This 239-page manual is designed to provide information and structure for a four-day training and a two-day planning workshop that will enable programme managers and health workers in resource-constrained settings to offer comprehensive, non-judgemental, and quality care and support to HIV-positive women and adolescent girls in the local context. The manual also urges male involvement and promotes a holistic approach to integrated sexual and reproductive health (SRH) counselling and programme planning that links SRH and HIV/AIDS services.
This manual was field-tested with SRH and HIV/AIDS programme managers and health workers in Brazil, Ethiopia, and the Ukraine and the feedback from the field-tests was incorporated into the final version. It is divided into nineteen sessions, each covered in a format which states objectives, duration of session, materials, advanced preparation, key ideas to convey, and training steps. The activities are participant-centered and include brainstorming, discussion, role plays with prepared scenarios, and small group activities.
Session topics are:
- Overview
- Basic HIV and AIDS information
- Exploring beliefs, values and attitudes about HIV and AIDS
- Basic counselling skills and approaches
- Sexual and reproductive health vulnerability of HIV-positive women and adolescent girls
- Addressing HIV and AIDS stigma and discrimination in the healthcare setting
- Sexual and reproductive rights of HIV-positive women and adolescent girls
- Supporting clients' informed and voluntary decision-making
- Ethical Issues in counselling
- Providing Psychosocial Support for a positive diagnosis HIV disclosure
- Addressing sexuality with HIV-positive women and adolescent girls
- Improving a client's perception of risk
- Adolescent sexuality, pregnancy, and HIV/AIDS
- Counselling HIV positive adolescent girls on sexual and reproductive health
- Comprehensive SRH Care of HIV-positive women and adolescent girls
- Family Planning needs of HIV-positive women and adolescent girls
- Integrated SRH counselling for HIV-positive women and adolescent girls
- Closing session
Appendices contain complete course support materials including handouts, questionnaires, informational quizzes, etc.
This resource is available in 5 languages in CD-ROM or downloadable PDF format, or in hard copy format in English.
