A very helpful class

It has been a great experience throughout the semester as I went through assignments, modules, quizzes and more. I learned a lot more than I had originally thought. It opened my eyes in a lot of ways and I can now look at HIV with a much different perspective. I was never really judgmental but there was always a subconscious fear in my mind when I met HIV positive patients at work. Since I have done several questions of the week where I had to put myself in a situation and think about it, I will be a lot prepared if anything like that ever happened.

I keep a box of gloves in my car just in case I have help someone in the most random place. I have told several of my friends and my parents to do the same. I have mentioned before that it is so amazing that I have been able to talk to my family openly about HIV. I went to get myself tested for HIV because of this class. I would have never done it otherwise. Even when I knew that it was going to be negative, some of the questions from the counselor were mind opening. If I had gone to get tested without this class and told my parents, they would have most definitely not taken it the right way.

I want to thank Linda and Teach for such a great class and I hope that I will continue to learn more about HIV and educate people around me.

Did You Know...........

Florida stands first in the entire nation in pediatric AIDS cases and second in total pediatric HIV cases.
96% of the babies with HIV are infected perinatally.
There is an organization called the 'Perinatal HIV Prevention Community' that educates the health care providers on HIV laws, how pregnancies are reported and how this is a very important issue in the current society.

Source:
http://www.usfcenter.org/Perinatal/