HSE 353 Module Eight Assignment

HSE 353 Module Eight Assignment Guidelines and Rubric
Educating and Referring a Client With HIV/AIDS and Other Communicable Diseases

Overview: An integral part of our working in the substance use counseling profession is education and referral. Substance use clients have multifaceted concerns beyond their addiction. These clients may also partake in other high-risk activities, such as the sharing of needles, unprotected sexual relations, and lack of self- care. They may also have inadequate access to healthcare. These high-risk behaviors can lead to communicable diseases such as Hepatitis C, HIV, and AIDS. It is imperative that counselors understand how to screen for these diseases and offer education (on prevention and treatment), and well as referrals for clients whose health may be in jeopardy due to their substance use.

Prompt: To complete this assignment, review the risk assessment for John Jones. The assessment is distributed by the Minnesota Department of Health and is typical of behavioral risk questionnaires. The PDF file contains text boxes for entering your education and referral recommendations. Click the Show Forms button at the top right to allow data entry. Space is limited, so be succinct.

HSE 353 Module Eight Assignment

Complete the following steps:

1. Review the completed portions of the assessment and note the associated recommendations in the last column. Use these recommendations as the basis for your referrals.
2. Complete the Summary of Recommendations section.
   a) Enter the recommendations from the previous sections.
   b) For each recommendation, beyond education and counseling, research and list local community resources in your city or town that you would

   use for your client. Free or low-fee services are required for indigent clients, such as John Jones in this case. Your search may need to go beyond strictly local services, if necessary. Assume that education and counseling will be provided by you or fellow counselors.

• Instructions for individual recommendations:
o Testing:Recommendaclinic,healthdepartment,orothersourceoftesting.
o Vaccinations:Recommendaclinic,healthdepartment,orothersourceofvaccinationforthedisease(s)indicated;indicate“none”or“N/A”(not

applicable) when appropriate.
o RiskReductionCounseling:Providebehavioralcounselingandeducationthat,iffollowed,willreducetheriskoffutureinfections. o ClientReferrals:Refertheclienttomedicaltreatmentforexistinginfections.
o PartnerReferrals:Makealloftheaboverecommendationstotheclient’spartnersindrug-relatedorsexualactivities.
o Other:Listadditionaleducationalneedsfortheclient,JohnJones,beyondriskreduction.

Guidelines for Submission: Save the completed risk assessment and submit it to Brightspace.

HSE 353 Module Eight Assignment

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