Stereo Receiver Give Away

By Manuel Antonio Velandia Mora
Spain, 30/08/2010

Counseling is a confidential dialogue between a client and counselor assist the first to bear the stress and support in making personal decisions that allow you to live and cope with situations that are difficult to manage, acceptance or experience.

Counselling HIV / AIDS is the set of activities to prepare and confront the person with regard to their knowledge, practices, risk behaviors (sex, blood and perinatal) and protection and emotional status before and after the completion of diagnostic tests. This is carried out by trained and qualified to provide information, education, psychosocial support and counseling activities to those infected, their families and the community in relation to STDs, HIV and AIDS. The dialogue itself should begin during the first contact the client, counseling services where there is care and social support.

support people for HIV infection and AIDS is no different to support the case for other STDs or diseases that the last stage may come to mean death for those who are developing, however, from the very beginning of the pandemic of HIV and AIDS who are its bearers have been constantly violated by both community members and by those who are part of the health team.

Among individuals and groups population infected with HIV, the discomfort, dysfunction and suffering that AIDS can cause, are in turn complicates the diagnosis and treatment of those affected by this infection, and even for those who live in fear of being infected .

sexuality counseling is the set of activities to prepare and confront the person with regard to their knowledge, risk behaviors and practices of protection and emotional status regarding their sexuality as it pertains to your body, sex, gender, sexual, behavioral expressions of sexual and gender identity transits and body. This is carried out by trained and qualified to provide information, education, emotional and psychosocial support and counseling activities to those affected, their families and the community on relevant issues related to sexuality. The dialogue itself should begin during the first client contact, with counseling services where there is care and social support.


Main source: Velandia Mora, Manuel Antonio (2002). Alternative vital. Manual pre-and post-test counseling on HIV and AIDS. Ministry of Health, AIDS Program / Foundation-let's support Colombian Foundation Support in AIDS, Hepatitis and STDs. Bogota, Colombia.

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