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Prevention counseling is a form of psychological, educational, and practical support intended to prevent a particular issue, event, or condition. This type of counseling incorporates education and psychotherapy and can be provided for an individual, pairs, or a group. This type of counseling may focus on primary or secondary prevention and may be conducted by psychologists, psychiatrists, mental health counselors, nurses, physicians, social workers, prevention case managers, and other professionals. Prevention counseling is an important component of HIV counseling (CDC 2010), which also includes the provision of information.
HIV prevention counseling is “an interactive process of assessing risk, recognizing specific behaviors that increase risk of acquiring or transmitting HIV, and developing a plan to take specific steps to reduce risks” (CDC 2006). HIV prevention counseling focuses on counseling strategies that either support and encourage (1) people living with HIV/AIDS...
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Dalmida, S.G., Waldrop-Valverde, D., Lewis, R. (2018). Prevention Counseling and Other Strategies in the HIV Care Setting. In: Hope, T.J., Richman, D.D., Stevenson, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of AIDS. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7101-5_123
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