Table 4 Haddon matrix of core prevention-control based AIDS-NGOs activities
Prevention Level | Activities intervening on individual factors: Promoting healthy behaviors and attitudes | Intervening on factors related to the immediate | Activities aimed at intervening on factors related to the external environment: infrastructure and population | Activities aimed at intervening on factors related to the social system |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary Prevention | Activities that encourage closer ties with AIDS-NGO services | Activities that encourage closer ties with NGO services | Participation in commemorative acts. | |
Health promotion and primary prevention (preventing HIV infection) | Promote and development leisure and interaction activities | Promote and development leisure and interaction activities | Participation in networking platforms and work groups related to HIV/AIDS | |
Health education and safe sex activities: HIV information and distribution of informative materials | Health education and safe sex activities: HIV information and distribution of informative materials | Diffusion and training | ||
Educational activities to increase awareness of the male condom, the female condom, lubricants and their correct use | Educational activities to increase awareness of the male condom, the female condom, lubricants and their correct use | Training of trainers | ||
Distribution of prophylactic material: condoms and lubricants in NGO offices, saunas, etc. | Distribution of prophylactic material: condoms and lubricants in NGO offices, saunas, etc. | |||
Distribution of informative materials on the street, in saunas, pubs, flats, clubs, schools, high schools | Distribution of informative materials on the street, in saunas, pubs, flats, clubs, schools, high schools | |||
Personalized care and information via telephone and email | Participation in networking platforms and work groups related to HIV/AIDS | |||
Editing and preparation of informative material for the prevention of HIV/AIDS | Training staff in peer groups | |||
Legal advice | Legal advice | |||
Workshops and advice on employment | Workshops and advice on employment | |||
Secondary Prevention | Counselling and rapid testing of HIV and syphilis Testing for detection of hepatitis A/B/C | Counselling and rapid testing of HIV and syphilis for the couple | ||
Measures focusing on early HIV detection | Consultations for STI detection Referrals for consultations for STI detection | |||
Consultations for tuberculosis detection Referrals to Chest Unit for tuberculosis detection | ||||
Information and referral for post-exposure prophylaxis | ||||
Tertiary Prevention | Receive health services and referrals to other health services, when necessary | |||
Attention focused on measures: reducing the effects and promote the rehabilitation reintegration | Promote the adherence to antiretroviral treatments (HAART) | |||
Conduct emotional support sessions and advice. Conduct individual psychological therapies | ||||
Accompany individuals to medical consultations in order to improvement visits to hospitals and primary care | ||||
Give social and legal aid | Give social and legal aid | |||
Workshops and advice on employment | ||||
Peer help groups, support groups to address HIV | Peer help groups, support groups to address HIV | |||
Conduct alternative medicine workshops: Reiki, Bach flowers, etc. | ||||
Provide flats for HIV+ individuals regardless of their gender | Provide flats for HIV+ individuals regardless of their gender | |||
Telephone attention, internet consultations, chats for seropositive individuals and for serodiscordant couples, forums and consultations via email |