Nutrition and HIV/AIDS: A Training Manual - Linkages Project

1. How does poor food availability or access impede people living with HIV/AIDS andcaregivers from following the recommendations for this topic? What importantfoods or food groups do they lack strong access to?2. Which recommendations from this topic may be especially difficult to followbecause of food insecurity?3. What alternative recommendations for this topic or adjustments to theserecommendations can be made for food-insecure households?4. What common types of food insecurity and underlying factors in your countryparticularly affect the recommendations offered for this topic? What dopractitioners need to look for during assessment, counseling, and follow up?5. What types of services and interventions can address food security constraints(e.g., less labor, depleted savings, and poorer agricultural output)? What stepsare being taken in your country to address these constraints?TASK 2: This two-person role-play addresses household food security. Ask onestudent to play the role of the client and another to play the role of a counselor. A35-year-old widow living with HIV/AIDS has received nutritional care and supportcounseling through a health center for the past 3 months. She shows knowledge andawareness of her nutritional needs, but her health and nutritional status has shownno improvement during this time; in fact, she has lost 2kg. The woman explains thatshe has not been able to follow most of the recommendations because of her familysituation. She and her three children live with her brother, his wife, and their fourchildren. She has not been well enough to work, and her brother’s income barelycovers basic necessities for the 10 of them. Her sister-in-law has been suggestingthat the woman and her children are a burden and has favored her own family atmealtimes. Ask students to help the woman identify options to improve hernutritional status by discussing the following questions.1. What options are open to the woman? How can she be supported to pursuethem?2. Do psychosocial factors also affect the woman’s dietary habits?93