Florida Family AIDS Network and AIDS Education Training Center

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Florida Family AIDS NetworkandAIDS Education
Training Center

• Kelley Morton
• Shane Breitenstein
• Jen Blauvelt
• Catie Akers
• Maya Vizvary
• Ashley Johnson
• Shalu Patel

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• What we learned
• HIV/AIDS Virus
• How it is contracted
• Rates of contraction
• Consequences
• Treatments
• Education/Prevention
• Organizations
• F.F.A.N.
• F.A.E.T.C.
• All children's
• T.O.U.C.H.

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HIV is primarily contracted through unprotected
sexual contact. It can be contracted through
vaginal, oral, or anal sexual contact. It can
also be contracted through risky drug use
sharing infected needles.
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• Every hour at least seven people contract HIV.
• Of those seven people, two are under the age of
  twenty.
  
• Out of two million people who are tested for HIV,
  40 never come back for their results.
  
• 10,000 of the two million were tested HIV.
• 300,000 are HIV and are unaware.
• More people die between the ages of 25-44 from
  AIDS, thus proving that HIV is primarily
  contracted between the ages of 15-17.
  
• 40 of HIV individuals have not told their
  sexual partner(s) their status.
  
• In 1997, half of the 18-24 year olds feel AIDS is
  the most urgent health problem.
  
• Florida is ranked third in the country for total
  HIV/AIDS cases. It is ranked second for total
  pediatric cases.

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Once HIV is introduced into your body, it
replicates one way. It invades your bodys
T-Cells, which make up your immune system,
replicates inside of them, and then kills them
spilling out numerous strands of HIV.
Over a period of time, the number of healthy
T-Cells diminishes. When your T-Cell count
diminishes below 200, you have the condition
called AIDS. A normal T-Cell count is
between 800-1000. AIDS is not what kills a perso
n infected with HIV. AIDS makes it harder for
your body to fight off infections like hepatitis,
colds, flu, pneumonia, tuberculosis, etc.
You can have HIV for up to ten years before any
symptoms appear. Therefore, you can have HIV
and not know it.
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Medications are designed to help stop the rate of
duplication of HIV in a persons body. HIV
medications consist of three different types
Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
(NRTIs) Protease Inhibitors (PIs) and
Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
(NNRTIs). The patient is given the drug in three
different forms so that there is less of a chance
that the virus will grow immunity towards it.
Since HIV is a retrovirus (a single-stranded RNA)
it has to replicate using an enzyme called
reverse transcriptase. The NNRTIs work to stop
HIV production by binding directly onto reverse
transcriptase and preventing the conversion of
RNA to DNA. The NRTIs work by incorporating the
mselves into the DNA of the virus, therefore
stopping the building process. The resulting DNA
cannot create new virus because its incomplete.
Once the virus enters a cells nucleus and inser
ts itself into the cells DNA, it instructs the
cell to create numerous copies of the original
virus. PIs prevent the virus from successfully
assembling and releasing itself from the infected
T-Cell.
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Until recently, people thought that HIV persons
prognosis was death. In reality, people who are
HIV can live to be as long, if not longer, than
non-infected people. The cocktails, or drug
combinations, can actually prolong a persons
life. The first step taken in AIDS prevention w
as AZT. 90 of patients who have taken it are
still alive after one year of being diagnosed
(this is an increase of 50 without the drug).
After prolonged use, patients grow resistance
towards AZT. Although AZT is still primarily used
, new experimental drugs have been reported to
work as well, but have side effects.
All drugs help in prolonging life longevity, but
it is shown that HIV patients are dying due to
drug complications rather than diseases.
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Numerous organizations in Florida are designed to
educate the public about HIV and how to prevent
it. Of those organizations, we worked with
Florida Family AIDS Network, Florida AIDS
Education Training Center, and Teens Outreaching,
Uniting, and Changing Habits. Many individuals,
such as Ricky Harrington, work on a personal
basis to educate the public. Ricky works in
unison with Florida All Children's Hospital.
Ricky was infected perinataly and has dedicated
his life towards HIV prevention.
The only true way to prevent HIV is to abstain
from all risky behaviors.
F.A.E.T.C.
Ricky Harrington On right
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F.F.A.N
Florida Family AIDS Network

• Goals and Objectives
• Medical Care
• Case Management
• Clinical Trials
• Educating the Public
• Program Model
• Decentralized Service Delivery
• Multiple Access Points
• Multi-County Networks
• Local Agencies Hire, House and Supervise Staff
• Collaboration with Other Community Agencies

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F.A.E.T.C.
Florida AIDS Education and Training Center
The F.A.E.T.C.s primary goal is to ensure that
physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners,
physician assistants, dentists, pharmacists, and
other health care professionals receive state of
the art information, training, and consultation
on new and emerging treatments for HIV and AIDS.
The Florida A.E.T.C. offers specialized clinical
education covering essential up to date
information on the transmission, treatment, and
prevention of HIV/AIDS. The Florida A.E.T.C. reco
gnizes that the HIV/AIDS epidemic is growing
among minority and poor populations, and special
efforts are made to reach health care providers
serving these patients. Emphasis is placed on
training Ryan White funded providers and those
who are located in community-based organizations
including rural hospitals, community and migrant
health centers, public health clinics, AIDS
service organizations, correctional facilities,
and other non-profit organizations.
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T.O.U.C.H.
Teens Outreaching, Uniting, and Changing Habits

• The goal of this program is to engage youth in a
  positive, physical, mental, emotional,
  educational, and interactive environment, which
  will result in a healthy quality of life, by
  providing education and training on various
  topics such as
• Building self-confidence/self-esteem through
  positive decision making and communication
  skills
  
• Recognizing the connection between drugs,
  alcohol, unprotected/premarital sex, HIV/AIDS,
  and STDs.
  
• Teen pregnancy
• Teen Drop Out Prevention and Crime

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