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Under the Influence: Making the Connection between HIV/AIDS and Substance Use: A Guide for AIDS Service Organization Workers who Provide Support to Persons Living with HIV/AIDS

Publication type: 
Training / Education Manual
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Agency: 
Canadian AIDS Society
Sponsor: 
Health Canada's AIDS Community Action Program
Date: 
1997-10
Pages: 
135
Summary: 
Resource manual for support workers in community-based AIDS organizations to help them learn how to address the changing face of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, particular the increasing needs of drug users who become HIV positive. The manual suggests skills and approaches for providing support to substance users, with chapters on the topics of: Attitudes, Values and Beliefs; Relationships, Boundaries and Ethics; Listening Skills; Self Care; Harm Reduction; Stages of Changing Behaviour; and Policies and Procedures. The manual ends with a comprehensive list of reading resources and national and provincial services dealing with substance use and/or HIV/AIDS.
Keywords: 
Canadian AIDS Society; drug users; HIV/AIDS; harm reduction; community based organizations; AIDS Service Organizations (ASOs); substance use; social services; health services; community capacity building; community health