Socioeconomic Factors that Impact People with HIV

Socioeconomic Factors that Impact People With HIV
Introduction:
Human Immunodeficiency Virus better known as HIV is a lentivirus that causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system which allows life threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive. HIV was identified in 1983 and scientist started trying to understand where it came from, when it arisen, and why it spread so quickly. This day in time over 1.1 million people in the United States are living with HIV. CDC estimated that 1,144,500 persons aged 13 years and older are living with HIV infection. That statistics scares me because back in 1983 when HIV first arouse it was only commonly in gay Caucasian men, where as now HIV has no particular because they are seen in all genders, sexuality, and races there is. HIV has been responsible for the vast majority of AIDS cases worldwide. Patients testing positive for HIV have many factors that influences the infection risk, rate and prevention of their positive status. Socioeconomic Factors are some factors that can influence the risk, rate and prevention of HIV positive patients. A socioeconomic factor is the social and economic experiences and realities that help mold one’s personal lifestyle. The focus of my paper will be what socioeconomic factors that have a big impact on people with positive HIV statuses. This topic is an important topic because people living with HIV all seem to have common socioeconomic factors that have impacted their positive status in maybe a positive or negative way. These influences can range from where a person demographic location is such as in a rural area which is a geographic area located outside of cities and towns, ove...

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