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E-Module

An HIV and Rehab Resource

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  • About
    • 1 – What is this resource about and who is it for?
    • 2 – Why was this resource created?
    • 3 – How can this resource be used?
    • 4 – Can this resource be used for teaching?
    • 5 – How was this resource developed?
    • 6 – Who contributed to developing this adapted resource?
    • 7 – Who funded the development of this resource?
    • 8 – Disclaimer
  • Section 1
    • 1.1 How is “rehabilitation” defined in this resource?
    • 1.2 How can rehabilitation help people living with HIV?
    • 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?
    • 1.8 When is rehabilitation clinical intervention useful along the HIV care continuum?
  • Section 2
    • 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 rehabilitation providers treat?
    • 2.5 What do rehabilitation providers need to know about antiretroviral therapies?
  • Section 3
    • 3.1 What are the rehabilitation interventions that address impairments common among people living with HIV?
    • 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
    • 3.4 – What do rehabilitation providers need to know about their patients’ beliefs and use of traditional healers, spiritual leaders and alternative therapies outside the formal medical system?
  • Section 4
    • 4.1: Intersectionality Theory in the Context of Rehabilitation
    • 4.2: Children and Youth
    • 4.3: HIV and Aging
    • 4.4: Substance Use
    • 4.5: Trauma
    • 4.6: Racialized Populations
    • 4.7: Indigenous Populations
    • 4.8: HIV, Sex and Gender
    • 4.9: HIV and COVID-19
    • 4.10: Is HIV itself a disability?
  • Section 5
    • 5.1 What are outcome measures?
    • 5.2 Why is it important to use outcome measures during rehabilitation with people living with HIV?
    • 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 outcome measures 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?
  • Case Studies
    • Case #1 – Acute Care, Cardiorespiratory and Neurological
    • Case #2 – Musculoskeletal – Knee Pain
    • Case #3 – Aging, Cognition, Community, Stroke
    • Case #4 – Complex Case – Musculoskeletal, Episodic, Cardiorespiratory
    • Case #5 – Diabetes, Neuropathy, Substance Use
    • Case #6 – Transition from Paediatric to Adult Care
    • Supplemental Case Studies without Leading Questions
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4 – Can this resource be used for teaching?

  • Yes!
  • This resource is designed to be used widely for teaching others, including:
    • Rehabilitation students
    • Practicing rehabilitation providers
    • Community rehabilitation workers, community health workers or home-based caregivers
    • Other health or social service providers
    • People living with HIV

This resource is copyrighted. Are permissions needed to use it?

This resource is intended to be shared with as broad a range of stakeholders as appropriate. Use of these materials is encouraged!

This resource may be reprinted and distributed in its entirety for non-commercial purposes without permission.

Permission must be obtained to excerpt and/or edit/adapt the content or to use the resource for commercial purposes. For further information, please contact Realize at info@realizecanada.org.

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