Dear all,
kindly give your valuable suggestion as i am going to design patient Education Material with Holistic Approach. for HIV-AIDS Patients.
Thanks in Advance
It is a great idea, keep it up. Start writing and then we can share what is more needed. Try not to hear the self esteem and respect of humans.
You might consider checking out www.AIDSinfonet.org. It is a multi-lingual collection of concise fact sheets for patients on a broad range of topics related to HIV and hepatitis; including medications, diagnostics and alternative medicines.
As we know education is to empower someone,it is only possible if we have effective communication.Effective communication is only possible if the message delivered by the health care provider is specific to need of the audience(target oriented) and understandable to the patient.. For this, before we plan to prepare a message,it is important to know the baseline knowledge, attitude and practice of the particular community for those we want to prepare the message. It is also necessary to get information regarding the sociocultural factors and cultural sensitivity which is important to implement any programme especially sensitive issue like HIV/AIDS Their different methods of patient education as hoardings, message through TV and radio, but the best method is interpersonal communication i.e., counseling to change the behavior. So holistic approach is to involve various methods of education to spread the message in simple and vernacular language for patients from rural background and in urban well off families we can use the language they can understand.Before implement the patient education programme, pilot study should also be conducted, so that we can improve the message, medium and way of communication., if there are any shortcomings.
The proverb " Kaneko Kana aur Langdeko Langda nahi Kahano Chahiye" (Blind should not be reminded as a blind). That hurts him/her. The wording (counselling) should be words should be through heart. Consider them human being and to be behaved like as if he/she is normal person . Knowledge is better cure.
Make them aware of the reality through soothing words and teach them the care cure part. Advise to be always in the mood of joy. Good recreation activity can be included in their routine.
Be aware of the educational level of the audience might be helpful for you to make sure the patients feel involved and relevant to the materials.
Our experiences shows that more inter active is more effective .Side effects of ART and how to cope with it is very important for patients' adherence, other important based on our study is family stigma that should be targeted by IEC approaches.
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