Core Competencies: HIV/AIDS – DRAFT
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/AIDS Frame Discussion
Immune System and HIV Life Cycle
Viral Life Cycle
HIV Testing
Stages of HIV Infection
How Medications Work
Understanding Drug Resistance
Ask the Expert
“Test Tubes” Lab Value
Reading Our Labs
HIV Case Studies
Using the HIV/AIDS Fact Book
Stump the Peer
HIV Jeopardy
HIV Transmission Grab Bag
Word Match
HIV Life Cycle and Disease Progression
HIV Life Cycle
Adherence Version 1
Adherence Version 2
Adherence Case Studies
Adherence Tools
Adherence Strategies
HIV Medications
Simulated Adherence Treatment Exercise
Understanding Labs
Prevention Education for PLWAs
Play it Safe – Part 1
Play it Safe – Part 2
Safer Sex and Harm Reduction
"Let's Talk about Sex"
Medications Side Effects Resistance
Adherence Version 1
Adherence Version 2
Adherence Case Studies
Adherence Tools
Adherence Strategies
HIV Medications
Simulated Adherence Treatment Exercise
Understanding Labs
Prevention Education for PLWAs
Play it Safe – Part 1
Play it Safe – Part 2
Safer Sex and Harm Reduction
"Let's Talk about Sex"
Adherence Strategies
Adherence Version 1
Adherence Version 2
Adherence Case Studies
Adherence Tools
Adherence Strategies
HIV Medications
Simulated Adherence Treatment Exercise
Understanding Labs
Prevention Education for PLWAs
Play it Safe – Part 1
Play it Safe – Part 2
Safer Sex and Harm Reduction
"Let's Talk about Sex"
Harm Reduction
Adherence Version 1
Adherence Version 2
Adherence Case Studies
Adherence Tools
Adherence Strategies
HIV Medications
Simulated Adherence Treatment Exercise
Understanding Labs
Prevention Education for PLWAs
Play it Safe – Part 1
Play it Safe – Part 2
Safer Sex and Harm Reduction
"Let's Talk about Sex"