100858: Positive? - How are you Feeling? & Information for HIV-Positive Women

About the Course:

This course is intended to help HIV-positive women and those who work with them to recognize feelings and signals that may be related to HIV disease. The course also provides concrete ideas about how to respond to negative symptoms in ways that will be helpful to HIV-positive women.

Author

Project Inform, Project Wise Division

Recommended For:

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially addiction counselors, psychologists, mental health counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek knowledge about women and HIV. It is appropriate for all levels of participants’ knowledge.

Course Objectives:

1. Describe ways to help HIV-positive women become more aware of caring for their emotions as well as their bodies.

2. Define how HIV affects women and techniques that can be used to provide assistance.

3. Apply information presented when working with other health care professionals in order to maximize health for HIV-positive women.