Working with Youths in San Francisco to Fight AIDS

On the Causes of High Risk Behavior of those who are HIV Positive

The entitled Working with Youths in San Francisco to Fight AIDS ' presented findings regarding the principal causes of the increasing high-risk behavior of those who are HIV positive . The identified two principal factors causing this high-risk behavior in which , one according to Community assessment of San Francisco Department of Public Health , is brought upon by the availability of medication for HIV , and the other is that they have sex whenever they are under the influence of drugs and alcohol

(San Francisco Department of Health

The also identifies the age bracket that is likely to have more numbers of infections . Citing the document from the San Francisco Department of Health , the noted that the percentage of HIV infection is high in ages 25 and above , but infection is low among 25 and below . The document however , concluded that the youth 12-18 are the ones that are most likely to contract the epidemic

The other however , which was designed to inform the public and to encourage them to participate , of the government efforts in fighting against the spread of AIDS /HIV infection . First , the identified where the success of the efforts will come from , from the availability of institutional and individual resources ' willing to carry on efforts on preventing the disease . According to this , the factors contributing to the rise of HIV cases in San Francisco the rampant drug use at number...