As an assisted living center health activities director you have been assigned the job of preparing a presentation for residents and safe sex for older adults. Describe four points you will make in your presentation and two barriers to giving an effective presentation on HIV and safe sex for older adults.
What will be an ideal response?
AnincreasingnumberofolderadultshaveHIV/AIDS.TheAdministrationonAging(2012)estimatesthatby2015,halfofthepeopleintheUnitedStateswithHIVwillbeovertheageof50.Althougholdermenareathigherrisk,olderwomenareatriskaswell.Formen,themostcommonriskfactorishomosexualorbisexualactivity.AIDSisusuallytransmittedtoolderwomenthroughheterosexualactivitywithaninfectedpartner.OlderadultsmaybemoresusceptibletoAIDSduetoweakenedimmunesystems.WeakenedimmunesystemsalsomeanthattheprogressionfromHIVpositivetoAIDSismorerapidamongolderadults,andoncediagnosedwithAIDS,olderadultsmortalityratesarehigherthanyoungeradults.Clearly, older adults need to be educated about their risk for HIV and AIDS, and about the continued need for condom use. Older adults who are reentering the dating scene may incorrectly think they are not at risk. However, ageism on the part of professionals, misconceptions about sexual activity among older adults, and older adults' lack of knowledge concerning HIV/AIDS are all barriers to proper education and screening.
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a. low alphas and two-tailed tests b. low alphas and high Z scores c. high alphas but low degrees of freedom d. high alphas, large samples, and one- tailed tests
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