Social workers play an important role in helping those with HIV/AIDS by providing counseling, education, case management, and advocacy. They assist individuals cope with an HIV diagnosis which can generate many emotions, and connect patients to testing, counseling, and referral services. Social workers also work to prevent the spread of HIV through education, risk reduction programs, and advocating for the needs of patients.

1. A ROLE OF SOCIAL WORKER IN HIV/AIDS

2. Introduction
• On an individual level social workers provide a broad range of service
and supports to those living with the HIV/AIDS……
They also provide education to reduce the incidence of HIV through
harm reduction and health promotion. Social workers understand that
health care is more than medical care

3. HIV and social work:helping you cope with an
HIV diagnosis
• Testing positive for the HIV virus generates many feelings. You may
experience fear,anger,guilt,surprise,sadness,or relief. There is no right
or wrong response to your diagnosis.

4. Here social worker helps the patients
• Counseling,testing,and referral services
• Partner counseling and referral services
• Prevention for high risk populations
• Health education and risk reduction activities
• Perinatal transmission prevention
• Public information programs
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5. Social work roles
• Counseling people with HIV infection
• Conducting crisis intervention
• Providing case management
• Educating the general public and high-risk groups to reduce risk for
HIV infection
• Advocating for the needs of HIV/AIDSS PATIENTS