Common factors |
Establish a framework to understand behavior change |
“Normalize” challenges facing HIV-affected families |
Convey issue-specific and population-specific information |
Address four domains |
Maintaining healthy mind |
Maintaining healthy body |
Maintaining healthy family relations |
Improving social and community integration |
Build cognitive, affective, and behavioral self-management skills |
Rehearse and practice identifying and self-regulating feelings in HIV-related situations, thinking patterns in difficult situations, and social skills |
Address environmental barriers to implementing health behaviors |
Access to ongoing health care |
Access to transportation |
Provide tools to develop ongoing social and community support |
Interventions designed as drop-in sessions |
District hospitals’ monthly support groups for HIV-affected families |
Common practice elements |
Relaxation and ice breaking activities |
Meditation, singing, and dancing |
Feeling thermometer |
Tied to Buddhism advocating self-awareness |
Effective tool to understand current state (feelings) |
Feel–Think–Do (FTD) model |
Promoting positive cycle of cause and effect |
Buddhist philosophy of linking feelings, thoughts, and actions |
Tokens (rewards) |
Yellow color represents loyalty and respect to the king |
Stars represent culturally accepted symbol for rewards |
Facilitate expression of kindness and joy |
Role-playing in pair sharing |
Practice challenging hypothetical scenarios |
Effective dyadic exercise to act out situational challenges |
Rehearse a variety of problem-solving scenarios with different participants |