Study on strategies for community based care and support on HIV/AIDS in Guiyang

  Objective   To summarize and analyse the experiences and lessons from the community based care and support for the PLHAs in Guiyang, to provide strategies on conducting community based care and support for the PLHAs in urban areas.

  Methods   Based on the concrete situation in Guiyang, the strategies on developing decisions-makers were adopted, mobilizing mass medias, involving multi-department, establishing PLHAs.self-help group and setting up community based care and support network, to conduct self-help activities to lead the people in community to care PLHAs.

  Results   Mass media understanding and awareness on HIV/AIDS and the whole community KAP on HIV/AIDS through conducting project of community based care and support for the PLHAs were improved.Then, the number of VCT people increased very much.Some of HIV positive people were accepted by their own families.At the same time, HIV positive people changed their attitude to be involved in care and support activities and provide their suggestions and opinions.

  Conclusion   To improve people's KAP on HIV/AIDS in the community and eliminate discrimination on the PLHAs through conducting community based care and support for PLHAs.This was just pilot project.Some problems were remained to be further studied.