Nutrition Care for People Living with HIV and AIDS: Training Manual for Community and Home-Based Care Providers Facilitators Guide and Participant Handouts

Community and home-based care providers are front-line workers in care and support of PLHIV. Their close contact with PLHIV and affected household members and their familiarity with the household environment offer a valuable opportunity for targeted nutrition care and support. Nutrition Care for People Living with HIV and AIDS: Training Manual for Community and Home-Based Care Providers Facilitators Guide and Participant Handouts are designed to equip community and home-based care providers with sufficient knowledge and skills to provide nutrition care to PLHIV as part of ongoing services. The materials are designed for training providers who do not have extensive education or technical knowledge. Topics include the relationship between nutrition and HIV, assessment of nutritional status, methods for improving food intake, management of HIV and AIDS complications, managing food and drug interactions, care for HIV-positive women and children, food and water safety and hygiene, and principles of counseling and networking.

The facilitators guide and participant handouts were developed by RCQHC and the FANTA Project with funding from USAID/East Africa and USAID's Office of Health, Infectious Disease and Nutrition, Bureau for Global Health.

Nutrition Care for People Living with HIV and AIDS: Training Manual for Community and Home-Based Care Providers Facilitators Guide [994 kb] Nutrition Care for People Living with HIV and AIDS: Training Manual for Community and Home-Based Care Providers Participant Handouts [2.93 mb] Due to the large file size of the Participant Handouts file, the individual handouts are available for download here.
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Cover and Table of Contents		410 kb
Handout 1.1. Training Schedule		168 kb
Handout 2.1. Counselling Observation Checklist (ALIDRAA)		161 kb
Handout 3.1. Illustrations of Undernourished & Well-Nourished Adults and Children		135 kb
Handout 3.2. Food Groups		188 kb
Handout 3.3. Counselling Card on Eating Well for PLWHA		179 kb
Handout 3.4. Seasonal Calendar of Local Affordable Foods		157 kb
Handout 3.5. Job Aid 1: Eating Well		191 kb
Handout 4.1. Counselling Card on Good Nutrition		170 kb
Handout 4.2. Counselling Card on Poor Nutrition		172 kb
Handout 4.3. Job Aid 2: The Importance of Good Nutrition		163 kb
Handout 5.1. Critical Nutrition Practices, Supporting Messages and Explanations		172 kb
Handout 6.1. Body Mass Index (BMI) Reference Table		246 kb
Handout 6.2. Nutritional Status Classifications and Actions		165 kb
Handout 7.1. Job Aid 3: Managing Anorexia (Loss of Appetite)		192 kb
Handout 7.2. Job Aid 4: Managing Altered Taste and Dry Mouth		163 kb
Handout 8.1. Counselling Card on Keeping Surroundings Clean		166 kb
Handout 8.2. Counselling Card on Practising Food Hygiene and Safety		211 kb
Handout 8.3. Job Aid 5: Counselling PLWHA on Food and Water Hygiene and Safety		495 kb
Handout 9.1. Job Aid 6: Managing HIV-Related Symptoms		262 kb
Handout 9.2. Counselling Cards on Managing HIV-Related Symptoms		254 kb
Handout 10.1. Job Aid 7: Managing Drug-Food Interactions and Side Effects		196 kb
Handout 10.2. Case Scenarios for Managing Drug-Food Interactions and Side Effects		181 kb
Handout 11.1. Job Aid 8: Counselling HIV-Positive Pregnant and Lactating Women		194 kb
Handout 11.2. Case Scenarios for Nutrition Care and Support of HIV-Positive Pregnant and Lactating Women		152 kb
Handout 12.1. The Story of Ruti and Her Son Dan		110 kb
Handout 12.2. Nutrition Problems of HIV-Positive Infants and Children		121 kb
Handout 12.3. Job Aid 9: Assessing Feeding Problems of Infants and Children		142 kb
Handout 12.4. Job Aid 10: Feeding the HIV-Positive Child		230 kb
Handout 12.5. Job Aid 11: Assessing Child Growth		163 kb
Handout 13.1. Case Scenarios for Follow-up and Referral		153 kb
Handout 13.2. Observation Checklist for Follow-up Counselling and Referral		155 kb
Handout 14.1. Counselling Observation Checklist (ALIDRAA)		161 kb
Handout 14.2. Counselling/Negotiation Record		108 kb
Handout 14.3. Sample Action Plan		154 kb