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Do you that National HIV Testing Day falls on June 27, and calls attention to this important public health issue in the United States and worldwide?  This June 27 marks the 20th anniversary of National HIV Testing Day. This day was established as an annual observance to promote HIV testing. The theme is “Take the Test. Take Control.”  National HIV Testing Day reminds us that we all have the power to stop HIV, and testing is one of our most powerful tools. Today, it is estimated that one in five people with HIV do not know they have HIV.  Approximately 35 million people worldwide are HIV-positive, including 1.2 million in the United States. This includes the 3.5 million children who are HIV-positive, most of them infected during pregnancy, birth, or shortly after by their HIV-positive mothers. The AIDS pandemic began more than 30 years ago and has killed up to 40 million people worldwide.  MEANING OF   HIV/ AIDS : HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus,...

Action Plan #Breakingthesilence #nomoredyinginsilence  Do you know that only 11-55% female adolescents sexual coersion and violence have been reported in Nigeria? Whatever happened to the others who are dying emotionally in silence? The culture of silence continues because of lack of courage or wrong perception by victims that they are at a more disadvantaged position due to the economic/Social/Political status of their attackers. However,19-year old hairstylist Adenike(not real name) is indeed a symbol of tremendous courage and resilience amid a culture of intimidation by reporting her three attackers. As its uncharacteristic of most sexual abuse victims,she summoned the courage to speak up "because she did want her four attackers to go free and do the same to someone else". The residents of Iju area of Lagos,Nigeria were shocked to hear that 19-year-old Adenike (not real name), have been raped by three male friends she trusted most in her neighbourhood, – Ha...

#Action Plan; #Target an interdisciplinary team approach  uniquely  centered  on you  In diagnosis,treatment and prevention of illness "The biopsychosocial model has led to the development of the most therapeutic and cost-effective interdisciplinary pain management programs and makes it far more likely for the chronic pain patient to regain function and experience vast improvements in quality of life"-   Robert J. Gatchel, PhD, ABPP, Krista J. Howard, PhD and Nancy D. Kishino Recovery during illness is more effective when diagnosis and treatment of our the patient involves an understanding how their experiences relates to their illness. The Biopsychosocial  model encourages a positive shift in the way people think about health, illness, and healing.The  model is an integral part of the principles of health psychology should be utilized  by conventional western medicine but is not. According to Jane Ogden,2004,some patients and physicians vi...

"The biopsychosocial model has led to the development of the most therapeutic and cost-effective interdisciplinary pain management programs and makes it far more likely for the chronic pain patient to regain function and experience vast improvements in quality of life"-   Robert J. Gatchel, PhD, ABPP, Krista J. Howard, PhD and Nancy D. Kishino Dr. George,an American Psychiatrist in 1977 introduced the B iopsychosocial model as a response to the cold and clinical  mechanistic medical model.-a diagnosis and treatment based entirely on clinical tests ignores the person and how they are coping. Engel conceptualize symptoms of illness or disease as arising from  a dynamic interaction between psychological, social and biomedical factors. Illustration of a woman examining the contents of a man's head.Credits; Lorelyn Medina Illustration of medical doctor examining of  a patient.Credits;DiverDR.jpg    The biomedical model is most characteristics...

What Do We Mean? As a lifestyle management coach, one of the goals of  my blog  is to promote a positive shift in the way people think about health, illness, and healing because achieving and maintaining health is an ongoing process. That is shaped both by the context we live, the evolution of health care knowledge and practices as well as personal strategies and organized interventions for staying healthy known as lifestyle management.  A  paradigm shift or change in the pattern of our health beliefs is ever more urgent now that millions of people around the country and the world are under tremendous amounts of stress as the economy is suffering and unemployment remains high. Moreover, it is no more  news that people who are employed are working more hours and are taking on more responsibilities, for less pay. Those that have lost their jobs worry about paying their bills, feeding their families and holding onto what they have work...

  According to the World Health Organization, the following factors probably have a bigger impact on our health than access and use of health care services because they are the main determinants of health; The social and economic environment (Our economy and society) The physical environment (Where we live, what is physically around us)  The person's individual characteristics and behaviors (What we are and what we do) Most of these factors that contribute towards our good or bad health are out of our control.  According to  the World Health Organization,the following 6 factors factors (determinants)  may have the biggest impact; 6 Factors That May Have a Bigger Impact on Our Health The World Health Organization, says that the following factors  (determinants)   probably have a bigger impact on our health than access and use of health care services: Where we live The state of our environm...