How Rehabilitation Can Help People Living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa:
An Evidence-Informed Tool for Rehab Providers
E-Module SSA
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Section 1:
What is the role of rehabilitation in the context of HIV in SSA?
Section 2:
What do rehabilitation providers need to know about HIV in SSA?
Section 3:
What are the rehabilitation interventions that can help people living with HIV in SSA?
Section 4:
What do rehabilitation providers need to know about caring for children and youth living with HIV in SSA?
Section 5:
What are the concepts and tools for measuring rehabilitation outcomes in HIV in SSA?
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Section 1: What is the role of rehabilitation in the context of HIV in SSA?
1.1 – How is “rehabilitation” defined in this resource?
1.2 – How can rehabilitation help people living with HIV in SSA?
1.3 – How can the World Health Organization's "ICF" help us think about rehabilitation for people living with HIV?
1.4 – How can the Episodic Disability Model help us think about rehabilitation for people living with HIV?
1.5 – Who provides rehabilitation for people living with HIV?
1.6 – Do rehabilitation providers need special skills or training to care for people living with HIV? If so, what?
1.7 – What roles do rehabilitation providers have related to HIV in SSA?
1.8 – When is rehabilitation clinical intervention useful along the HIV care continuum?
1.9 – What is the relationship between disability, poverty and rehabilitation?
Section 2: What do rehabilitation providers need to know about HIV in SSA?
2.1 – What do rehabilitation professionals need to know about the stages of HIV infection?
2.2 – What do rehabilitation providers need to know about CD4 count and viral load?
2.3 – What is the impact of HIV on body systems and why does this matter for rehabilitation providers?
2.4 – Who might the patients be that rehabilitation providers treat in SSA?
2.5 – What do rehabilitation providers need to know about ARTs in SSA?
2.6 – What are the precautions that all rehabilitation providers should take regarding HIV and other related co-infections?
Section 3: What are the rehabilitation interventions that can help people living with HIV in SSA?
3.1 – What are the rehabilitation interventions that address impairments common among people living with HIV?
3.1.1 – Mental impairments
3.1.2 – Sensory functions and pain
3.1.3 – Voice and speech functions
3.1.4 – Functions of the cardiovascular, hematological, immunological and respiratory systems
3.1.5 – Functions of the digestive, metabolic and endocrine systems
3.1.6 – Genitourinary and reproductive functions
3.1.7 – Neuromuscular and movement related structures
3.1.8 – Functions of the skin and related structures
3.2 – What are the rehabilitation interventions that can address the activity limitations and participation restrictions common among people living with HIV?
3.3 – More information on the rehabilitation interventions available for people living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa?
3.4 – What do rehabilitation providers need to know about their patients’ beliefs and use of alternative therapies, spiritual leaders and traditional healers outside the formal medical system?
Section 4: What do rehabilitation providers need to know about caring for children and youth living with HIV in SSA?
4.1 – What is the role of rehabilitation for children and youth living with HIV and their families?
4.2 – What is the ICF-CY and how can it help us think about the role of rehabilitation for children and youth living with HIV?
4.3 – What are the rehabilitation interventions that address the impairments common among children and youth living with HIV?
4.3.1 – Mental functions
4.3.2 – Sensory functions and pain
4.3.3 – Hearing
4.3.4 – Vision
4.3.5 – Sensation
4-3-6 – Voice and speech functions
4.3.7 – Functions of the cardiovascular, haematological, immunological and respiratory systems
4.3.8 – Respiratory Impairments
4.3.9 – Functions of the digestive, metabolic and endocrine systems
4.3.10 – Endocrine disorders
4.3.11 – Neuromusculoskeletal and movement-related functions
4.3.12 – Functions of the skin and related structures
4.4 – What are the rehabilitation interventions that can address the activity limitations and participation restrictions common among children and youth living with HIV?
4.4.1 – Adolescents and Young Adults
Section 5: What are the concepts and tools for measuring rehabilitation outcomes in HIV in SSA?
5.1 – What are outcome measures?
5.2 – Why should rehabilitation providers use outcome measures?
5.3 – How do rehabilitation providers know if an outcome measure will be useful in practice?
5.4 – What are floor and ceiling effects in outcome measurement?
5.5 – What is the difference between generic and HIV-specific outcome measures?
5.6 – How should you decide which outcomes measure to use?
5.7 – How do you access a copy of an outcome measure?
5.8 – What are rehabilitation-related outcome measures that can be useful for people living with HIV in SSA?
5.8.1 – Activities of Daily Living
5.8.2 – Coping Response
5.8.3 – Depression
5.8.4 – Fatigue
5.8.5 – Health-related quality of life
5.8.6 – Presence and bothersome nature of symptoms
5.8.7 – Self-management self-efficacy
5.8.8 – Social Support
5.8.9 – Stigma
5.8.10 – Stress
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