WORDS WHICH ARE FREQUENTLY USED IN COUNSELLING
In counselling short term words are used while doing counselling or narrating in meetings or monitoring, or while choosing or finding hotspot and what is the importance of this words most of the words in local language are full of hatred or insulting to the related persons related to their behavior, or are not acceptable in a society which they are living or residing nearby populations, which are as under:
HIV
- H:-HUMAN(It is only found in Humans)
- I:-IMMUNODEFICIENCY (Destroys the immune or defense system of a human)
- V:-VIRUS (A type of germ)
AIDS
- A:-ACQUIRED(Got-not-caught)
- I:- IMMUNO (Immune or defence system)
- D:- DEFICIENCY (Depletion/decrease)
- S:- SYNDROME (Group of signs/symptoms)
STI
- S:-SEXUALLY(an act i.e. intercourse)
- T:-TRANSMITTED(getting or giving process)
- I:-INFECTION(caused by a certain germs, virus etc.)
RTI
- R:-Reproductive
- T:- Tract
- I:-Infection
PLHIV
- P:-Peoples(human being)
- L:-Living (presence or cope with)
- H:-HUMAN(It is only found in Humans)
- I:-IMMUNODEFICIENCY (Destroys the immune or defense system of a human)
- V:-VIRUS (A type of germ)
CD4
- C:- CLUSTER of
- D:-Differentiation 4
- CD4 In molecular biology, CD4 (cluster of differentiation 4) is a glycoprotein found on the surface of immune cells such as T helper cells, monocytes, macrophages, and dendritic cells.
ART
- A:-ANTI
- R:-RETRO VIRAL
- T:-THERAPY
- Treatment that suppresses or stops a retrovirus. The retrovirus is the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS
ICTC
- I:- Integrated
- C:-Counselling
- T:-Testing
- C:-Center. ICTC:(FOR HIV TEST CONFIRMATION CENTER)
PPTCT
- P:-Prevention of
- P:-Parent
- T:-To
- C:-Child
- T:-Transmission
PPTCT:- The PPTCT programme aims to prevent the perinatal transmission of HIV from an HIV infected pregnant mother to her new-born baby.
TI
Target Intervention:- Targeted interventions are aimed at offering prevention and care services to high risk populations ( Female Sex Workers- FSW, Male having Sex with Male- MSM and Injecting Drug Users- IDUs) within communities by providing them with the information, means and skills they need to minimize HIV transmission and improving.
11.FSW:-Female Sex Workers (An individual who sells sex for money or favor)
12. MSM:-Male having Sex with Male
13. IDUs:- INJECTING DRUG USER(An individual who use any drugs through injecting routes)
14. MOBILE POPULATIONS:-Like TRUCKERS, Construction WORKERS (An Individuals or group of Individuals who are mobile for Economic reasons?