Methodological approaches for perfection of social accompaniment of the HIV- infected people using injection drugs in Almaty

Abstract

There were designed the main elements of the components of social support
models among HIV-infected patients and their sexual partners, who represented
a multi-level process directed to ensure people living with HIV / AIDS, his friends
and relatives to have timely access to medical and psychological care and proper
coordination of these services. Essentially formulated approaches and principles for
creating social support models are represented complex measures to improve the
access of HIV-positive IDUsrepresent and their sexual partners to the health and
psychosocial support services. The model includes: the components of medical and
social support, standards, step by step procedures. There were provided evaluation,
correction plan for the provision of services and care.
The study attempted to form a basic methodological principles of the model of
social support to HIV-positive people who inject drugs and their sexual partners in
a city of Almaty. They are an important link in providing this category of the popu-
lation’s access to timely services and provision of the necessary resources and the
implementation of a broader sector of the problems associated with HIV infection,
thus achieving an overall improvement of quality of life of people living with HIV.