YSAP - YMCA February 17, 2012

Goal:

• To increase participants’ knowledge of HIV/AIDS: virology, transmission, prevention, testing, treatment, and epidemiology.

Objectives:

To provide participants with:

• An overview of the virology of HIV/AIDS, including an understanding of the impact of HIV on the immune system.
• Accurate information about HIV transmission and prevention.
• An understanding of their role in promoting testing and supporting treatment.
• An opportunity to see the impact of HIV/AIDS locally, provincially, nationally and internationally.

Goal:

• To increase participants’ understanding of the impact that stigma and discrimination have on people with HIV.

Objectives:

• To invite participants to examine their own values, attitudes and beliefs pertaining to people living with HIV/AIDS and people who use substances.
• To examine the origins and impact of specific judgmental attitudes to differences.
• To consider how participants and their organizations may perpetuate HIV stigma and discrimination.
• To assist participants in learning how to manage personal values, attitudes and beliefs in professional roles.

Goal:

• To increase participants’ understanding of the implications of the Legal and Public Health environment on people with HIV and their service providers.

Objectives:

• To encourage participants to think about issues relating to the disclosure of HIV status.
• To provide information regarding the criminal law and cases, while addressing the complexity and ambiguity of the application of the law.
• To engage participants in considering the impact of the use of the criminal law and the role of public health.