Module 3: Introduction to Risk Assessment
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Module 3: Introduction to Risk Assessment
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What Is Risk Assessment?
When the client returns from the lab, we begin the main portion of the counseling session. It is called the Risk Assessment because that is when we gather information to help the client begin to identify activities in their lives that could result in HIV transmission. At most sites, it's also the time when we collect data for the Client Information Form.
The term “risk assessment,” however, doesn’t tell the whole story. It sounds like a checklist, and the process works best, really, if we have a conversation. Our job is to offer a safe place for our clients to consider the issues in their lives that put them at risk for HIV transmission.
If you can get into a good conversation with your clients, they will feel comfortable sharing and thinking aloud about possible changes in their lives, and you will get most of the information you need without even looking at the form.
What Is Risk Assessment?
When the client returns from the lab, we begin the main portion of the counseling session. It is called the Risk Assessment because that is when we gather information to help the client begin to identify activities in their lives that could result in HIV transmission. At most sites, it's also the time when we collect data for the Client Information Form.
The term “risk assessment,” however, doesn’t tell the whole story. It sounds like a checklist, and the process works best, really, if we have a conversation. Our job is to offer a safe place for our clients to consider the issues in their lives that put them at risk for HIV transmission.
If you can get into a good conversation with your clients, they will feel comfortable sharing and thinking aloud about possible changes in their lives, and you will get most of the information you need without even looking at the form.