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Health
Focused Education and Counseling for a Patient Diagnosed as HIV
Positive
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Thomas W. Miller PhD, ABPP1
Kate E Bousaada2
Lisa-Rose Rodriguez, MPH3
Timothy Maggio, MS CRC4
Jeanne Chadwick PhD5
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Professor, Senior Research Scientist, School of Allied
Health, University of Connecticut
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Undergraduate Psychology Major, University of
Connecticut
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MPH
Graduate Student, HIV Patient Counselor, University of
Connecticut
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Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, University of
Connecticut
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Post
doctoral Fellow, Center for Health and HIV Intervention
and Prevention
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Post
Doctoral Fellow, University of Connecticut
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Citation:
Miller, T. Health
Focused Education and Counseling for a Patient Diagnosed as HIV Positive. The
Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice. July 2006.
Volume 4 Number 3.
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Abstract
AIDS is a chronic, life-threatening condition caused by the human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Examined is a patient education and
counseling model applied to a patient with AIDS. Offered is a model
utilizing problem based questions, goals and objectives and applied
theory that is summarized in an algorithm of care for the patient with
AIDS. Stages of HIV infection are used to facilitate clinical
evaluation and plan therapeutic interventions. The process of
health-focused counseling involves a number of critical components:
assessment, patient education, health focused counseling, treatment
intervention, and follow-up. The use of the health focused education
and counseling model has been found to be relevant and appropriate
when considering the need to tailor patient education and treatment to
evidenced based decisions for health professionals. |
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Keywords
and terms:
HIV, AIDS,
counseling, patient education |
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