Tools for the Healthcare Setting
Patients and healthcare workers can be educated about healthy
behaviours and reducing stigma in the healthcare setting. Patients
receive treatment in the healthcare setting, but should also be
treated with respect and receive information on how to live healthily.
Unfortunately, this isn't always the case. Healthcare
workers may be too busy to take time to provide adequate patient
education, or may stigmatise some patient groups. Even in
settings without stigma, it is important for healthcare workers
to discuss HIV/AIDS and the impact it has on them and their clients.
This category's tools can be used at in-service trainings for healthcare
workers. Healthcare workers may find the tools act as a stimulus for discussions
of beliefs and attitudes related to HIV/AIDS, and the information on the social
factors of HIV/AIDS will help workers in their interactions with patients. Providers
may use the tools as a reference manual when answering patient questions, or
they may give the tools to patients for education purposes. AIDS
support groups will find the tools useful, and health education
classes can pass some of the tools out as handouts.
In the second edition of the BC toolkit, additional tools for the
healthcare setting will be added. Topics will include universal
precautions, post-exposure prophylaxis, and tools for self-reflection
on barriers to action on HIV.
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