Epidemiology studies the frequency of disease occurrences in different population groups and the reasons why they happen. It’s a vital science that helps us identify the risk factors of diseases and design strategies to prevent and combat them. It is also crucial for monitoring the health of populations during epidemics.
Good epidemiological research papers can have a significant impact on public health policy. When it comes to topics, epidemiology has a lot to offer. You may study infectious or chronic diseases, occupational hazards, environmental health, or other issues. Epidemiology also uses different study designs, from observational studies to experimental trials.
Introduction “Breathless in the Midwest” is the CDC Solve the Outbreak scenario chosen for analysis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, n.d.). This paper examines this case within ten steps in the outbreak investigation and provides the student’s reflections on the course materials. It is possible to gain a better...
Foundational Epidemiology Basics of Epidemiology My journey through the ‘Boots on the Ground Part 1: Foundational Epidemiology’ course started with a thorough but straightforward definition of epidemiology. This initial step led me to understand the science behind the spread, pattern, and effects of health and disease conditions. The course elucidated...
Causes and Symptoms of COVID-19 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) is a communicable respiratory disease believed to be caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This virus started to spread worldwide in late 2019, with its origin being traced to a food market in Wuhan, China. The virus has been responsible for over two...
Population The Salmonella epidemic in the Caribbean affected a significant portion of the population. Concerns were raised in the 1980s about a Salmonella epidemic in the Caribbean due to an upsurge in diarrhea cases among natives and visitors on several islands (Indar-Harrinauth et al., 2004). A research study was undertaken...
Introduction Personality socialization is the process of personality formation in certain social conditions, the process of assimilation of social experience by a person. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, during the transformation of a person’s social experience into his own values and orientations, and introduction into the behavior system, those...
Heart disease remains one of the top health concerns for Canada, due to the increasing obesity and hypertension cases in the country. Different regions and population groups in Canada disproportionately bear its burden. It impacts the Canadian healthcare system negatively. Consequently, Canada has implemented various strategies, such as educating its...
The concept of descriptive epidemiology is crucial in health care since it searches for patterns to describe the outbreak of diseases in terms of place, time, and person. Diseases occur and change over time, and the changes can be regular or unpredictable. For diseases that occur seasonally, health practitioners can...
Introduction Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) interferes with a person’s immune system by making it unable to fight infection and diseases. HIV leads to life-threatening conditions called Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). It is spread through contact with infected blood, sexual contact from mother to child during pregnancy or birth, sexual contact,...
Introduction The problem of HIV is considered from the point of view of increasing the spread of the disease by modern epidemiology. The number of infected people is growing every year; if the epidemic danger is not eliminated, in ten years, the number of infected people may increase several times....
Introduction More than 400 million people worldwide are being impacted by the diabetes pandemic (Hu & Jia, 2018). The majority of diabetics live in the Asia Pacific area, where the incidence of the disease has increased significantly over the past several decades. With a populace of about 1.40 billion and...
Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease affecting the lungs and it poses a severe threat to human health. Following the World Health Organization (WHO) (2021), TB is the 13th most common cause of death worldwide. According to the latest estimates from 2020, about 10 million people, and 1.1 million...
Introduction: Clinical Question The focus of the group’s work is to explain how to fight against the increasing number of new cases caused by infections and what nurses can do to prevent infection-related diseases. The problem of the massive is a lack of trust related to new inventions in science...
The role of various media platforms as potentially effective news channels is high today, and during the COCID-19 pandemic, using different digital resources to disseminate important information about coronavirus prevention is one of the common approaches. This research proposal aims to investigate the effectiveness of targeted media campaigns in Saudi...
C-diff is a common bacterial disease most familiarized with older adults, but it has lately affected other people previously considered at low risk. As Lei et al. (2020) defined, C diff is a pathogenic bacterium that, when acquired, causes diarrhea and can be fatal when it inflames the colon. In...
Introduction Epidemiology refers to the process of identifying the distribution of diseases, conditions, and health-related factors in the population. This method is essential for investigating and preventing public health issues, such as disease outbreaks. They occur when the number of disease cases spreads at a faster rate than expected within...
The case of Mary Mallon, famously named Typhoid Mary, shows the extent to which public health laws can be used to trample on the rights of individuals suspected to have contagious diseases. Mary was a healthy carrier of typhoid fever, which she unknowingly spread to people through her work as...
The film And the Band Played On depicts the period when the episode of HIV and AIDS cleared across the United States and the rest of the world during the 1980s. Since the infection seemed to influence generally gay men, authorities at first called it gay-related resistant lack. Despite the...
This week’s material covered topics that I was unfamiliar with—for instance, hormone replacement therapy (HRT), the controversy surrounding HRT, and the web of causation. Chapter 9’s readings centered on the difference between statistical inference and causal inference, the basic concepts of hypothesis formulation and testing, establishing casual associations, and much...
Protecting and improving public health is an essential and rather serious task of organizations, society, communities, and individuals. Informed choices and organized efforts allow to enhance the quality of life and prolong it. Since recovering from a disease is a complicated process that requires much money, time, and action, it...
Ebola Virus can be a future pandemic if the countries fail to contain it at its early stages. Currently, this epidemic has killed a good number of people, especially in the West African States. Therefore, this study paper aims to evaluate different measures that can be applied to reduce the...
West Nile Virus Outbreak One of the outbreaks of infectious diseases that have been seen in the local community in the past few years was the West Nile virus (WNV). It is necessary to note that WNV is the top driver of disease of mosquito-borne origin in the United States....
Pandemics interrupt the economic and social livelihood of people on a global scale. To contain the spread of the disease, populations must alter normal daily activities and take preventive measures. Humanity has experienced such contagious illnesses with devastating effects on the human race in more than one instance. The great...
COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States The article titled “COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States” presents a chronological overview of the events and the challenges related to COVID-19. It emphasizes the scope of the problematic issues associated with the diseases, including economic, healthcare, and political issues, which amplify the level...
Introduction Influenza pandemics occur about three times a century, killing up to twenty percent of the world’s population. At the same time, influenza is a very common disease, occurring frequently between pandemics. Understanding the nature of the disease is necessary to improve treatment methods, which in turn directly impact the...
Introduction HIV is one of the deadliest viruses, threatening individual life since it attacks the immune system. It weakens the individual immune system, thus leaving an individual vulnerable to opportunistic diseases. The cure for this virus has not yet been identified. Thus, reducing the transmission of this virus is the...
Introduction Addison’s disease is a slowly by steadily progressing disorder affecting adults mostly in developed countries. The main chain of the pathogenesis is in the hypofunction of the suprarenal cortex occurs due to various reasons. Cortisol, the hormone produced by the adrenal cortex, affects different systems and organs in the...
Introduction Listeria disease is an infection caused by Listeria monocytogenes, and it is highly contagious but only among people with compromised immune systems. Therefore, among the people who are prone to contracting this disease are pregnant women, the elderly (people over sixty-five years old), newborns, and people who have immunodeficiency...
Mary Mallon, an Irish woman, was born in Ireland in 1869. She migrated to the United States by 15, where she became a cook for a wealthy family. Mary Mallon cooked for eight families, seven of whom were infected with typhoid. In 1901, she cooked for a family in Manhattan,...
Introduction The pandemic of a new type of coronavirus, COVID-19, announced by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020, has a profound impact on all aspects of life worldwide. Due to the threat of coronavirus, states are closing borders and introducing unprecedented security measures. COVID-19 kills people and...
Introduction The start of the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced billions of people’s lives. Many healthcare organizations throughout the globe started cooperating, trying to find a solution to a new crisis. Countries prompted lockdowns, people tried to isolate themselves, and hospitals opened new COVID departments due to an overload of patients,...
The study of infectious disease outbreaks allows for sharpening our epidemiological skills and learning more about the retrospective control of past pathogens. This is of particular importance since it is not excluded that humanity will face similar outbreaks in the future, which means that learning from the collected experiences is...
Introduction The threat or risk factors associated with vaccine products have proven to be a challenge to human health. Since the emergence of COVID-19, various health institutions, with the aid of the Centre of Disease Control (CDC), have managed to manufacture vaccines varieties to help in reducing the prevalence of...
A centuries-old discipline, epidemiology has generated an array of concepts that can help researchers with understanding a health issue at hand. Today, modern epidemiology hinges on two basic assumptions (Bhopal, 2016). Firstly, the occurrence of the disease is not random, as there are factors, commonly classified into the host, agent,...
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is a widespread disease among the populations of Asia. Primarily, the illness is peculiar for the clinical settings of Saudi Arabia. However, due to the mobility of global citizens, one can not exclude the appearance of MERS within the external medical environments. In the case...
This paper seeks to identify the key aspects of the fight against HIV in Australia and also considering the other approaches undertaken by Malawi and China in the fight against the scourge. The main article is the Sixth National Strategy (2010- 2013) in Australia. The main approaches discussed include funding,...
Introduction The students were actively engaged in teamwork, exchanged experiences, opinions, and perspectives to develop the most relevant approach to accessing social service issues from the perspective of the local entities. Identifying needs Despite working as a team, each student was able to apply personal views and project-related knowledge when...
Epidemiology is a quantitative field which requires individuals to have knowledge of probability and statistics. It can also be described as a method of casual reasoning that is based on creating and testing the hypotheses involving the occurrence and prevention of a given disease. Arguably, epidemiology is an effective tool...
Inter-professional Collaboration The 2009 H1N1 flu outbreak outlined the need for inter-professional collaboration. It demonstrated that concepts such as interdependency, partnership, process, power, and sharing were essential in inter-professional collaboration. Moreover, the need to fast-track active involvement through the facilitation of clearances was essential for the dissemination of services to...
Healthy people Healthy people 2020 is a strategic plan for development of American’s people health. The strategy has target of the end of 10 years. It is a landmark for disease prevention. Use of technology for better health care facilities is emphasized The health people 2020 is defined as the...
COVID-19 Over the past year, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has managed to change people’s lifestyles to such an extent that life itself would no longer go back to the previous patterns. People from all over the world are now doing their best in terms of adjusting their social...
Communicable diseases pose a serious threat to the survival of humanity since they cause considerable number as they are highly infectious. In particular, the poor, the elderly, children, and women are the most vulnerable. Data obtained from Baltimore county public health (zip code 21201) suggests that communicable diseases account for...
Introduction Cholera is bacterial infection that is caused by Vibrio cholera sero group O1 and O139 mostly when people take water or consume food that has been contaminated with the bacteria. Vibriocholerae is a gram negative bacillus that usually requires culture of specimen for definitive diagnosis (Murugaiah 338). The cholera...
The objectives, goals and indicators of the Healthy People 2020 Initiative The Healthy People 2020 Initiative establishes the national purposes and watches the progress of the population health level. This initiative is aimed at the creation of a basis for large-scale strategy which helps promoting of a healthy way of...
Healthy people Healthy people 2020 initiative aims at improving public health and ensuring equity in community health for the U.S citizens. It creates diseases prevention strategies and health programs over the United States counties. The health people 2020 is defined as the ‘‘roadmap’’ for national health support and disease anticipation...
The Epidemiologic Triangle of Malaria The epidemiologic triangle is a model that is used by health professionals to study and understand underlying health challenges using three vertices, namely agent, host, and environment. The agent represents the microbe that triggers the infection, while the host denotes the organism harboring the infection....
Introduction The three population-based communicable diseases analyzed are HIV/AIDS, STDs, and Diabetes (Healthy People 2020, 2013). The community considered is Miami, FL 33155. The diseases are assessed based on Healthy People 2020 Initiative goals. Frameworks to curb the diseases are given. People who get tested for HIV and learn that...
Influenza is critical to understand as a public health issue in Florida. As the killer flu spreads, many residents of the state seem oblivious of risks. It was identified that the State of Florida has the lowest rates of flu vaccination in the US. Incidence or prevalence statistics It has...
Introduction Osteoporosis, as a human health issue, makes bones in old individuals weak and brittle. Bones are important parts of the body that undergo constant break down and replacement. However, osteoporosis sets in when the human rate of breaking down of bone tissues is higher than the rate of replacement...
Abstract Cholera is one of the serious epidemiological diseases that threatens humanity to this day. It spreads quickly and easily, for example, with food or water. The acute form of cholera can cause significant health problems. These include, for example, severe dehydration, which leads to an imbalance of minerals in...
COVID-19 has proven to be not only a healthcare challenge for the global community but also a disease provoking a plethora of conspiracies and false claims. Due to the fact that infection rates are growing exponentially, it has become a serious threat to human health. Apart from the infection, rumors...
Introduction Over the past decades, the notion of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has undergone a series of drastic modifications in terms of the overall definition of perception and its place in the socio-economic paradigm. Previously, people used to believe that HIV was an infection relevant exclusively for men having...
Introduction This sample paper focuses on web of causation theory. It looks at how the model is applied in healthcare using the example of community partnership in medical system. The occurrence of diseases in a community is a significant factor in the general wellbeing of that community. In the past,...
Clinical Nursing Practice Problem Hospital-acquired illnesses (HAIs) are a significant threat to public health. They also undermine the perceived efficacy of the healthcare system. While all patients come to hospitals to treat their illnesses, in some cases, a hospital visit leads to the deteriorated well-being of individuals. Among HAIs, the...
Causes of Bad Hand Hygiene One of the first factors that affect people’s adherence to the rules of hand hygiene is personal forgetfulness. In Africa, people are rather busy surviving the daily challenges that do not leave free time to think about hand hygiene and its consequences. According to Anderson...
Infections contribute to the adverse health consequences more probably in hospital settings. A myriad of pathogenic agents contends to invade the hygienic chain of susceptible individuals. The underlying reasons that are responsible for the problem may be a sterile-free hospital environment that has become a breeding ground for the pathogenic...
Introduction The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to impact countries around the globe in fundamentally different ways. While certain nations are experiencing some of the most severe economic downturns, others are shattered by social unrest or face increases in extreme poverty rates (Morrison et al., 2020). Despite it being complex...
Abstract Zika virus (ZIKV) belongs in the Flavivirus genus, which consists of other 52 viral species capable of being transmitted by mosquitoes and ticks, among other arthropod vectors (Song et al., 2017). Moreover, within this genus, the ZIKV is regarded as a mosquito-borne virus that holds a phylogenetic relationship to...
Currently, humanity is amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. As a devastating issue, it affects every level of human activity. While some businesses had to close for safety reasons, essential facilities like schools and universities resumed their work after the transition to online learning. Although this solution allows both professors and...
The health status of a community or a particular population is commonly exposed to a number of factors that determine the most prevalent health-related problems given group experiences. While human health is dependent on social, environmental, political, and demographic indicators, the health improvement interventions should align with the most frequently...
Clinical Nursing Practice Problem In the present situation associated with the global pandemic of COVID-19, it is imperative to increase the quality and the safety of patient precaution measures within clinical settings. The increased severity of hand hygiene practices, as well as the use of protective equipment, must ensure the...
Introduction Influenza is an infectious disease that endangers people regardless of their age, health, and location. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) state that it is an “acute respiratory disease caused by infection with influenza viruses” (Seasonal influenza, 2019, para. 1). Seasonal flu incidence is between 3% and 11%,...
Modern healthcare, being generally divided into the community and environmental health, has now become one of the major research fields due to its relevance in the global context. In order to examine the scope of the various issues, state leaders across the globe reached a consensus in need to create...
Infants and child death have significantly decreased with the development of medicine. Many infectious diseases, which were mainly children’s, are almost eradicated by vaccination. Therefore, governments of many countries advise vaccination for children who attend public schools, and in some countries, it is mandatory. The main carriers for infectious diseases...
Life in the present-day world seems to be becoming more complicated than ever before due to the coronavirus infection spread. The problem that appeared to be a temporary setback turned into a serious threat to the way of life of people all over the world. It is clear that this...
Introduction Infectious diseases remain to be a dangerous threat to the people around the world. In the past, thousands have died from the yellow fever outbreaks (Crosby, 2006). Additionally, in 2013 many people in Africa were deceased from the Ebola virus (World Health Organization, 2018). These tragedies indicate that although...
Survivors and Consequences of the Black Death There are some attempts to explain why the bubonic plague broke out but many of them do not give a very clear picture or the reason why. The disease emerged from Asia, in the Chinese Gobu desert. The disease was spread by fleas...
Some communicable diseases can easily spread through a community with no correct health and prevention care. Community health nurses can help prevent this from occurring by researching as well as analyzing information and always keeping the community educated. One of those communicable illnesses is chickenpox, the extremely contagious nature of...
Introduction It is possible to state with certainty that population-based communicable diseases are one of the most important negative contributors to public health on federal, state, and local levels. Among this large diverse group of illnesses, sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS are of immensely high significance. Accordingly, there are numerous...
Statistics commonly refers to the numerical data which is collected through measurements or observations of a specific phenomenon, organization, or population sample. Statistics has a variety of utility, ranging from providing descriptive characteristics to measuring performance outcomes. Numerical data offered by statistics is commonly utilized in health care for its...
Introduction A rising incidence of infectious diseases forces healthcare organizations around the globe to take response measures to stabilize the occurring situation. The recent studies indicate that the virus of Salmonella has been responsible for 69% of community-acquired bloodstream infections in the African region over the past four decades (Uche,...
Introduction This paper presents epidemiological and surveillance data related to rabies, AIDS, and hepatitis B. The research discusses its causes and symptoms, as to how they affect the population of Miami, Florida (zip code: 33111). These diseases were selected as they pose a threat to the county’s population and should...
Influenza A Influenza A is an acute infectious disease that is prone to epidemic spread and clinically manifested in severe toxicosis and catarrhal phenomena on the part of the respiratory tract. The viruses of this group are highly contagious and may cause rapidly growing epidemics: within several weeks, up to...
Even though the threats of bioterrorism are not considered to be significant, the U.S. authorities develop strategies helping to address anthrax, botulism, and smallpox. All of them belong to the first category of bioterrorism diseases, which means that Bacillus anthracis, Clostridium botulinum, and variola major are extremely easy to disseminate...
Introduction The Healthy People 2020 initiative addresses numerous issues that affect some or all populations across the United States. Some of them are prominent in Miami, Florida, and, more specifically, in the neighborhood with the zip code 33127. For this review, the author has chosen the Educational and Community-Based Programs,...
Literature Review The problem of healthcare associated infections (HAIs) has been affecting the U.S. healthcare setting for a long time. Due to the increased vulnerability of inpatients and the presence of risk factors in the hospital setting, including the ones associated with invasive devices, inpatients are exposed to HAIs (Weiner...
According to the HIV.gov website, more than 1 million people in the United States are currently infected with HIV, and one out of every seven people is not aware of their disease (U. S. statistics, 2018). Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to profoundly and elaborately analyze the current...
The health of the nation is one of the major concerns of the government as it is a key factor for the further evolution of the state and its empowerment. At the moment, this factor is correctly realized in the USA, and there is a specific incentive Healthy People 2020...
The use of primary prevention strategies has an important meaning for healthcare systems. In particular, it helps to increase the number of citizens who are aware of health threats related to communicable diseases, the basic principles of self-care that reduce risks, and the geography of certain illnesses. The primary prevention...
Diabetic Retinopathy This topic is interesting as early recognition and management of diabetic retinopathy could prevent the possibility of blindness. The topic is relevant to my future career as I will seek to encourage every patient with diabetes to have eye examination (retinopathy screening) regularly, at least once per year...
Introduction Communicable diseases are an urgent health problem since a large number of people are susceptible to these ailments, and until now, no means have been found to combat these illnesses comprehensively. In the case of Miami, Florida (FL 33563), three diseases of this type will be considered, which are...
The existence of communicable diseases belongs to the number of factors that negatively impact the health of people in any communities and increase mortality rates. The City of Miami cannot be regarded as an exception when it comes to communities with a high prevalence of communicable diseases. Today, the community...
Introduction Healthy People 2020 is a national government initiative spearheaded by the CDC to address the most critical issues and health improvement priorities in the United States. This was done by creating evidence-based 10-year projections and objectives that national, state, and local public health agencies and medical organizations seek to...
Chamberlain College of Nursing NR553 Global Health Visit the World Health Organization website listed in the Webliography of this course. Using the link to “countries”, choose a country to evaluate health data. Answer the following questions and provide insight into the health of the chosen country, using the table below...
Introduction During mass disease outbreaks such as the one shown in the game Outbreaks of Watersedge, it is the role of public health officials to correctly identify, analyze, and propose solutions to the issue. Disease outbreaks are confirmed cases of disease that exceed normal expected parameters in a specific geographic...
Being able to apply epidemiological methods in practice is essential, and for this reason, several web-based simulators were developed. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention created a game titled Solve the Outbreak that allows individuals to engage individuals in the learning experience, allowing one to understand the epidemiology of outbreaks...
Introduction Communicable illnesses pose various threats to public health and can even jeopardize the development of the society. The US government has a particular strategy to address these health issues that are described in Healthy People 2020. It is possible to note that the major focus is on prevention that...
Overview of the Health Issue and the Prevalence in the United States and Worldwide Tuberculosis is an infectious ailment characterized by the rapid growth of tubercles within the tissues in the lungs. According to the CDC 2017 TB Surveillance Report, 9,272 cases of tuberculosis were reported across the US, which...
Introduction Rabies is an ancient and most prevalent zoonotic neurological infection that is caused by the Rabies virus (RABV) and other Lyssavirus species of the family Rhabdovirida. Such infectious disease results in progressive and fatal encephalomyelitis. According to Domachowske (2019), the rabies virus is responsible for the mortality rate of...
HIV/AIDS The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is developed as a result of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which is usually transmitted through sexual contacts, pregnancy, and percutaneous inoculation. It is associated with numerous co-morbidities, including cardiovascular conditions, opportunistic infections, and different types of cancers. For this reason, it...
Summary of Teaching Plan The teaching program focused on the best measures to tackle the problem of tuberculosis. This condition has continued to affect more people across the United States. Many people are exposed to or at risk of this condition. The teaching plan emphasized some of the evidence-based strategies...
Introduction In 2010, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) unveiled 10-year goals and objectives dubbed Healthy People 2020 to promote health and prevent diseases across the country. The program has 42 topics and close to 600 topics that seek to provide measurable objectives, increase public awareness, identify...
The issue of the spread of HIV is an acute problem that is regularly discussed not only in separate regions but also at the global level. The need to develop appropriate interventions to help patients suffering from this ailment is caused by a large number of concomitant diseases. According to...
Introduction There are numerous community health problems that Americans endure in recent times. The public health defects range from disasters like the current Hurricane Dorian, diabetes, substance abuse, or HIV. The following paper seeks to analyze intricately three different pandemics prevalent in Miami that raise a public health concern. The...
Introduction Communicable diseases are some of the major challenges facing the health sector in the United States. Such diseases affect human health significantly, which explains why public health policymakers are concerned. Communicable diseases are classified as diseases that can be passed from one person to another through different mediums (Healthy...
Introduction One of the central concerns of the U.S. healthcare sector is the gradual improvement of the health of the nation and the creation of conditions beneficial for peoples happy living. For this reason, much effort is devoted to the investigation of the factors affecting various communities across the state...
Introduction Tuberculosis is one of the most dangerous infectious diseases that affect people’s lungs and may lead to death. This disease can be observed among the citizens of high-income countries, as well as developing countries. The impact of migration on tuberculosis is frequently discussed in health and medical research (Pareek,...
Health Education Programs in Florida A steep rise in health promotion and building awareness can be noticed in Florida at present (Florida Department of Health, 2018b). Several programs aimed at managing some of the current concerns have been created (e.g., smoking, Zika, HIV/AIDS, etc. (Florida Department of Health, 2018a)). The...
Introduction HIV/AIDS is still one of the illnesses that can be hardly treated and characterized by a high mortality rate. At present, people diagnosed with this disorder live longer and their quality of life is higher as compared to patients treated decades ago. However, the prevalence of the illness is...
Malaria Characterized with the presence of severe headaches and other changes related to the general condition, malaria is among the diseases responsible for numerous deaths, especially in developing countries. Despite that, this disease also affects people in wealthier countries, including the United States. After eradication, this disease reappeared in the...
HIV: Disease Description With its long incubation period, huge death tolls, and the absence of opportunities for a complete recovery, HIV has warranted the title of the plague of our times (Vijayan, Karthigeyan, Tripathi, & Hanna, 2017). The disease has become notorious for its deadliness, yet the social stigma that...