Counselling approaches for newly diagnosed gay men testing HIV positive in BC: learning from those already infected
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Presented by Olivier Ferlatte, BC CDC, at the Gay Men’s Health Summit, November 9th, 2009 in Vancouver, BC.
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Counselling approaches for newly diagnosed gay men testing HIV positive in BC: learning from those already infected
- 1. Counselling approaches of Newly Diagnosed Gay men testing HIV positive in BC: Learning from those already Infected BC Gay Men’s Health Summit Tuesday November 10th
Editor's Notes
- Loss of health, loss of control Loss of control: not understaind the whole health
- Feeling suicidal or having attempted suicide was associated to have received profesional counselling.
- There a strong sense that only another HIV positive individuals could truly understand another HIV positive individuals. Therefore, HIV positive indviduals felt that receiving counselling from another HIV + individuals would have been the most benefitial As the future seems uncertain at time of diagnosis, counselling with an HIV positive counsellors could have provided individuals with true insights of what the years ahead would look like.
- This is from someone who saw a psychiatrist but he felt that he had to educate her about how it is to live with HIV.
- Other barriers were also related to cultural sensitivity of ASO.
- Physical environment. Other barriers were also related to cultural sensitivity of ASO, this was recognized by some of the the aboriginals participants. Also there was a sense of all the services being in Vancouver. In our study we interviewed people that live in Metro Vancouver, but even in Surrey or New west there is no service and coming to van was mentioned as being an obstacle to access services.
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