The Right Training Can Change Minds, Hearts, and HIV Services

April 19, 2017Health workers who understand those at greatest  risk of contracting HIV are more likely to reach them. How we are treated by health workers can determine our future health decisions and behaviors.Just think about the journey for those who live with HIV —from learning what HIV is and how it’s transmitted, to getting an HIV test, to, depending on the result, adopting lifelong changes in your everyday behaviors as part of your care and treatment.At every point in this journey, the information a client receives —and how and from whom—will influence whether they decide to seek health care and remain on treatment.We should never underestimate the power of a health worker who makes a client feel at ease, provides up-to-date information, ensures confidentiality, listens without judgment, confidently performs procedures, and carefully explains the benefits of taking medication correctly, returning for follow-up visits, and completing referrals.Never underestimate the power of a health worker who makes a client feel at ease.LINKAGES, a global project funded by the US Agency for International Development, is striving for this level of health care for groups of people who are most at risk of contracting HIV,  such as sex workers, men who have sex with men, transgender people, and people who inject drugs.To achieve this, project partnerIntraHealth International has developed a training guide for health workers calledHealth4All:AHealth Workers ’Training Guidefor...
Source: IntraHealth International - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Source Type: news