E-Module (SSA) - Section 1.1

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?

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?

3.1 – What are the rehabilitation interventions that address impairments common among people living with HIV?

Section 4: What do rehabilitation providers need to know about caring for children and youth living with HIV in SSA?

4.4 – What are the rehabilitation interventions that can address the activity limitations and participation restrictions common among children and youth living with HIV?

Section 5: What are the concepts and tools for measuring rehabilitation outcomes in HIV in SSA?

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1.1 – How is "rehabilitation" defined in this resource?

In this resource, rehabilitation is defined as any services or activities that address or prevent body impairments, activity limitations, and social participation restrictions experienced by an individual.¹ Rehabilitation is concerned not only with physical well-being, but also with mental and spiritual dimensions of health.

¹Worthington C, Myers T, O'Brien K, Nixon S, Cockerill R. Rehabilitation in HIV/AIDS: development of an expanded conceptual framework. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2005 Apr;19(4):258-71. PubMed PMID: 15857198. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15857198.

How Rehabilitation Can Help People Living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa:

An Evidence-Informed Tool for Rehab ProvidersE-Module SSA

1.1 – How is "rehabilitation" defined in this resource?