Making It Work!

This section is designed to help you find ways to apply the content of the modules to your everyday work. The following links will take you to pages in the “Making It Work” sections within each module. To return to this page, use the “back” button on your browser. Use the navigation within the module’s “Making It Work” section to review that module’s content.

Please note: There are no Making It Work items for this module.

1. Improving Services. As health care providers, it is important for us to be aware of our feelings, thoughts, and attitudes about HIV/AIDS. If we do not address our personal reactions and emotions, we may unintentionally treat HIV-positive or at-risk clients differently than we normally treat clients. During a staff meeting, try discussing some of the following questions:
   
   • When was the first time you heard about HIV/AIDS?
   • What was your reaction and how did you feel about it?
   • How have your reactions or feelings changed over time?
   • If you were told that you had HIV, in what ways would it change your life?
   • If you were infected with HIV, how would you want to be treated by others?
2. Glossary of Terms. Download or print out the glossary for this course for reference purposes or to share with your staff or colleagues.
   
   • Online version
3. Educational Aids. The following materials, optimized for printing, can be shared with clients, staff, or colleagues:
   • HIV Life Cycle
   • HIV and the Immune System
   • AIDS-Defining Illnesses

1. How HIV Is/Is Not Transmitted.
2. Myths about HIV/AIDS. Staff education activity.
3. Web Sites.
For more information about modes of transmission, go to: http://www.thebody.com/index.shtml

1. Educational Aids. The following materials, optimized for printing, can be shared with staff and colleagues or used as a supplement to training activities.
• HIV Tests
• Signs and Symptoms
• Making a Good Referral

1. Educational Aids. The following materials, optimized for printing, can be shared with clients, staff, or colleagues:
   • List of Available Antiretroviral Agents
   • Common Side Effects of Antiretroviral Drugs
   • Preventing and Treating Opportunistic Infections
2. Web Sites. For more information about AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, go to:
• http://www.massiveeffort.org
• http://www.globalfundatm.org
• http://www.unaids.org/publications/documents/care
  /acc_access/Coordinates2002.pdf
• http://www.thebody.com/index.shtml
• http://www.hivinsite.org/insite

For more information about counseling, go to:

• http://www.taso.co.ug
• http://www.procaare.org

1. Educational Aids. The following materials, optimized for printing, can be shared with staff and colleagues.
   • Stages of Change
   • Instructions for the Male Condom
   • Instructions for the Female Condom
2. Staff Education Tips and Activities. Use the following educational tips and activities during staff meetings or training activities.
   • Comfort with Condoms
   • Practicing Condom Demonstrations
   • Stages of Behavior Change: Sample Scenarios
   • Provider Comfort Exercise
3. STI/HIV Risk Continuum Chart. Chart showing the HIV transmission risk for a variety of activities and sexual practices.
4. STI/HIV Risk Continuum Table. Table showing the HIV transmission risk for a variety of activities and sexual practices.

1. Educational Aids. The following materials, optimized for printing, can be shared with staff and colleagues or used during staff training activities.
   • Basic Elements of Integrated Family Planning and HIV/STI Prevention Counseling
   • Essential Counseling Techniques and Skills
2. Staff Education Activity. Use the following staff education activity during staff meetings or trainings.
• Integrated Counseling Skills Role Plays

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