You will answer three essay questions, one for each category “Interventions and Prevention,” “Living with HIV/AIDS,” and “Global and National Policy.”
You have two question options in each category; you will chose one to answer.
Answers will be between 350 and 400 words. You will lose points if you go over 400 or under 350.
Citations do not count as words.
You are allowed to use any materials you see fit to help you answer the questions, though you will mostly use the lectures, slides, linked videos, and assigned readings from the class.
You will cite the sources you use to answer the questions.
Each component of your essay answer must be cited.
So, if you are asked for five examples of something, each example must be cited.
Below the questions are instructions on citing sources, paraphrasing, and formatting.
Here are the questions:
Group #1: Interventions and Prevention. Pick one to answer. 7 points.
Essay A. Can’t Pass It On is a campaign run by the Terrence Higgins Trust in the United Kingdom that is focused on the U=U concept, or Undetectable=Uninfectious. It relies of many different behavior change theories and principles. Explain the overall goal of Can’t Pass It On, including who it is focused on and how it helps fight HIV overall (2 points). Then discuss how Can’t Pass It On uses FIVE of the seven principles of behavior change (1 point each). You must be specific in your explanations and examples; use the terminology from lectures or the book, provide clear and concrete examples, show us that you know how the concepts work. The Terrence Higgins Trust’s Can’t Pass It On Campaign website is here: https://www.tht.org.uk/our-work/our-campaigns/cant-pass-it-on.
Essay B. The GetPrEPLA campaign relies of many different behavior change theories and principles. Explain the overall goal of GetPrEPLA, including who it is focused on and how it helps fight HIV overall (2 points). Then discuss how GetPrEPLA uses FIVE of the seven principles of behavior change (1 point each). You must be specific in your explanations and examples; use the terminology from lectures or the book, provide clear and concrete examples, show us that you know how the concepts work. GetPrEPLA’s campaign, which includes short videos and various materials, can be found at http://getprepla.com.
Group #3: Global and National Policy, Pick one to answer. 8 points.
Essay C. The first goal of the National HIV Strategy is “Reducing new HIV infections,” and this goal has three steps. Explain the goal and why that goal is important as part of a strategy to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic (2 points). For each of the three steps, provide and cite an example of a method being used to take that step and explain and cite a barrier or challenge that that makes this step difficult. (Each step’s examples is 2pts.) The examples must come from specific locations in the United States. You must be specific in your explanations and examples; use the terminology from lectures or the book and provide clear, concrete, and cited examples. Show us that you know how the concepts work. (The Strategy was discussed in lecture, and the full federal document of the 2020 Update is found here.)
Essay D. The third goal of of the National HIV Strategy is “Reducing HIV-related disparities and health inequities,” and this goal has three steps. Explain the goal and why that goal is important as part of a strategy to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic (2 points). For each of the three steps, provide and citean example of a method being used to take that step and provide and citea barrier or challenge that that makes this step difficult. (Each step’s examples is 2pts.) The examples must come from specific locations in the United States. You must be specific in your explanations and examples; use the terminology from lectures or the book and provide clear, concrete, and cited examples. Show us that you know how the concepts work. (The Strategy was discussed in lecture, and the full federal document of the 2020 Update is found here.)
Group these three questions:
How did the HIV diagnosis threaten his self-schema? (3 pts)
How did role expectationslead them to act as they did? (2 pts)
What were the things they did to resolve their cognitive dissonance? (3 pts.)
You must define the underlined terms in context of Louganis’s storyand reference specific events described or shown in the videos.
Here are the Louganis videos:
Greg Louganis on 20/20 in 1995, Part 1
Greg Louganis on 20/20 in 1995, Part 2
Greg Louganis on 20/20 in 1995, Part 3
Greg Louganis on 20/20 in 1995, Part 4
Greg Louganis interview with Sports Illustrated.
Essay F. The HIV Care Continuum is a concept used to help public health officials understand the funding and programmatic needs of people living with HIV. Much of these services are paid for by the federal government through Ryan White HIV/AIDS P