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Motivation is a system of incentives (motives) that encourages an individual to act or
to be inactive.
Motivational interview is the process where two or more individuals jointly consider
various incentives that encourage a person to make decisions, to take actions, or
to remain inactive in a specific situation. Motivational interviewing should not be
considered as a method or set of tools that are “applied” to clients or (which is worse),
are “used to manipulate” people. Quite the contrary, it is interpersonal style, which (as
attitudes of one person towards another) is not limited by any formal consultations.
It is the balance of human relations and approaches, aimed to support an individual in
his/her way towards changes, which is guided by specific philosophy of changes and
understanding of mechanisms that trigger these changes. The method will loose its
meaning if presented as a set of tricks and manipulation techniques (Miller, 1994).
Motivational counselling is the method of counselling, that can be used (and is used)
in the work with people with alcohol and drug problems. It is also used to address other
issues, such as nutritional distress, HIV risk reduction, etc. The method can be used to
help to address very specific problems of people living with HIV, including work in pain,
adherence to ART and observance of all medical prescriptions. Specific variations are
being developed for juvenile offenders, married couples, smokers, LGBT, families with
violence issues, etc.
NGO — non-governmental organizations. Sometimes they use abbreviation “NCO” —
non-commercial organizations, etc.
Outing refers to public disclosure of private information about person's true sexual
orientation or gender identity without this person's will and consent. Outing is opposite
to coming out — voluntary disclosure of person's own orientation or gender identity.
Outing can be viewed as violation of the law. Such actions may result in conveying
negative attitudes of the society and specific individuals towards homosexual
orientation of the person on his/her social and professional sphere. Outing can be used
to compromise a person, thus undermining his/her personal or public reputation, and
challenging this person's professional competence. Sometimes outing is used in the
political struggle or as a means to demonstrate contradiction between the person's
private life and his/her official, public position.
Outreach work (outreach — expansion, growing coverage of something) means work to
reach target group (usually socially unprotected) with social services in the settings,
customary for this group; social work on the streets; provision of social and medical
assistance in locations of gathering and/or residence of target group.
Outreach worker is a social worker working in the field; a specialist in prevention
measures and services that are provided, for example, to hidden (difficult-to-reach)
social group in its customary setting.
Patriarchy is the form of public governance, the way of organization of public life,
collection of norms and values, which recognize supremacy and authority of men in
all spheres of social life. At the same time women receive secondary role, so they have
less opportunities to develop and demonstrate their skills at the labour markets, and in
making socially important decisions.
“Peer”, or peer-driven intervention — emotional, psychological and counselling
support, offered to the client by the person from the same or similar environment.
Penetrative sex / penetrative sexual contacts is the term used to describe sexual
contact (vaginal, anal, oral) with penetration of penis, sex toys, fingers, hands, feet
or tongue in the partner's organism. Penetrative sex without condoms/latex gloves or
sheets is the most dangerous in terms of infection transmission.
“Pleshka” is public and generally accessible place, frequented by homosexual people,
usually located in the downtown.