Positive Connections: Leading Information and Support Groups for Adolescents Living with HIV
A guide that provides facilitators with background information about the needs of ALHIV, tips for starting an adult-led information and support group, and 14 sessions to follow in a group setting. The goal of the guide is to help ALHIV:
- Understand their HIV diagnosis and participate in the management of their care and treatment
- Learn that many young people live healthy and productive lives while living with HIV
- Identify strategies for positive living including adhering to their treatment regimen
- Prevent transmitting HIV to others; avoid re-infection; consistently use family planning to prevent unintended pregnancy; and learn how to avoid infecting their babies, if they want to start a family
- Develop life skills such as understanding their emotions, communicating effectively, dealing with stigma and discrimination, making decisions about their future, and improving their quality of life
- Toolkit for Transition of Care and Other Services for Adolescents Living with HIV
- Adolescents Living with HIV (ALHIV) Toolkit
- Consolidated Guideline on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women Living with HIV
- Adolescent HIV Testing, Counselling and Care
- Addressing the Needs of Young People Living with HIV
- Optimizing Entry Into and Retention in HIV Care and ART Adherence for PLWHA
- Engaging Men in HIV and AIDS at the Service Delivery Level
- Guidance for the Prevention of Sexually Transmitted HIV Infections
- Promoting the Health of Men who Have Sex with Men Worldwide: A Training Curriculum for Providers
- Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1-Infected Adults and Adolescents
March 25, 2019