This page works on the practices based on the comments that I've had. I find that I've been going back to the definition of Level 5 for the practice that we worked on in the Knowledge Asset project. The practices in black show a degree of consensus. The practices are still, in my mind, contain issues that we need to discuss further. However, anyone must feel free to raise any issue on any practice. Just because I am feeling more comfortable doesn't mean that you have to.
Practice 1
We accept that HIV/AIDS has an impact on ourselves, our family and our community
A description of Level 5 for the practice:
HIV/AIDS is an issue that affects us all. Together, we share concerns and hopes. We are honest to ourselves and our community and face the good and less good issues together. We naturally and openly discuss HIV/ AIDS as a normal disease, as well as our vulnerabilities, without taboo or prejudice. Our response to AIDS is part of our daily life. We know our own status and act from strength. There is no need for people to disclose their status because everyone shares the same knowledge and responsibility.
Current practice:
Acknowledgement and recognition
Practice 2
We include everyone
A description of Level 5 for the practice;
Everyone together addresses HIV and other issues that face the community.
Everyone has something to offer.
Everyone can participate equally.
Everyone cares equally for all members of the community.
Inclusion starts with self-acceptance.
Each of us has a responsibility to feel included.
Many of us are infected.
All of us are affected.
All of us have something to contribute.
When we include, we appreciate our own strengths and those of others and we stimulate action.
When we are included, we feel appreciated and we act.
Current practice
Inclusion
Practice 3
(We show care and thus stimulate prevention)
A description of Level 5 for the practice:
Care and prevention are not separated. They are used in an integrative way. Care is used in the wider sense of the word and includes emotional, spiritual and psycho-social care. Care strengthens relationships and helps to change our behaviour.
Current practice:
Linking care and prevention
Issue: There is a feeling that we are not getting to the issue with this practice. The discussion on a Knowledge Asset produced a wide range of stories and principles that covered a very wide area. Does the description of Level 5 that came from this work help us.
Practice 4
(We access treatment.)
A description of Level 5 for the practice
None available in Knowledge Asset
Current practice
Access to treatment
Issue: This doesn’t seem to be a concern as a practice. My concern is that it is not easy to fit the practice into the level structure that we are considering. Is this an exception to the level structure?
Practice 5
We identify and address the factors that make us vulnerable to HIV
A description of Level 5 for the practice:
We have a common understanding of the factors that make us vulnerable and are taking action to reduce those factors; "we are driving safely"
Current practice
Identify and address vulnerability
Practice 6
We are conscious of gender relations in our response to HIV/AIDS
A description of Level 5 for the practice:
None defined
Current practice
Gender
Issue: I struggle to understand what it means
Practice 7
We check on our progress and adapt our response
A description of Level 5 for the practice:
None defined
Current practice
Measuring change and adapting our response
Practice 8
We transfer
A description of Level 5 for the practice:
None defined
Current practice
Learning and transfer
Practice 9
We work together
A description of Level 5 for the practice:
None defined
Current practice
Ways of working
Issue: I do not know what this practice refers to. My original understanding was that it dealt with the coordination of different activities/groups that were related to action on HIV/AIDS. So it was an issue of effective collaboration. But do we now want it to relate to how we work and thus relate it to SALT?
Practice 10
We mobilise resources
A description of Level 5 for the practice:
None defined
Current practice
Mobilizing resources
Issue: The issue here is whether we wish to indicate in the practice the priority of internal over external resources?