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Adherence to ARV in Adults: A Guide for Trainers (2004)
This training-manual helps healthcare workers with previous training in ARV learn more about the importance of treatment adherence. It addresses preparing patients for treatment, adherence counseling, ongoing counseling and lessons from the field. These four modules are designed to be conducted over four, 2-hours sessions, or as a part of a comprehensive ART training program.
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All About Antiretrovirals: A Nurse Training Programme (2004)
"This training manual has been developed by nurses for nurses, offers a clear introduction into ARVs, the role of the nurse, resistance, adherence, side effects, and ART for children."
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All I Need to Know About My ARV Therapy
"Tells what questions should be asked of your doctor about ART, side effects, and information you should share with your provider. Also includes a schedule to be filled out for ARTs."
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Basic HIV Counselling Guidelines (2001)
Sixth in a series of guidelines for counseling people who are infected with HIV, who are concerned about being infected with HIV, or who are living with or caring for people with AIDS. The publications are designed for use by volunteer counselors, non-professional counselors, and professional counselors who do not have extensive experience in counseling in the context of HIV/AIDS. This booklet provides basic instruction on HIV/AIDS counseling. Chapters cover such topics as basic counseling, counseling techniques, types of AIDS counseling, referral systems, and record keeping.
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Basic HIV/ARV Training Course for Ethiopian Nurses: Participant Handbook. (2004)
"The aim of this training course is to provide basic information on HIV, AIDS and antiretroviral therapy (ART) to nurses in Ethiopia so that they can care for and treat their patients who are HIV positive. "
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Building a cooperative doctor/patient relationship (2004)
"Guidelines for discussion between patient and doctor, intended to help both parties establish reasonable expectations of each other and to set up a climate of cooperation and joint responsibility for healing"
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Combo Cards (2004)
"These are designed to reinforce and supplement physician-to-patient instruction and counseling. Each card focuses on a specific antiviral regimen. The different cards are identical in format to make comparisons easy. Combocards feature scheduling, dosing, side effect and interaction information as well as valuable adherence tips"
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Community-Based Counselling for People Affected by HIV and AIDS (2004)
"This book is written for lay people, psychologists, teachers, social workers, and other people working in Africa who want to know more about HIV and AIDS counseling issues. The book attempts to adapt Western counseling methods to African cultures, and urges counselors to approach HIV as a condition with medical, emotional, social, and spiritual aspects. It includes information about mental health, substance abuse, adherence to medication, and avoiding counselor burnout."
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Counseling Guide on Stress Management (2003)
Part of a series of guidelines for counseling people who are infected with HIV, who are concerned about being infected with HIV, or who are living with or caring for people with AIDS. The publications are designed for use by volunteer counselors, non-professional counselors, and professional counselors who do not have extensive experience in counseling in the context of HIV/AIDS. Working on HIV and AIDS issues is particularly difficult for PLHA. As health workers or carers they are likely to feel stress and pressure related to their work. This booklet aims to show how individuals can recognize and manage their stress better.
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Counseling Guidelines for Palliative Care and Bereavement (2001)
"Despite their need for support, many people find it difficult to talk to relatives and friends about dying. The diagnosis of a terminal illness is a traumatic event and patients are often overwhelmed by their thoughts and fears. A counselor can provide the information and support they require."
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Counselling Guidelines on Disclosure of HIV Status (2000)
Part of a series of guidelines for counseling people who are infected with HIV, who are concerned about being infected with HIV, or who are living with or caring for people with AIDS. The publications are designed for use by volunteer counselors, non-professional counselors, and professional counselors who do not have extensive experience in counseling in the context of HIV/AIDS. These guidelines are to assist those who may be called upon to counsel or advise people who are either thinking about disclosure or who are trying to cope with the consequences of involuntary disclosure.
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Counselling guidelines on survival skills for people living with HIV (2001)
This is the 5th publication in a series of guidelines for counseling people who are infected with HIV, who are concerned about being infected with HIV, or who are living with or caring for people with AIDS. The publications are designed for use by volunteer counselors, non-professional counselors, and professional counselors who do not have extensive experience in counseling in the context of HIV/AIDS. This booklet deals with the following subjects: preparing for a counseling session, pre-test counseling, post-test counseling, stress management, disclosure of HIV status, treatment and medicines, nutrition, reproductive and sexual health, self awareness, supportive counseling, peer counseling, supporting the counselor.
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Disclosure of HIV Status
"This brochure discusses reasons for disclosure, problems that may be encountered, how to tell someone your status, and particularly issues with partners and caregivers."
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Handbook on access to HIV/AIDS-related treatment (2003)
"A curriculum to build practical skills among NGOs, CBOs and PLWHA groups to improve the quality of their work on HIV/AIDS treatment. Written for organizations and trainers. Does not address clinical management. Addresses a range of issues related to CBO/NGO improving access to treatment for PLWHA. The handbook has five chapters. These cover key definitions, concepts, assessment methods, planning steps, skills associated with effective HIV/AIDS-related treatment work and keeping track of such work"
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Healthy Living: A Counseling Guide for Health Workers on Opportunistic Infections Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) and Management of ART Side Effects. (2005)
Essential information on ART, opportunistic infections and managing ART side effects is presented in flipchart, booklet and brochure format. English and Swahili versions of some materials are available. Uses simple illustrations and metaphors to convey ideas. Material Components: ART Basics Booklet ART Basics Brochure ART Basics Flip Chart Opportunistic Infections Booklet Opportunistic Infections Brochure Opportunistic Infections Flip Chart Managing ART Side Effects Booklet Managing ART Side Effects Brochure Managing ART Side Effects Flip Chart
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HIV Care and Nursing Implications: Training-of-Trainers for Nurses, Part 1 (2004)
Technical information on HIV care and antiretroviral therapy for nurses and skills to train other nurses.
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HIV Care and Nursing Implications: Training-of-Trainers for Nurses, Part 2 (2004)
Training course to provide information on and help develop clinical skills in HIV and AIDS to nurses in Ethiopia who will be training their fellow nurse colleagues in HIV/AIDS.
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HIV Curriculum for the Health Professional Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative (BIPAI) (2003)
"This comprehensive HIV training curriculum is designed to provide relevant information for health care providers. It includes among others, VCT, PMTCT, pediatric HIV/AIDS and nutrition information. The curriculum was designed in modular format so that it can be adapted for use in different ways. Each module provides key points, objectives, case studies, review questions and references. All the modules can be used together to form a comprehensive curriculum on HIV."
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HIV Status and Disclosure: Choices and Consequences (2000)
"This Booklet was developed based on the experiences of PLHA or HIV counselors in Southern Africa. It is meant to help PLHA to make informed choices about HIV disclosure and to help PLHA to consider the issues involved with disclosure, including consequences. "
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HIV therapy (2003)
Part of an information series for HIV-positive people. This booklet has been written to help you decide what questions to ask your doctor about any course of treatment you might be considering.
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HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment: A Clinical Course for People Caring for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS (2003)
CD-ROM and PowerPoint presentations are also available. This is a tool for training physicians, nurses, and other health care workers to treat people with HIV/AIDS in developing countries. Key topics include HIV programming and HIV-disease; managing patients with HIV-related diseases; special issues for women and children; ARV; palliative care; managing patients on ARV; TB, post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP).
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Lifting the Burden of Secrecy: A manual for HIV positive people who want to speak out in public (2001)
This manual is a guide for PLHA who are considering speaking out to a group in public about their experience of living with HIV.
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Medical Appointments (2005)
This fact sheet provides practical advice on how to prepare for an office visit and how to get the info you seek from your provider.
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Mental Health Care for People Living with or Affected by HIV/AIDS: A practical guide (1999)
"This guide covers information on a broad range of topics related to mental health care for PLHA, such as how to set up and establish services, how to deliver services, and how to evaluate services."
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Planning Our Future: A Booklet for Families and Communities (2004)
"This booklet is intended for use by families and communities affected by HIV. It discusses family planning issues such as planning for care of children, writing wills, and creating memory boxes. The booklet also discusses living positively and speaking of HIV openly with family members."
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Quick Guide for Clinicians (2000)
"Provides a comprehensive reference of substance abuse treatment for people with HIV/AIDS, including a section on counseling considerations"
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Talking With Your Doctor (2001)
Explores ways patients can develop a good relationship with their provider by sharing information and getting their questions answered. Provides a useful list of treatment related questions and gives examples of opening statements patients who have problems talking with their providers can use.
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Talking with Your HIV Doctor or Nurse (2003)
Gives tips on talking with your doctor or nurse, suggests tool you need to do so, and helps you understand why it is important to have a good relationship with your doctor or nurse.
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Telling Others that I am HIV Positive
"This brochure discusses reasons for disclosure, problems that may be encountered, how to tell someone your status, and particular issues with partners and caregivers."
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The dynamics of disclosure (2003)
Part of a series. This factsheet came out of a larger project looking at newly diagnosed HIV positive gay men and peer networks. It addresses the role of HIV positive peers in working out attitudes towards disclosure and how this reflects the principle that we can learn a lot from listening to and thinking about each other's experiences.
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There's Something I Need to Tell You...A step-by-step guide to telling your partners that they may have HIV (2004)
"This booklet helps PLHA to weight the pros and cons of talking to sex and needlesharing partners personally, helps to make a step-by-step plan for talking to partners, and tells about other ways to let partners know that they should get tested for HIV if PLHA do not want to personally tell them."
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Thinking about telling: A story about the partner assistance program (in Spanish) (2004)
This Spanish photo novella depicts the story of an HIV + man talking with his provider about disclosure and then talking with a health department counselor about why he might want to disclosure.
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Treating HIV & AIDS: A training toolkit. (2004)
"The training toolkit is designed to provide basic training on HIV treatment and care for health care workers in resource-limited settings, to support the safe and effective introduction of antiretroviral therapy."
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