Community home-based care for people and communities affected by HIV / AIDS: a handbook for community health workers.

This Handbook will help you learn during your Community Health Worker (CHW) training. It will help you remember key ideas around CHBC when you are working in the community. For CHWs to give CHBC and teach caregivers they will need the following skills: Communication--with individuals and in groups; Giving information on HIV prevention; Nursing and physical therapy; Giving information on nutrition; Listening; Emotional support; Giving non-clinical Family Planning (FP) methods; Community mobilization; Referral and follow-up; Transferring knowledge and teaching skills to others; Record keeping and reporting. (excerpt)