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And the stria Played On University of Central Florida Question 1 Based on what you observed in the film or read in the accommodate clearly articulate and delineate at least terzetto of the sociopolitical accompani manpowertors that influenced universal health policy develop ment for HIV/AIDs pr blushtion and go through in the get together States. Then discuss separately from each one of the three sociopolitical factors each factor and discussion is equal to three points each.The three sociopolitical factors that influenced everyday health policy development for HIV/Aids prevention and ascendency in the United States were identifying early possible ways of spreading the disease, how it bear upon our line of work supply and that to acknowledge the social implications that it could be everymans disease. Initi solelyy, in the flick on that point were signs of the disease tho they were not sure even what it was. People were dying from a type of pneumonia that was not commo n 1 man had Toxoplasmosis which is a cats disease.Other patients had a commencement or no T-cell count. As the movie progressed they strand a linkup with Patient Zero and this concept that they called the GRID which stood for Gay Related tolerant Deficiency and this term was coined by Bill Kraus who was speaking on behalf of the sunny rights in Washington, D. C. in 1980. In the connection with patient zero it is in the long run discovered that there was a shoot tender who was gay who had familiar intercourse with many men who then had fire with others and the doctors were able to induce the connection with this information.They were able to trace back to the flight attendant who was patient zero and who he slept with and who all of those people had slept with, so on and so forth. The flight attendant had given him label and they were able to talk to several men who gave names of other men that they had sex with. (Spelling, Vincent & Spottiswoode, 1993). The second fact or that helped to form public policy and help with crack and prevention was regarding our blood supply. It was discovered that there was an older man who was a hemophiliac who had received many blood transfusions at the University of Colorado medical checkup Center.There was in like manner a woman who was an IV drug exploiter who had contracted assist. This helped to dispel the myth that it was only a gay disease, but was transported through the blood therefore our blood supply was at risk. The CDC in Atlanta met in 1983 and motioned to change the name from GRID to AIDS which was Acquired resistant Deficiency Syndrome. However, because of expense the blood banks refused to change testing procedures. Eventually, the blood banks at last agree to test but many people were affected with AIDS virus before that finally took place. (Spelling, Vincent & Spottiswoode, 1993).One of the big factors early on is that no one wanted to be associated with AIDS due to the fact that it was co nsidered a homosexual mans disease. There was a big bucks of fear, denial and anger adjoin this disease. In 1981at the CDC Dr. Guinan asks that a report round an epidemic with gay men had broken out and he wanted it published in the medical journal. The fear of the word homosexual was label off and not used for that article. It took a long time for the recognition that this disease could affect everyone from homosexual males, IV drug users, blood transfusion patients, women and even babies.Even though it was initially considered the disease came from gay men and their sexual practices it crossed all borders as time went on. Still now there is some prejudice regarding AIDS. (Spelling, Vincent & Spottiswoode, 1993). Question 2 How were early victims and contacts identify and located? One example was from a gay flight attendant who had by his own admission had at least 250 partners and that was a worldly-minded number of partners, when he was a patient at NYU Medical Center. Lat er, the doctors make the connection and tracked him down to ask for names of other men he had slept with. He gave Dr.Darrow 73 names which at least was a beginning for them to contact other men and from there they could get them names of men or women that they too had slept with. The doctors began to see a common tie of patients who had low T cell counts, rare pneumonia, Kaposis sarcoma and other signs/symptoms that they were aspect at and endeavoring to make the connection with what this disease entailed as they were sharing information with each other of their findings. (Spelling, Vincent & Spottiswoode, 1993). Question 3 Describe how the events in the film compare with the steps in the epidemiological process expound in Maurer and Smith.There are three types of epidemiological studies that include descriptive, experimental and analytic. (Maurer & Smith, 2009). I think that the descriptive would be the closest to the film. The reason is that the movie talks close to those w ho are affected and different scenarios. One such scenario would be Dr. Francis when he was seeing a woman on her expiry bed, and she spits blood on his hand and he is scared. He was a see player in that he saw some symptoms and tried to go back and put together pieces of the puzzle of what that meant with other findings, different populations, ages, sex, blood etc.What was difficult were how many hurdles the medical community had to try and overcome. There was little funding, discriminatory attitudes and a basic belief it did not belong in their back yard. The administration was inefficient and slow and more than of the red tape left many to suffer and die. They believed that it was a lifestyle choice and that their punishment was just. (Spelling, Vincent & Spottiswoode, 1993). The people who were most affected early on were homosexual men. It did seem to be more prominent in San Francisco where there was a high population of gay men.The first case was in Copenhagen in 1977, various countries and finally the United States. This disease affected everyone from gay, straight, IV drug users, babies and hemophiliacs. (Spelling, Vincent & Spottiswoode, 1993). It is worthy to note that the homosexual men were engaging in very risky behaviors such as in the bathhouses they were with multiple partners and also tenanted in the use of poppers. Gay men also engaged in sex often without protection and even when they tested cocksure they would still engage in risky behaviors. Kalichman SC Cain D Simbayi LC, (2010).What was your boilersuit reaction after viewing this film/reading this book with approve to the impact on the health care system in the United States? I had never seen the film before so I found it very interesting. Knowing what I know now I attend to at that film in disbelief that we had to go through all of those hurdles and how many lives were lost. It was a failure to act from the CDC, blood banks, government the doctors fighting with their egos for credit and even those fighting with each other and the politicians who dont want their careers ruined.I dont remember it affecting me much because I am a straight, heterosexual female, but I do remember thinking how scared I was when it first came out. It does not mean however, that I am safe because I am female. I do know that. The money that it cost in the aftermath of inefficiency is probably numbers I domiciliatet imagine. I applaud Dr. Francis in standing up for what he believed was right in the face of his colleagues who fought him the whole way. It must have been a lonely lead for him but I believe when you are passionate near something that is when you go away prevail, and he did.I hope that history doesnt repeat itself and that as humans we can learn from our errors. One impact that I can have as a nurse is to dispel myths and teach the facts about having HIV and living with it. There are still many misconceptions surrounding HIV and since we are in a position to educa te, it is our duty to do so. Ojebuyi B. (2009). References Kalichman, S. , Cain, D. , & Simbayi, L. (2010). Behavioral changes associated with testing HIV-positive among sexually transmitted infection clinic patients in drape Town, South Africa. American Journal of Public Health, 100(4), 714-719. oi10. 2105/AJPH. 2009. 162602. Maurer, F. A. , Smith, C. M. (2009). Community/public health nursing practice health for families and populations. St. Louis, MO Saunders Elselvier Ojebuyi, B. (2009). Increasing peoples knowledge about HIV/AIDS an investigation into the effectiveness of reading as a communication strategy. Journal of Health Management, 11(3), 473-488. Retrieved from CINAHL Plus with Full Text database Spelling, A. , Vincent, E. D. , (Producers). & Spottiswoode, R. (Director), (1993), And the heap played on Motion picture. United States Home Box Office.