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Supporting Orphans and other Vulnerable Children through Communication and Basic Counselling: A Reference Guide for Service Providers

This guide has been written as a reference resource for non-professional counselors and staff working with orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) who need to know how to provide some basic counselling as part of psychosocial support for the children in their care or through their projects.

This guide aims to provide information and guidance which can be used with other resources.

The guide aims to: strengthen the capacity of service providers to address the individual and collective psychosocial needs of children and young people; provide an easy to use two-in-one guide and reference material for child counselors; promote the personal and professional development of counselors and other staff working with children and young people; and help service providers to assess and deal with challenges in working with orphans and other vulnerable children.

The Alliance, as part of the CORE Initiative Project in Uganda developed this publication as part of a series of tools and guides to support the development of the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGSLD) Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children Programme.

Source: International HIV/AIDS Alliance

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

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Talking About LARCs with Young Clients Video & Discussion Guide

This video, which is part of a set of materials for young women on LARCs, is intended for service providers to guide them in how to approach young women who are interested in postponing pregnancy and searching for an appropriate contraceptive. There is a discussion guide which accompanies the video.

The materials are available in English and French.

The purpose of this discussion guide is:

  • To accompany the video so viewers may reflect on, debate and draw insights from the content they have watched
  • Facilitate discussions among health pr:oviders about their role and their needs in delivering comprehensive contraceptive counseling for young people
  • Increase providers’ comfort and confidence in providing comprehensive contraceptive counseling for young people that includes information about LARCs

Intended users include:

  • Program managers or staff working with healthcare providers on offering a range of voluntary contraceptive methods, including LARCs, or adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health issues
  • Healthcare providers or managers who lead discussions with colleagues on delivering reproductive health services to young people

Other materials in this set (also in both English and French) include:

Source: Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

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Trainers Manual for “Grow Healthy”

This material is from the Healthy Women of Ukraine (HWUP) program. The goal of HWUP, which runs from 2011-2016, is to protect the reproductive health of Ukrainian women and couples by increasing the appropriate and effective use of modern methods of contraception as an alternative to unintended pregnancy and associated abortion. HWUP was a follow-on project to an earlier program, Together for Health, which ran from from 2006-2011.

This is a manual for trainers in the framework of the educational program “Grow Healthy.” This manual is for teachers and social workers who will further work with teenagers and youth on FP/RH issues.

Source: Healthy Women of Ukraine Program (HWUP)

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

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Treating Adolescents with HIV: Tools for Building Skills in Cultural Competence, Clinical Care, and Support

A series of online training modules for health care providers working with HIV-infected youth. In the United States, HIV disproportionately affects ethnic and sexual minority youth. This series begins, and is framed, by an introductory module covering best practices in adolescent care and the impact of the AIDS epidemic on minority youth. The four additional modules in this series: Psychosocial Issues, Antiretroviral Treatment and Adherence, Transitioning Care, and Prevention with Positives address core issues in HIV care for adolescents.

The modules were designed to be completed online and include features best experienced online, such as video segments and interactive questions.

Source: HIV Care for Youth

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

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Tuko Wangapi? Tulizana. (How many are we? Settle down) Community Outreach Activity

Tuko wangapi? Tulizana is a national campaign that aims to address concurrent sexual partnerships as a driver of new HIV infections in Tanzania. The campaign aims to increase knowledge of what a sexual network is and why it is risky, and examine the health, social, emotional and other consequences of concurrency. It encourages the audience to think critically about and discuss their own and their partners’ sexual history and behavior, with the ultimate goal of reducing overlapping sexual partnerships. Key campaign channels include radio and TV spots and interactive programs, print and social media, as well as community outreach.

This is a tool to be used in outreach with community members to demonstrate what sexual networks are and why they are risky. The activity uses community member participation and engages them in the learning process. Each person is asked to portray one member of a sexual network, and by the end of the exercise it is clear that each of them is at risk for HIV. It is meant to be led by a facilitator.

Early evaluation results showed that over 33,000 radio spots aired on 19 stations since the start of the campaign, and over 300,000 community members have been reached through the Tuko wangapi? community outreach toolkit. Quarterly quarterly market research surveys showed that 69% of respondents had seen or heard the campaign, that 58% can correctly complete the phrase, ‘Tuko wangapi?’, and that over 40% of those exposed to the campaign have discussed the campaign with someone else, with friends and sexual partners being at the top of that list. Phase I of the project achieved its goals of increasing knowledge of and communication about what a sexual network is and why it is risky and in increasing personal HIV risk perception– the “Tuko wangapi?” phase of the campaign. As more evaluation results are available, we will update this page.

Source: Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Tanzania Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, CARE, Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS)

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

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Village Health Team Handbook

Village Health Teams (VHTs) were established by the Uganda Ministry of Health (MoH) to: empower communities to take part in the decisions that affect their health; mobilize communities for health programs; and strengthen the delivery of health services at the household level. Village Health Teams are made up of volunteers who are selected by their communities to provide accurate health information and link community members with available health services. After selection, VHTs receive basic training in a cross section of key health issues common in Uganda.

The VHT team:

  • Mobilizes the community for health action
  • Promotes health to prevent disease
  • Treats simple illness at home
  • Checks for danger signs in the community
  • Reports and refers community sickness to health workers
  • Keeps village records up to date

Source: Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs

Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

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Date of Publication: March 25, 2019

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