Women's Studies 2163A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Vertically Transmitted Infection, Treatment As Prevention, Ontario Health Insurance Plan

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2163A/B
• Professor: Samantha Brennan

Document Summary

Rhac departments: education, primarily for priority populations, which are demographics with higher levels of. How hiv is transmitted: the five ways to transmit hiv, semen, anal fluid, vaginal fluid, blood, breastmilk, occurs when a bodily fluid containing hiv directly enters the bloodstream. Modes of acquisition: condom-less sex, vertical transmission. Injection drugs: non-sterile tattooing and piercing, blood products (prior to 1992) Symptoms: some people don"t get symptoms, so the only way to be sure is to be tested, some symptoms include, flu-like fever, loss of appetite, sore throat, swollen lymph nodes. Statistics: 21% of canadians living with hiv don"t know it, 75,000 canadians live with hiv, this does not account for people who are not tested. Social determinants (or factors) of health: housing, security, sexual orientation, gender inequality and misogyny, social support networks, poverty, racism and discrimination, childhood abuse, cultural norms, education and skills, access to healthcare, gender-based violence, poverty.