1 / 26

FAMILIAS SALUDABLES

This presentation will probably involve audience discussion, which will create action items. Use PowerPoint to keep track of these action items during your presentation In Slide Show, click on the right mouse button Select “Meeting Minder” Select the “Action Items” tab

rosalba
Download Presentation

FAMILIAS SALUDABLES

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. This presentation will probably involve audience discussion, which will create action items. Use PowerPoint to keep track of these action items during your presentation • In Slide Show, click on the right mouse button • Select “Meeting Minder” • Select the “Action Items” tab • Type in action items as they come up • Click OK to dismiss this box • This will automatically create an Action Item slide at the end of your presentation with your points entered. FAMILIAS SALUDABLES HIV EDUCATION AND SUPPORT IN THE BAY ISLANDS FAMILIAS SAUDABLES/FUNDACION SOL

  2. HOW DO WE KNOW HIV PREVENTION WORKS? • CDC PREVENTION SYNTHESIS RESEARCH PROJECT • 1988, 18,000 PARTICIPANTS FROM 42 STATES SHOWED SIGNIFIGANT BEHAVIORAL CHANGES AS A RESULT OF HIV EDUCATION • U.N. AIDS JOINT PROGRAM ON AIDS • SHOWED MARKED CHANGES INCLUDING INCREASED CONDOM USE, REDUCTION OF VISITS TO SEX WORKERS, AND POSTPONEMENT OF FIRST SEXUAL ACTIVITY OOCCURRED AS A RESULT OF HIV PROGRAMMING FAMILIAS SAUDABLES/FUNDACION SOL

  3. . • INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE, • IN 2000 CONCLUDED AFTER EXHAUSTIVE STUDIES WITH MUTIPLE DIFFERENT PROFESSIONALS THAT “ABOVE ALL HIV PREVENTION WORKS” • NATIONAL INSTITUE OF HEALTH • “A CLEAR CONCLUSION, PREVENTION AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS WORK” FAMILIAS SAUDABLES/FUNDACION SOL

  4. WHAT WORKS? • PREVENTION OF MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION PROGRAMS • ARV’S • FORMULA REPLACEMENT PROGRAMS WHERE THERE IS ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER • PREVENTATIVE ANTIBIOTICS FOR INFANTS IN THE FIRST SIX WEEKS • VITAMINS AND IMPROVED HELATH CARE REDUCE THE RATE OF TRANSMISSION FROM 48% TO 8% PERCENT FAMILIAS SAUDABLES/FUNDACION SOL

  5. WHAT WORKS? • CLIENT FOCUSED COUNSELING • ONE ON ONE • SHOULD BE COMBINED WITH TESTING • MUST BE INTERACTIVE • TWENTY MINUTES TO AN HOUR INCREASES CONDOM USE BY 78% AND DECREASES HIGH RISK BEHAVIOUR FAMILIAS SAUDABLES/FUNDACION SOL

  6. WHAT WORKS? • COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION OF YOUTH AND TEACHERS • EMPHASIZING ABSTINENCE AS A CHOICE • ENCOURAGING DELAYING OF FIRST SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS • PROMOTING CONDOM USE FOR THOSE ALREADY SEXUALLY ACTIVE • SHOWN TO CHANGE YOUTH BEHAVIOR FOR THREE TO TWELVE MONTHS FAMILIAS SAUDABLES/FUNDACION SOL

  7. WHAT WORKS? • EMPOWERING THOSE LIVING WITH HIV • SUPPORT GROUPS • EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES • EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS • PEER COUNSELLING ALL OF THESE THINGS DESTIGMATIZE AIDS FAMILIAS SAUDABLES/FUNDACION SOL

  8. WHAT WORKS? • ACCESS TO ARVS • ARVS MUST BE FREE • TREATMENT MUST BE ACCESSABLE TO ALL • DRUGS MUST BE AVAILABLE ON A RELIABLE BASIS • SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT ENCOURAGES OTHERS TO TEST FAMILIAS SAUDABLES/FUNDACION SOL

  9. ANY RULES HOW IT HAS TO BE DONE? • IN CLIENTS’ FIRST LANGUAGE • A WIDE VARIETY OF CULTURES, RELIGIONS, VALUES AND LIFE CHOICES MUST BE RECOGNIZES AND ACCEPTED • DIFFERENT PRESENTATION METHODS, IN PERSON (ORAL), WRITTEN INFORMATION, VIDEO, ETC. FOR DIFFERENT LEARNING STYLES MUST BE OFFERED FAMILIAS SAUDABLES/FUNDACION SOL

  10. HOW DOES ONE GROUP DO ALL THAT? IT DOESN’T! FAMILIAS SAUDABLES/FUNDACION SOL

  11. HIV SERVICES IN ROATAN • Siempre Unidos • Vida Esperanza • Familias Saludables • Punta Gorda Esperanza • Hospital Services • Littlest Angels • Island to Island FAMILIAS SAUDABLES/FUNDACION SOL

  12. FAMILIAS SALUDABLES • MOTHER TO CHILD REDUCTION PROGRAM • FREE , CONFIDENTIAL TESTING, MOBILE CLINICS AND DAILY IN OFFICE • BOAT PASSAGE FOR CHILDREN AND PARENTS TO MAINLAND • FREE ANTIBIOTICS, VITAMINS, PAIN RELIEVERS, ETC. • SUPPORT GROUP • ASSISTANCE WITH FOOD, CLOTHING , TOILETRIES ETC. • PALLIATIVE CARE PROGRAM FAMILIAS SAUDABLES/FUNDACION SOL

  13. SIEMPRE UNIDOS • FREE ARV’S • TREATMENT INFORMATION • C4’S DONE FREE • MONTHLY SUPPORT GROUPS MEETINGS • DR. FUNEZ ON SITE DURING CLINIC HOURS FAMILIAS SAUDABLES/FUNDACION SOL

  14. Island to Island • Trained Midwifery Services • Pre-natal care. Monthly and weekly check ups . Referal to specialist if necessary • Labor and Deliver services in home or hospital • Post-natal care and check ups • All free of charge for women with HIV FAMILIAS SAUDABLES/FUNDACION SOL

  15. Littlest Angel • Houses HIV+ children with or without their mothers • Nursed several very ill children HIV exposed back to health • Mothers taught how to care for their children • Large resort setting with attentive “ house mother “ in residence Homes are found for children who are abandoned or orphaned FAMILIAS SAUDABLES/FUNDACION SOL

  16. What doesn’t work? • Communication is often poor between agencies. Monthly meetings just set up to correct that • Language and cultural barriers sometimes occur between agencies and sometimes between agencies and clients • Different knowledge bases often confusing for clients FAMILIAS SAUDABLES/FUNDACION SOL

  17. A picture is worth…. Children affected by HIV get to play with the dolphins! FAMILIAS SAUDABLES/FUNDACION SOL

  18. HIV FREE! • Mother to child programs worked for Stefani and Daniel FAMILIAS SAUDABLES/FUNDACION SOL

  19. . • And have a good chance of working for these two sweeties FAMILIAS SAUDABLES/FUNDACION SOL

  20. Families fight AIDS together with a little help . FAMILIAS SAUDABLES/FUNDACION SOL

  21. ANGEL and.. FAMILIAS SAUDABLES/FUNDACION SOL

  22. BALLERY and.. FAMILIAS SAUDABLES/FUNDACION SOL

  23. SHERANI and… FAMILIAS SAUDABLES/FUNDACION SOL

  24. Wendy and Kaily all have had their lives changed forever by HIV programs FAMILIAS SAUDABLES/FUNDACION SOL

  25. Not all battles are won . FAMILIAS SAUDABLES/FUNDACION SOL

  26. But TOGETHER we can fight ..and the children become the winners FAMILIAS SAUDABLES/FUNDACION SOL

More Related