You Can Lead The Horse to Water

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You Can Lead The Horse to Water

• Saundra Johnson
• HIV/TB Health Educator
• Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA

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Multiple Treatment Education vs. Single Treatment
Education Sessions

• Participants have time to warm up to the subject
  and each other
• The educator/facilitator has time to explore a
  subject thoroughly
• Serial sessions allow for more experiential
  learning that may lead to behavior change

• Participants may not return to complete several
  education schedules
• Good for getting feet wet
• Tend to impart information only, not lasting

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Multiple Treatment Education vs. Single Treatment
Education Sessions continued

• Whether a treatment education program is
  conducted as a single entity or as a part of
  multiple sessions depends on intent of the
• intervention.

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Successes
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Treatment Education

• Serial
• Making Sense, Making Choices
• AAHU v
• Reading Your Laboratory Reports v
• One Shot
• Making Sense, Making Choices
• Whats Bugging You
• Reading Your Laboratory Reports
• Stick With It
• The Role of Treatment Education in Client
  Services

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Lessons Learned
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Lessons Learned

• Modify treatment education sessions when current
  structure is no longer working
• Make sure to have enough support to last
  throughout the entire education series
• No matter what format is chosen, getting engaged
  participants can difficult be in the age of
  increased HIV health

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Middle Ground
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and Sometimes You Can Even Entice It to Drink

• Having a choice of single and serial treatment
  education opportunities only benefit participants
• Choosing single or serial treatment education
  vehicles depend on target audience

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