Behaviour change -- measured by the community, for the community. Community counselling.
AIDS Action
; (16): 6-7, 1992.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12343648
PIP: Community counseling is a process that supports the community to act assertively and confidently in its own interests to provide support for those affected by HIV/AIDS and to reduce the spread of HIV. Hope is fundamental in initiating this process and should begin by rendering care and support to individuals affected by HIV/AIDS. Care and support helps generate a sense of self worth and confidence which in turn motivates the recipients to take personal responsibility in preventing further spread of HIV. Moreover, care stimulates awareness and illustrates a commitment to non-discrimination against those infected, or at high risk. Another key aspect of community counseling is a commitment to monitoring changes in high-risk behavior. This process involves identifying high-risk behaviors, choosing strategies for prevention, and recognizing and recording ways of showing that these risk behaviors are changing. In conclusion, community counseling is facilitated by the skills and training from outside the community, and the community decides the content. This process allows monitoring of behavioral change and is a way of sustaining it.^ieng
Key words
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--prevention and control; Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Americas; Asia; Behavior--changes; Brazil; Clinic Activities; Community; Community Health Services; Community Participation; Counseling; Counselors; Delivery Of Health Care; Developing Countries; Diseases; Eastern Africa; English Speaking Africa; Geographic Factors; Health; Health Services; Hiv Infections--prevention and control; India; Latin America; Organization And Administration; Population; Primary Health Care; Program Activities; Programs; Residence Characteristics; South America; Southern Asia; Spatial Distribution; Summary Report; Viral Diseases; Zambia
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Research
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Behavior
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HIV Infections
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Residence Characteristics
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
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Community Health Services
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Community Participation
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Counseling
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
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America do sul
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Asia
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Brasil
Language:
En
Journal:
AIDS Action
Year:
1992
Document type:
Article
Country of publication:
United kingdom