BIOPSYCHSOCIAL PROGRAM:  HIV/Aids Treatment:

How live a productive life with HIV/Aids
The biopsychosocial program of health approaches an individuals' health from a holistic perspective: physical, mental, and social well being are connected. Health and illness are a natural part of life, both states exist within the course of an individuals lifetime.
Program is designed to be health-enancing for people living with HIV/Aids through the triple mechanisms of simultaneous risk-reduction, immune-b00sting and enhancement of adherence to medical protocols. 

What is gained from a biopsychosocial perspective is a holistic approach to treatment. People are more than mere biology and to treat a disease from that perspective is to ignore the other aspects of an individual. The BPS program allows for biological treatment, psychological healing and understanding and permits others to participate and support an individual. Hopelessness and isolation are major contributors in the progress of a terminal illness, changing the way the terminally ill are treated changes the disease process.

Program outline (20 sessions)

HIV/AIDS and Commonly Related Conditions 

Basic facts: Definitions, Modes of Transmission, Magnitude and Trends of HIV and AIDS
Progression of HIV, and Effects of HIV on the Immune System
Vulnerability to HIV
Relationship between STI and HIV
Relationship between TB and HIV
HIV and Family Planning

HIV Prevention, Care, and Support

Prevention of Sexual Transmission of HIV
Behaviour Change
Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission
Antiretroviral Therapy
Post Exposure Prophylaxis in Clinical Settings
HIV Basic Care Package

Biological

Primary medical care
Breathing patterns
Water consumption
Food and Nutrition
Physical exercise
Drugs and alcohol
Adherence to health routines

Psychological

Crisis coping skills
Grief and depression
Stress Management
Survival skills
Life purpose and goals
Living positively
Improving quality of life

Social

Social support – family and friends
Spirituality
Cultural approaches to health
Alternate healing etc