• Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.251-279
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• 2010

In 2009 the Ministry of Health and Society reported a new milestone in longevity among people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA): An individual was reported to be living and healthy after 24 years with HIV/AIDS. Today, PLWHA who receive treatment are more likely to die as a result of cancer or cardiovascular diseases than HIV/AIDS. However, in Korea the public association between HIV/AIDS and death remains strong and PLWHA live with the feeling of being discarded. While great advances have been made in the treatment of HIV/AIDS, understanding of life with HIV/AIDS is just beginning. This study describes the life experiences of PLWHA after being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. Phenomenological methods were used to analyze the transcripts of semi-structured interviews with six PLWHA. Time is a constant factor in the life experiences of PLWHA. After being diagnosed, participants were shocked, feeling as though the world was caving in and they were living with a time bomb. Compulsory disclosure left PLWHA with a feeling of disconnection from the world. Participants were fired from their jobs, resulting in poverty, isolation and a sense that they were simply waiting to die. However, health professionals informed participants that HIV/AIDS is a manageable illness. With time, PLWHA came to understand HIV/AIDS differently. In accepting their HIV infection, PLWHA created a new sense of meaning in their lives. To be honest to their loved ones and true to their own identity, PLWHA worked to "come out." The experience of coming out helped them to accept themselves as they were and understand their own strength. The most important influence on their treatment, and living with HIV/AIDS generally, was obtaining correct information about HIV/AIDS from health professionals. After accepting that they were living with HIV/AIDS, participants were able to look beyond themselves to support those around them, including family members, friends, and others who encouraged them to recognize and feel confident in their own identity.

• RED RIBBON
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• s.63
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• pp.10-13
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• 2005

증가하는 HIV/AIDS 감염과 그로 인한 파괴적 결과는 세계적 관심사가 되었고, 발병률이 높은 지역에서 AIDS는 보건의료 문제를 넘어서 국민총생산을 감소시키는 사회경제적 문제가 되고 있다. 한국은 상대적으로 HIV감염 AIDS 발병률이 낮은 나라지만 당초 예상과는 달리 그 발병률이 둔화되고 있지 않으며, 1999년 이후 최근에는 감염자의 수가 급격히 증가하는 추세에 있다. 세계 다른 나라들이나 아시아의 주변국의 사정을 보면 우리나라도 결코 안전한 권역에 계속 머물러 있으리라는 장담을 하기가 어렵다. 특히 근년에 경제적 생산력이 왕성한 $20\~30$대 남성에서 HIV/ADIS 증가하고 있어, HIV/AIDS감염의 사회적 비용, 그 중에 특히 경제적 영향에 대한 관심이 커지고 있는 상황이다. 따라서 우리나라에서 발생하는 HIV/AIDS의 경제적 비용을 추산함으로써 증가하는 HIV/AIDS감염의 경제적 의미를 찾을 필요가 있다고 판단된다. 경제적 비용의 추산에 앞서 우선 우리나라 HIV/AIDS 감염자 수를 추계하여 보면 다음과 같다.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.487-496
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• 2018

The person who knows inaccurately about AIDS is less favorable to AIDS infectee, and the low level of knowledge as to AIDS and negative attitude cause bias and stigma of AIDS infectee to act as a social exclusion mechanism to impede early discovery or early treatment of the disease. As the level of knowledge as to AIDS affect the attitude of AIDS, so this study was tried to make use of basic data to develop education program that may help AIDS infectee and prevention of infection who visit dental clinics in the future by grasping the level of knowledge of the students of the dept. of dental hygiene as to AIDS and the attitude for the infectee. The collected the data subject to 360 students. The investigated data used statistic program SPSS 22.0 (SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL, USA) to calculate general characteristics by frequency and percentage, and for the attitude towards AIDS using Social Networking Services surveysinfectees and testing hypothesis of Duncan, Scheffe to see which groups show the difference in the practice level of infection management.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies
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• v.44 no.3
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• pp.347-369
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• 2013

Quality of life for people living with HIV/AIDS is significant as it concerns the treatment process, survival rate, HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment as well. Prevalent prejudice in our society significantly lowers the quality of patient's life. There is a need for an intervention and the effort to eliminate the stigma in order to lessen the negative effects as well. However, there are very few researches that examine the quality of life when it comes to people living with HIV/AIDS; even less when it comes to research that examines the stigma that affects the quality of life negatively. Therefore, this research seeks to verify the moderating effects of social support that seek to eliminate the stigma upon the quality of life in people living with HIV/AIDS. Research had been conducted with 102 people living with HIV/AIDS and the balancing effect of the social effort was verified through hierarchical regression analysis and a simple slope test. As the result of the research, control variables such as educational level and whether the patient has a job or not have significant effect and the stigma that the patient is aware of has significant negative effect. Social support had positive effect in quality of life and that it has a moderating effect on stigma which in turn affects the quality of life. Based on these results, social work related implications that were suggested are as follows; need for information and education as to better the quality of life for people living with HIV/AIDS and eliminate the social stigma and that group support program based on the local community which is needed for social support. Further research was advised based on the limitations of this research.

• RED RIBBON
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• s.56
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• pp.8-9
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• 2004

감염인으로 살아가기란 쉽지가 않다. 그렇다고 희망이 없는 것은 아니다. 감염인으로 살아가면서 겪게 될 고통이나 편견들을 이미 같은 경험을 한 선배 감염인들이 연재하는 코너로 많은 감염인들에게 도움이 되기를 바라며 연중기획으로 마련하였다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.10
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• pp.338-344
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• 2016

The purpose of this study is to explore perceptions, knowledge, and attitudes about AIDS, and to analyze factors associated with social distance for people living with AIDS. Data was analyzed for 645 university students majoring in social work and nursing. The results show that AIDS was most frequently associated with the word sex. Secondly, participant knowledge about AIDS revealed common errors in the prevention and process of infection. Third, correlation between prejudice toward people living with AIDS and social minorities was statistically significant. Finally using hierarchical regression analysis, among factors affecting the social distance for people living with AIDS, only the prejudice toward people living with AIDS remained statistically significant. R Square of the entire model was adjusted to 0.390. In conclusion, the results of this study are expected to influence college education and program development.

• RED RIBBON
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• s.74
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• pp.36-37
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• 2007

질병관리본부(본부장 오대규)는 2006(1-9월)년 보고된 신규 에이즈 감염인은 572명이고, 이는 하루 평균 2.1명씩 발견되는 것으로 지난 해 같은 기간 대비(506명) 13.0% 증가하였다고 밝혔다. 2006년 9월말까지 확인된 국내 에이즈 누적 감염인수는 4,401명으로 이중 806명이 사망하여 3,595명이 생존해 있으며, 발견되는 감염인 대부분은 20-40대가 차지하고 있으나 최근 들어 60세 이상 연령층에서 발견이 꾸준히 늘고 있다고 밝혔다.

• RED RIBBON
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• s.70
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• pp.46-49
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• 2006

VGX "FDA, 에이즈치료제 추가임상 승인"/ 印 에이즈 감염인 520만 명 초과/ 성문화에 개방적인 대학생, 에이즈 걱정은 별로 안 해/ 베트남 '에이즈 신부' 파문/ 수혈로 에이즈 감염 국가보상 추진··· 여야 의원 12명 무상치료 등 법안 발의/ 에이즈 감염인 해고 못 한다/ 고흥군, 청소년 에이즈 예방 조기교육/ 에이즈 감염인들 '힘겨운 삶'/ "에이즈 감염인 자살률 일반인 10배"/ 씨티은행, 어린이 에이즈환자에 기부금/ 印에이즈女 지방선거 도전 "내 나라 감염확산 막고 싶어"

• RED RIBBON
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• s.67
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• pp.47-49
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• 2005

황우석교수 에이즈치료제 개발중/ '에이즈수혈' 韓赤 책임 없어/ 아프리카 농업, 에이즈로 고사위기 南지역 성인 30~40% 보균자/ 뉴질랜드, 인터넷으로 에이즈 바이러스 확산/ 복지부 "에이즈혈액 출고 개선조치, 연내 마련 · 시행"/ 10대 에이즈 감염률 2001년 이후 200% 증가/ 독일 에이즈 신규 감염인 20% 증가/ 예방 협회, 주민증 확인없는 에이즈 검사실시/ 수혈로 30대 여성 2명 에이즈에 감염/

• RED RIBBON
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• s.68
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• pp.10-11
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• 2006

HIV에 감염되었다는 것은 질병을 얻었다는 것 외에도 정신적 충격이 거의 동반된다. 그 이유는 에이즈 발견초기 병의 감염경로나 예방법이 알려지지 않은 상태에서 공포와 두려움으로 에이즈를 알렸기 때문이다. 25년이 지난 지금에도 HIV에 감염되지 않은 사람은 감염된 사람을 부정하고 낙인찍기를 서슴치 않고, 이런 이유로 감염된 사람들은 자신의 감염사실에 좌절하고 분노하기에 이른다. 그렇다면 HIV에 감염된 초기 감염인들은 자신의 감염사실을 어떻게 받아들이는 게 좋은지 포즈닷컴의 유용한 정보를 번역하여 게재하도록 한다. positive life 는 HIV 감염인들에게 유용한 정보를 매호 제공할 예정이다.