MODULE TWO: COUNSELLING - FHI 360 Center for Global Health ...

Final Role Play Scenarios
1. A 23-year old man calls the YEF HIV/AIDS Hotline. He and his girlfriend are
thinking of getting married, but they want to be tested for HIV first. They are
both nervous about the test, though, and they have heard that it is not very
accurate anyway. He would like to get more information about the test and
where he can take it.
2. A 33-year old woman calls the YEF HIV/AIDS Hotline. Her husband learned
that he had AIDS last year when he came down with tuberculosis. He has
gotten very ill during the past few weeks, and the doctor has told her that he
only has a few months left to live. She wants to care him for at home, since
she cannot afford to pay for long-term hospital care. She wants to know how
to care for him at home.
3. A 45-year old man calls the YEF HIV/AIDS Hotline. He is married, but has
had many casual sexual partners during the past 20 years. He has been
getting sick a lot recently, and he is afraid that he could have AIDS. He has
heard that it is possible to cure AIDS by having sex with virgins, and he
wants to know if it is true.
4. An 18-year old girl calls the YEF HIV/AIDS Hotline. She has a regular
boyfriend, but they only use condoms sometimes. She has been having pain
urinating and there is a smelly discharge from her vagina. She is too
embarrassed to go to her family doctor, because he is a man and he might
tell her mother. She wants to know where she can get help.
5. A 35-year old man calls the YEF HIV/AIDS Hotline. He is a manager in a
bank. In order to qualify for a new insurance plan recently, he had to take
an HIV test. His results came back positive, and he is devastated. His boss
has received the results, but he hasn't’ said anything yet. The caller wants to
know if he can be fired from his job for being HIV-positive.
6. A 29-year old woman calls the YEF HIV/AIDS Hotline. She recently got tested
for HIV at an antenatal care clinic, and found out that she was positive. She
is 4 months pregnant, and afraid that she will infect her baby. She wants to
know what she can do to protect her baby from getting infected.
7. A 55-year old woman calls the YEF HIV/AIDS Hotline. She is hysterical,
because she just learned that her 27-year old daughter is HIV-positive. She
has heard that there is some kind of new medicine available to cure AIDS,
and wants to know where she can get it. She also wants the name of a good
doctor to help her daughter.
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