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Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome training from a union perspective
Author(s) -
Askari Elaine,
Mehring John
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/ajim.4700220509
Subject(s) - medicine , health care , trainer , public health , family medicine , feeling , nursing , gerontology , environmental health , economic growth , psychology , social psychology , computer science , economics , programming language
The authors developed a union sponsored 2‐day human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) “train the trainer” program for healthcare workers in the San Francisco Bay Area. The program incorporated the “education for action” approach in an effort to respond to the inadequacies in many traditional, institutional trainings. Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and Labor Occupational Health Program (LOHP) conducted the HIV/AIDS “train the trainer” program for approximately 100 healthcare workers in county public hospitals and community health clinics. After completing the program, these workers went back to their healthcare facilities, or community organizations, and led additional classes on HIV/AIDS transmission and prevention for approximately 600 more people. The goal of the program was to empower healthcare workers to: 1) identify the occupational risks associated with exposure to blood and potentially infectious body fluids at the workplace; 2) develop strategies to reduce those risks; 3) discuss their feelings about caring for an HIV/AIDS patient; and, 4) conduct HIV/AIDS workshops at the workplace.