Core Competencies: HIV/AIDS
Building Blocks to Peer Success
Peers are expected to help clients manage some of the daily stresses that accompany an HIV diagnosis, such as understanding how HIV works in the body, navigating the health care system, understanding the purpose of difference lab tests and treatments, handling relationships with friends, families and partners, and coping with stigma. Below are the core competency modules related to HIV/AIDS:
HIV Basics
HIV Transmission Grab Bag
HIV Testing
HIV/AIDS Frame Discussion
HIV/AIDS Fact Book: Search for Answers
Word Match
Stages of HIV Infection
HIV Life Cycle
Immune System and HIV Life Cycle Activity
HIV Life Cycle and Disease Progression
Viral Life Cycle
Medications & Side Effects
Understanding Drug Resistance
HIV Medications: Side Effects, Adherence & Goals of Medication
Ask the Expert: Fighting the Virus Role Play
HIV Case Studies
How Medications Work Activity
Stump the Peer
