BB H 311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Aids, Urie Bronfenbrenner, Ecological Systems Theory
27 Oct 2017
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Aids (person level: what is it, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, caused by hiv, attacks helper t cells, cd4 t cells, adaptive t cells, ~37 million people are living with hiv today. Scored based on these factors: followed participants for 5 years every 6 months, outcomes: mortality, cd4 counts, women who reported positive psychological resources were about at about 6% death rate. 16% with women already with aids at start of test: women who reported none of the positive resources were at about 17% death rate. Higher for women with aids already after 5 years (50%) Depending on the situation, some people do much better when they don"t know they are being helped than to be told that they are being helped. Sometimes people feel helpless and reliant on others if they are constantly aware that they need help: people want to feel independent.
