Hiv Counselors Understanding Of The Developmental Needs Concerns And Problems Of Their Adult Clients The Case Of Vct Counselors In Addis Ababa

HIV / AIDS has become a widespread epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa including Ethiopia. Itrnhas challenged the African societies in many ways today above and beyond toiling the life ofrnmillions of adults.rnDifferent measures were taken by governmental and non-governmental agencies to cope uprnIrnwith the problem. A major effort has been that of establishing voluntary counseling andrntesting (VCT) centers. Counselors were employed and trained to shoulder the majorrnresponsibilities of VCTs. It is believed that the training given to them and/or the knowledgernand skills of the counselors is expected to address the developmental profile of the adultrncounselees.rnThe purpose of this research is to attempt to assess the HIV counselors' understanding of therndevelopmental needs, concerns, and problems of their adult clients.rnThe participants were 40 HIV counselors working in various VCT centers in Addis Ababa,rndrawn based on stratified sampling techniques. Data were gathered through an open-endedrnquestionnaires being designed by the researcher.rnThe study found out the following limitations in the counseling services:rn• The counselors understanding of the developmental needs, concerns andrnproblems of their adult clients was not found adequate.rn• The general role provisions of HIV counselors seemed to be that of the role ofrna facilitator to the adherence of HIV drugs (ART) while it was supposed tornprovide independent HIV counseling.rn• Except for the adherence of ART drugs, there was no well designed follow uprnand family counseling to address the worries and problems of HIV positivernadult clients related including to income, family responsibilities, socialrnrelationship child rearing and work loads.rnRecommendations were forwarded based on the findings above.

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