Health Promotion & Motivational Strategies in Hong Kong

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Introduction:
These days, there are common to know about the prevention of infecting HIV/AIDS in Hong Kong. Since 1984, the first case of HIV infection reported, there are total 6,198 people reported they are infected of HIV/AIDS. It represent that Hong Kong have a well plan of health promotion and motivational strategies of promoting education of prevent spreading HIV/AIDS in our society.
In the following essay will include the description of the HIV/AIDS client group, evaluate the characteristics by the biopsychosocial model and analyses the health promotion and motivational strategies in Hong Kong.

Content:
Prevalence:
According to the statistics done by the department of Health in Hong Kong, there is a HIV reporting system in Hong Kong. Usually the doctors and confirmatory laboratories report the case of HIV infection. There are three major of information about the prevalence of this illness made by the information from the HIV reporting system.
Firstly, the gender of HIV/AIDS. From 1984, there are total 4,926 male and 1272 female reported HIV infected, also 1189 male and 221 female are diagnosed with AIDS. It shows that male proportion of HIV infection is much higher than female.
Secondly, the age of reported HIV infection. Most of the patients are in the range of 20-49, especially in the age of 30-39.
Thirdly, the HIV transmission ways. Usually, the HIV will be transmitted through sexual contact, about 74%. In the sexual contact, there are three main parts, the first part is the heterosexual transmission, people who infected HIV by this transmission way remain constant, and it is about 40%. The second part is the homosexual contact, people who infected HIV by this way is about 30.8% and the third part is the bisexual cont...

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...nformation about how to prevent getting HIV infection, but the most important thing is to care and accept the HIV carriers. The government should promote they are not the only one. In the society, there is someone who is caring and knows their feelings. The government should promote more organizations that can help the HIV patients to share their problems and receive them in the society.

Works Cited

http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.622?lang=en http://www.info.gov.hk/aids/english/surveillance/quarter.htm http://www.aca.gov.hk/tc_chi/links/links.html http://www.aca.gov.hk/publication/g254.pdf http://m.everydayhealth.com/hiv-aids/effects-of-hiv-on-body http://www.info.gov.hk/aids/pdf/g190htm/05.htm http://www.hivmanual.hk/content.html?gonum=11#imgpanel http://reffor.us/ http://www.aids.org.hk/cms/section6/6-2/tc/
http://sophia.smith.edu/~rflor/Psychology.htm

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