clarke HIV Program, Melbourne Donna Tilley: Western Sydney Local Health District, Sydney Introduction and background Nurses work along the continuum of HIV care, from prevention and testing, engagement in care, sexual and reproductive health, long-term management through to palliative care. They work in a …

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About HIV Management in Australasia

WebThis website is based on the publication HIV Management in Australasia: a guide for clinical care published by: Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health …

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Client education for HIV prevention HIV Management Guidelines

WebThe aim of patient education is to develop positive and protective factors to assist the client in achieving optimal sexual health. [7] Sex is foremost about pleasure; whether it is masturbating alone, or with a companion; or physical, psychosocial or emotional intimacy in partnerships and relationships. Example discussion points for nurses

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All you need to know about managing HIV in Australia

WebHIV Management in Australasia is a ‘living resource’ for health practitioners managing people with HIV infection in Australia and neighbouring countries. It provides …

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Factors affecting adherence and nursing interventions used to …

WebFactors influencing antiretroviral adherence are multifactorial. They can be internal - pertaining to the person, and external - pertaining to those providing the care and to the …

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Confidentiality HIV Management Guidelines

WebThe principle of confidentiality is closely related to the concept of privacy and is both a legal and an ethical requirement.[32] While laws about confidentiality and ethical obligations apply to people with all health conditions, HIV confidentiality has acquired a greater significance, highlighting pre-existing deficiencies within the health-care system. Ethical management …

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HIV prevention strategies HIV Management Guidelines

WebCondom use and other behavioural methods of risk reduction, such as HIV serosorting, strategic positioning, negotiated safe practices with sexual partners and clean injecting …

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