Sociology 2259 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Aimee Mullins, Multiple Sex Partners, Act Up
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Sociology is the study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior. Social work is a profession concerned with helping individuals, families, groups and communiies to enhance their individual and collecive well-being. Human rights and social jusice are the philosophical underpinnings of social work pracice. Started seeing paients in 1989 at former site as hivcp then idcp, and moved into st. joesphs in the fall of 2012. Regional hiv/aids connecion ( formerly aids commitee of london) We have a community advisory commitee that helps inform our work and address issues. In 2014 there were 36. 9 million people living with hiv. Since 2000, around 38. 1 million people have become infected with hiv and 25. 3 million people have died of aids- related illnesses. New hiv infecions have fallen by 35% since 2000. 71,300 canadians are living with hiv at the end of 2011. 25% of people living with hiv do not know it.