Protecting the future : HIV prevention, care, and support among displaced and war-affected populations

By: Holmes, WendyMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Bloomfield, Conn. : Kumarian Press, 2003Description: x, 228 p. : illustrationsISBN: 9781565491625 ; 1565491629Subject(s): AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Services for | Non-governmental organizations | Refugees -- Medical care | HIV Infections -- prevention & control | Community Health Services -- organization & administration | SIDA = Syndrome immuno-déficitaire acquis | Personnes déplacées | GuerresDDC classification: 616.9792
Contents:
Exploring your own knowledge, attitudes and beliefs -- Basic facts about HIV infection -- Thinking about the community you work with -- What role might NGOs play in the response to HIV? -- Gathering information -- analyzing the situation -- The strategic planning process -- Counseling for HIV prevention and care -- Strategies for prevention of sexual transmission -- Strategies for prevention of transmission through injecting drug use -- Strategies to enable people to live positively with HIV -- Parent-to-child transmission: prevention and care -- Strategies for prevention of transmission through blood transfusion -- Strategies for prevention of transmission in health care settings -- Providing care and support.
Summary: * First publication designed specifically for health workers developing programs for HIV-infected and at-risk populations * Outlines a practical, step-by-step process to implement these programs * Published in association with the International Rescue Committee The explosion of the HIV epidemic presents a challenge to relief agencies working with displaced and war-affected communities. Based on work done by the International Rescue Committee (IRC), this book shows how relief agencies, usually present during both the crisis and post-emergency phases, can work with refugees and local people to minimize further spread of HIV and provide care and support to those affected. The manual is complete with training exercises, activities for engaging the refugee population in HIV prevention work, and references for HIV resources. Protecting the Future is useful not only for humanitarian workers, but for any health professional establishing HIV programs in resource-poor settings.
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Exploring your own knowledge, attitudes and beliefs --
Basic facts about HIV infection --
Thinking about the community you work with --
What role might NGOs play in the response to HIV? --
Gathering information --
analyzing the situation --
The strategic planning process --
Counseling for HIV prevention and care --
Strategies for prevention of sexual transmission --
Strategies for prevention of transmission through injecting drug use --
Strategies to enable people to live positively with HIV --
Parent-to-child transmission: prevention and care --
Strategies for prevention of transmission through blood transfusion --
Strategies for prevention of transmission in health care settings --
Providing care and support.

* First publication designed specifically for health workers developing programs for HIV-infected and at-risk populations
* Outlines a practical, step-by-step process to implement these programs
* Published in association with the International Rescue Committee

The explosion of the HIV epidemic presents a challenge to relief agencies working with displaced and war-affected communities. Based on work done by the International Rescue Committee (IRC), this book shows how relief agencies, usually present during both the crisis and post-emergency phases, can work with refugees and local people to minimize further spread of HIV and provide care and support to those affected.

The manual is complete with training exercises, activities for engaging the refugee population in HIV prevention work, and references for HIV resources. Protecting the Future is useful not only for humanitarian workers, but for any health professional establishing HIV programs in resource-poor settings.

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