Authors:
Uchejeso Mark Obeta, Eno Chongs Mantu, Dooshima Augustina Orshio, Nkechinyere Linda Obeta, S. Belina V. J. Sara
Addresses:
Department of Medical Laboratory Management, Federal College of Medical Laboratory Science and Technology, Jos, Nigeria, uchejesoobeta@fcmlst.edu.ng. Department of Medical Microbiology, Federal College of Medical Laboratory Science and Technology, Jos, Nigeria, eno_mantu@yahoo.com. Department of Medical Laboratory Services, Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, Benue, Nigeria, augustinaorshio@gmail.com. Department of Legal Services, Federal College of Medical Laboratory Science and Technology, Jos, Nigeria, nkem4obeta@gmail.com. Department of Computer Applications, Faculty of Science and Humanities, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chengalpattu, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, sbelinav@srmist.edu.in.
Medical Laboratory Science is crucial to HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment in Nigeria and worldwide. HIV/AIDS has been diagnosed and handled for decades without much attention on social science perspectives, exceptionally social theories that may be used worldwide and in Nigeria. During the MDGs and SDGs, institutions and medical professionals worked hard to end HIV, but social theory was absent. This article reviewed theoretical publications in Pubmed/Medline, Google Scholar, JSTOR, and AJOL worldwide on relevant social theories pertinent to HIV/AIDS diagnosis and management in Nigeria. Conflict, Consensus, Interactionalism, and Feminism were found to be implicated in stigma, taboos, and gender issues, which predispose to HIV-related sociocultural elements. Notably, these social theories are implicated without proper policy formulation to eliminate HIV/AIDS in Nigeria and worldwide. This review informs public health practitioners, especially HIV/AIDS experts, to incorporate social theories on Conflict, Consensus, Interactionalism, and Feminism amongst Stigma, Taboos, and Gender in all HIV cases until the illness is eradicated. All HIV/AIDS doctors, institutions, and agencies in Nigeria should consider these social theories in diagnosis, case studies, and management.
Keywords: HIV/AIDS Diagnosis; Social Theories; Conflict and Consensus; Interactionalism and Feminism; Stigma and Taboos; Symbolic Interactionism; Ethnomethodology and Phenomenology.
Received on: 17/11/2023, Revised on: 29/01/2024, Accepted on: 18/03/2024, Published on: 03/06/2024
AVE Trends in Intelligent Health Letters, 2024 Vol. 1 No. 2, Pages: 82-91