Providing foundational information about HIV to raise awareness of the realities and context of people impacted by HIV in Australia today.
Duration: 90 minutes
About this module
Since the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s, our understanding of HIV, prevention and the ability to treat people living with HIV has improved significantly. Today, although treatments are vastly more effective, it is important to understand people can still be and are impacted by HIV.
Meridian delivers this easy to understand, interactive, and engaging HIV education module designed to encourage and facilitate conversations in order to develop basic HIV knowledge.
Training outcomes
- Understand HIV transmission, prevention and treatment.
- Understand the context of HIV and AIDS in Australia today.
- Explore the impacts of stigma and discrimination on people living with HIV.
- Gain confidence in the use of language and terminologies around HIV.
Topics covered
- What is HIV?
- HIV history
- How is HIV transmitted?
- HIV prevention
- Stigma and language
- Australian and global contexts.