Moral Development, HIV/AIDS Knowledge, and Attitude toward HIV/AIDS among Counseling Students in the United States

Joe, J. Richelle; Foster, Victoria

doi:10.1007/s10447-017-9299-6

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“…Social stigma leads to PLWHA to be less likely to adhere to treatment, which can influence the client's medical and mental health (Joe & Foster, 2017). Thus, the attitude of the counseling professionals toward the person with HIV/AIDS is crucial to effective treatment of the disease and mental health services (Eason et al, 2016).…”

Section: Mental Health Barriers and Inequitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Recent studies about counseling professionals -in-training, such as Joe and Foster (2017), examined the counselor aspirational competencies regarding attitudes, beliefs, knowledge, and skills. Counseling professionals committed to implementing the multicultural and social justice framework into their counseling practice, required the attitude and belief in the importance of advocacy in counseling.…”

Section: Figure 1 Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The social stigma and discrimination can cause adverse emotional outcomes that affect PLWHA. Because of the stigma, PLWHA are less likely to adhere to treatment, which ultimately influences both their medical and mental health (Joe & Foster, 2017). Coping with the emotional impact of hearing an HIV-positive test result may prevent clients from clearly understanding the information provided during the session in which they receive their results, and providers should provide appropriate referrals (Divine et al, 2001).…”

Section: Living With Stigma and Discriminationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Specifically, there is a lack of literature concerning HIV/AIDS in the US on issues concerning advocacy and social justice for PLWHA, or evidence-based practice while working with PLWHA. In the ACA's Journal of Counseling and Development, 58 articles about HIV/AIDS have been published to date; however, only six have addressed counseling professionals ' training or attitudes toward HIV/AIDS and PLWHA (Britton, Climini, & Rak, 1999;Varney et al, 1994;House, Eicken, & Gray, 1995;Hunt, 1996;Matthews et al, 2005;Smith et al, 2008;Joe & Foster, 2017). Most of the articles were published prior to 2000 and the more recent articles include HIV/AIDS as one of a number of topics, including attitudes toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) clients.…”

Section: Counseling Literature On Hiv/aidsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Unfortunately, CACREP-accredited programs may not have infused HIV/AIDS training into their courses because recent studies have found counseling professionals who have adequate knowledge of HIV/AIDS also report not receiving training in this area through their counseling programs (Rose et al, 2015). As stated by Joe and Foster (2017), preparation for HIV/AIDS is limited in most graduate training programs and not the norm for the CACREP-accredited counseling programs.…”

Section: Counseling Literature On Hiv/aidsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A phenomenological study examining the lived experiences of counseling professionals working with individuals living with HIV

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Although there are 50,000 cases of new HIV diagnoses each year in the U.S., people are living longer with HIV/AIDS (CDC, 2016). Due to the paucity of literature containing current experiences of counseling professionals who have actively or are currently working with people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), this research explored the counseling professionals' role and significance in HIV/AIDS mental health care services and prevention for treating PLWHA. The purpose of this phenomenological research study is to examine the life experiences of counseling professionals who are actively working with clients who are living with HIV/AIDS to answer this study's research question "what are the lived experience of counseling professionals is working with clients with HIV?" vi PUBLIC ABSTRACT Although there are 50,000 cases of new HIV diagnoses each year in the U.S., people are living longer with HIV/AIDS (CDC, 2016). This research explored the counseling professionals' role and significance in HIV/AIDS mental health care services and prevention, for treating PLWHA. The purpose of this phenomenological research study is to examine the life experiences of counseling professionals who are actively working with clients who are living with HIV/AIDS to answer this study's research question "what are the lived experience of counseling professionals is working with clients with HIV?" Counselors and allied professionals in this study described the limitation, implications and experiences of providing services to PLWHA. This resulted in the emergence of 6 major themes from the interviews. vii TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES .

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Section: Mental Health Barriers and Inequitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Figure 1 Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Living With Stigma and Discriminationmentioning

confidence: 99%