Research Symposium

BIO

Greetings! My name is Roselaw Breus. I am a first-generation student, a Haitian-American first-year junior from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. I am primarily involved in CARE, UROP, and the Honors Program at Florida State. I love researching various health diseases, disparities, and outcomes. Additionally, I plan on becoming an obstetrician-gynecologist and raising awareness about many of the health disparities among our population, specifically with African Americans. I am passionate about women's health and am ecstatic about learning more. I like cooking, baking, and spending time with my family and friends.

A Proposed Biopsychosocial Model on the Correlation of Physical Activity of People Living with HIV

Abstract

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a virus that prominently attacks the immune system of the body. It continuously destroy cells that fight against disease and infection in the body. It is transmitted through the exchange of bodily fluids with people of the virus. It can be exchanged via blood, breast milk, semen and vaginal fluids. There are a vast number of groups that are are at high risk of HIV infection. In this study, we examined the most affected group of the virus, which is men who have sex with men (MSM). Researchers were able to develop a biopsychosocial model to examine the correlates of physical activity with those living with HIV. Through our research, we’ve developed fundamental date that are associated with the protective and risk factors of HIV. Risk factors are ways that allows an individual to have a high potential of having HIV. Protective factors focuses on the methods and characteristics of lowering the risk or likelihood of having HIV. Therefore, in our study, physical activity is determined to be one of the protective factors of HIV.

Keywords: health, social work, HIV, risk factors, protective factors, physical activity