Adherence Clubs: An Essential Strategy To Care for People Living with HIV Guidelines for Churches and Christian Ministries
2019
An Essential Strategy To Care for People Living with HIV: Guidelines for Churches and Christian Ministries by LifeRise AIDS Resources | 2019 | Adherence clubs are an essential strategy to provide supportive care for PLWH to enable them to be stable on lifesaving HIV treatment (called “ART”) and stay on it lifelong. These guidelines will equip churches and Christian ministries to facilitate adherence clubs for people living with HIV.
These guidelines cover five building blocks for adherence clubs: WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE and WHY. The WHAT building block includes four A’s: Attendance; Assessment; Adherence; and ART, designed as an easy way to remember the four most important tasks to accomplish in adherence clubs.