This section describes the role of rehabilitation in the context of HIV. Click or tap a section title to navigate to the full section content.
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…
1.2 How can rehabilitation help people living with HIV?
The medical community is getting very good at treating HIV. However, we now need to ask: where is the focus on the impact of HIV and its related conditions on…
1.3 How can the World Health Organization’s “ICF” help us think about rehabilitation for people living with HIV?
The World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (known as the ICF)1 is helpful for thinking about the role of rehabilitation in HIV.2-4 Health conditions (the top…
1.4 How can the Episodic Disability Model help us think about rehabilitation for people living with HIV?
For people who can reliably access and tolerate ART, HIV is becoming a chronic and episodic condition. These cycles of wellness and illness over time are not well captured in…
1.5 Who provides rehabilitation for people living with HIV?
Rehabilitation is defined as any service or activity that addresses or prevents body impairments, activity limitations, and social participation restrictions experienced by an individual. This includes physical, mental and spiritual…
1.6 Do rehabilitation providers need special skills or training to care for people living with HIV? If so, what?
Most rehabilitation providers already have the clinical skills they need to help people living with HIV (e.g., rehabilitation assessment of patients and treatment techniques that are used for musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory…
1.7 What roles do rehabilitation providers have related to HIV?
Table 1.7: Roles of Rehabilitation Providers Table 1.7: Roles of Rehabilitation Providers Roles of Rehabilitation Providers Examples Clinical care From health promotion, to prevention, referrals, acute care, rehabilitation, habilitation and…
1.8 When is rehabilitation clinical intervention useful along the HIV care continuum?
Rehabilitation has important contributions to make throughout the care continuum including when someone is feeling well and asymptomatic. Table 1.8: Rehabilitation along the HIV care continuum Table 1.8: Rehabilitation along…