Module Description
The goal of this session is to prepare learners to assess and manage
a woman newly diagnosed with HIV using a team-based approach.
Objectives
By the end of the module, the learner will be able to:
- Identify barriers to and describe strategies to improve linkage to care for women newly diagnosed with HIV
- Recognize the psychosocial effects of a new HIV diagnosis
- List risk factors related to increased risk of HIV transmission
- Discuss appropriate antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens for any adult
- Describe contraception options for women living with HIV
- Describe the appropriate clinical management and follow-up for (a) a newly diagnosed patient and (b) a stable patient with undetectable viral load (VL)
Optimizing Team-Based Care to Achieve High Quality HIV Care
Central to this module, learners should consider how they can learn to deliver care that fosters optimized team-based care to ensure high quality HIV care. As such, learners should apply themselves to the following questions:
- How does the content of this case enable me to work within a climate of mutual respect and shared values with other health professionals?
- How does a better understanding of my own role and those of the other professions enable me to address the needs of patients, including promoting better care for people with HIV?
- How does this case help me optimize communication with patients, families, communities and professionals in health and other fields in a responsive and responsible manner that supports a team-based approach to care?
- What strategies have I learned from this case that can ensure I participate effectively as a member of the health care team, recognizing the different team roles necessary to plan, deliver and evaluate patient/population-centered care, and ensure that patient care is safe, timely, efficient, effective and equitable?
ABBREVIATIONS
AZT Zidovudine
CARG Community ART refill group
CATS Community Adolescent treatment supporters
CrAG Cryptococcal antigen
DTG Dolutegravir
EFV Efavirenz
FTC Emtricitabine
HBsAg Hepatitis B virus surface antigen
HIV PrEP HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
IPE Interprofessional Education
GBV Gender-based violence
NVP Nevirapine
PEP Post-exposure prophylaxis
PMTCT Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV
PWH People with HIV
RPR Reactive plasma reagin
TDF Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate
QI Quality improvement
SDG Sustainable Development Goals
U = U Undetectable = Untransmittable
3TC Lamivudine
