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HIV Risk Assessment in Women An HCET LearningLink On-line Training Module

• Nursing and/or 1 CHES Contact Hour are available for this activity

Start here Introduction

1. HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - What's Happening in the United States
2. Perinatal Transmission of HIV
3. HIV Risk Factors for Women
4. Importance of Early HIV Diagnosis
5. Assessing HIV Risk Among Women
6. Title X Guidelines & HIV Activities
7. HIV Testing
8. Incorporating Risk Reduction Counseling into Family Planning
9. Conclusion
10. References
11. Resources
12. HIV Glossary of Terms
13. Post-test Questions
14. Evaluation

Objectives
After completing this program, the participant will be able to:

1. Discuss the importance of HIV risk assessment and early diagnosis of HIV in women;
2. Conduct HIV risk assessment with a focus on the special concerns of women; and
3. Assist women in developing an individualized plan for risk reduction.

Audience
This program is appropriate for health educators, nurses, physicians, social workers and other health care professionals who work in a women's health care setting.

Sponsored by
The Region V Training Project of Health Care Education and Training, Inc. - HCET (more about us).

HCET offers regional and on-site training, individual assistance and consultation either through training grants or as fee-for-service. For further information on how we can serve your training needs, contact Karen Sherman, or (317) 247-9008.

Nursing Contact Hours

• xx Nursing Contact Hours are available for this activity. To receive a certificate of completion for contact hours, you must submit the completed post test and evaluation to Health Care Education and Training, Inc.
• 1 Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) Continuing Education Contact Hour (CECH) is available for this activity. To receive a certificate of completion for contact hours, you must submit the completed post test and evaluation to Health Care Education and Training, Inc.

Introduction

• Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the virus that causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS.) HIV attacks and weakens an individual’s immune system, allowing minor infections to cause serious harm or death.

• HIV may be present in the body for an average of ten years before an individual becomes symptomatic. During this time, the virus can be spread through contact with the infected person's blood, semen, vaginal fluids or breast milk.

• Although HIV can take up to ten years to cause symptoms, HIV can be detected two to twelve weeks after infection. Treatment is available, but no cure has been discovered.  Education does not always equal prevention. Those individuals engaging in high-risk behaviors need counseling to help them reduce or eliminate the risk of transmitting the virus to other individuals.

• Over the past two decades, the number of women living with HIV has dramatically increased. Today, women comprise the fastest growing population of HIV infected individuals. Since education plays an instrumental role in stopping the spread of this disease, family planning providers have the unique opportunity to address HIV with women as well as play an integral part in stopping the epidemic.

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