Theory-based HIV Disclosure Intervention for Parents

"The parent curriculum consists of five interactive training sessions (120 minutes each session for 10 hours total) with three specific focuses: understanding the stages of childhood cognitive development in the context of parental illness (Session #1 Child's readiness for disclosure); improving the parents' cognitive and behavioral skills related to parental HIV disclosure (Session #2 Benefits and risks of disclosure, Session #3 How to tell and what to tell, and Session #4 Disclosure is an ongoing process); and improving parental psychosocial well-being in adapting to living with HIV/AIDS (Session #5 Cope with my infection/illness). The curriculum addresses the issues of child and family strengths and community support across sessions."

"The modified curriculum consists of five 2-hour interactive training sessions with aims to increase parents' knowledge of nutrition (Session #1: Food variety; Session #2: Food for growing child), healthy diets and cooking practice (Session 3: Fat, salt and sugar; Session 4: Fruits, vegetables and minerals), and food safety (Session #5 Food safety)"