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    <h2>Building Blocks to Peer Success</h2>
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:
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	<h4><a href="#"> HIV Basics</a></h4>
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	HIV/AIDS Frame Discussion  <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Immune System and HIV Life Cycle <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Viral Life Cycle <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	HIV Testing <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Stages of HIV Infection <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	How Medications Work  <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Understanding Drug Resistance<br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Ask the Expert <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	“Test Tubes” Lab Value  <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Reading Our Labs<br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	HIV Case Studies<br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Using the HIV/AIDS Fact Book <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Stump the Peer <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	HIV Jeopardy <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	HIV Transmission Grab Bag<br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Word Match <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	HIV Life Cycle and Disease Progression<br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
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	<h4><a href="#"> HIV Life Cycle</a></h4>
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	Adherence Version 1  <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Adherence Version 2 <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Adherence Case Studies <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Adherence Tools <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Adherence Strategies  <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	HIV Medications  <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Simulated Adherence Treatment Exercise <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
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	<h4><a href="#"> Understanding Labs</a></h4>
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	Prevention Education for PLWAs <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Play it Safe &#8211; Part 1  <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Play it Safe &#8211; Part 2 <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Safer Sex and Harm Reduction <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	&quot;Let&#39;s Talk about Sex&quot;  
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	<h4><a href="#"> Medications Side Effects Resistance</a></h4>
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	Adherence Version 1  <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Adherence Version 2 <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Adherence Case Studies <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Adherence Tools <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Adherence Strategies  <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	HIV Medications  <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Simulated Adherence Treatment Exercise <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
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	Prevention Education for PLWAs <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Play it Safe &#8211; Part 1  <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Play it Safe &#8211; Part 2 <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Safer Sex and Harm Reduction <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	&quot;Let&#39;s Talk about Sex&quot;  
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	<h4><a href="#"> Adherence Strategies</a></h4>
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	Adherence Version 1  <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Adherence Version 2 <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Adherence Case Studies <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Adherence Tools <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Adherence Strategies  <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	HIV Medications  <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Simulated Adherence Treatment Exercise <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
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	<h4><a href="#"> Understanding Labs</a></h4>
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	Prevention Education for PLWAs <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Play it Safe &#8211; Part 1  <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Play it Safe &#8211; Part 2 <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Safer Sex and Harm Reduction <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	&quot;Let&#39;s Talk about Sex&quot;  
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	<h4><a href="#"> Harm Reduction</a></h4>
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	Adherence Version 1  <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Adherence Version 2 <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Adherence Case Studies <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Adherence Tools <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Adherence Strategies  <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	HIV Medications  <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Simulated Adherence Treatment Exercise <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
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	<h4><a href="#"> Understanding Labs</a></h4>
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	Prevention Education for PLWAs <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Play it Safe &#8211; Part 1  <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Play it Safe &#8211; Part 2 <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	Safer Sex and Harm Reduction <br class="gvntay6srxyotngg7"/>
	&quot;Let&#39;s Talk about Sex&quot;  
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