Talk:Relationship between education and HIV/AIDS

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I suggest removing these sentences: "Negative attitudes towards people living with HIV/AIDS stem from misconceptions regarding the disease. Georgian sex workers were found to be highly lacking knowledge, with only 61% knowing that a healthy-looking person can be infected, and 44% thinking one can get HIV from a mosquito bite. Only 64% think that using condoms for every sexual act can reduce the risk of HIV. Sex workers in Georgia who were interviewed regarding people living with HIV/AIDS were found to have negative attitudes towards infected individuals. Only 25% thought a teacher who is HIV-positive should be allowed to continue teaching, and only 25% would buy food from an infected vendor" This report is from 2008 and looks at a pretty niche population - transport sector workers in Georgia. RxLibris (talk) 18:56, 11 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Went ahead and removed this and added some other studies exploring education level and stigma.RxLibris (talk) 18:38, 28 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've renamed the "cognitive abilities" section to focus instead on impacts of education level on infection rate or other health outcomes, such as mortality or adherence to medication. I also removed this sentence from that section: "As cognitive abilities are built, individuals become more motivated and develop a capacity to absorb more accurate information. Over half of English students agree that teaching about HIV/AIDS should start between 11 and 13 years old, while just under one third believe between 14 and 16 is the best age to learn about sexual education." RxLibris (talk) 18:29, 28 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Removing "Africa" section[edit]

I've removed the entire text of the "Africa" section from the article (pasted below) since it didn't seem to focus on education specifically, and it was unclear to me which report was being discussed:

"The result in a shortage of teaching materials and inadequate capacities in the teaching of HIV and AIDS and life skills education. In addition, it was found that HIV and AIDS are highly stigmatized, colleges are ill equipped with health facilities, and national policies on condom use are ambiguous. The report presents a discussion of these and other issues, and makes policy and programmatic recommendations for strengthening the response of teacher training colleges to HIV and AIDS. HIV/AIDS affects the economics of both individuals and countries. The gross domestic product of the most affected countries has decreased due to the lack of human capital. Without proper nutrition, health care and medicine, large numbers of people die from AIDS-related complications. They will not only be unable to work, but will also require significant medical care. It is estimated that as of 2007 there where 12 million Many are cared for by elderly grandparents. By affecting mainly young adults, AIDS reduces the taxable population, in turn reducing the resources available for public expenditures such as education and health services not related to AIDS resulting in increasing pressure for the state's finances and slower growth of the economy. This causes a slower growth of the tax base, an effect that is reinforced if there are growing expenditures on treating the sick, training (to replace sick workers), sick pay and caring for AIDS orphans. This is especially true if the sharp increase in adult mortality shifts the responsibility and blame from the family to the government in caring for these orphans. At the household level, AIDS results in both the loss of income but also increased spending on healthcare. A study in Côte d'Ivoire showed that households with an HIV/AIDS patient, spent twice as much on medical expenses as other households. This additional expenditure also leaves less income to spend on education and other personal or family investment." RxLibris (talk) 22:30, 28 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]