LEC 7: Class Presentations

Question 1

AIDS Saskatoon: Group 1

Answer 1

1. Strengths
   - Harm reduction approach
   - Focus on education/ prevention (decrease stigma)
   - Cultural approach
2. Weaknesses
   - Accessibility, hours, location
   - Because of PAWS, limited utilization of volunteers
   - Employee burnouts
3. Biggest Threat
   - Government finding

Question 2

AIDS Saskatoon: Group 2

Answer 2

1. Strengths
   - Provides services such as drop in center, family support, referrals, and free phone/ computer access
   - Donate resources such as daily lunches, take away meals, and free clothing
2. Weaknesses
   - Location (only one)
   - Dependent on donations and volunteers
   - Lack of media exposure
3. Opportunities
   - Increase awareness
4. Biggest Threat
   - Government funding cuts (55% provincial, 22.4% federal)
   - Stigma associated with AIDS

Question 3

AIDS Saskatoon: Group 3

Answer 3

1. Strengths
   - Work towards harm reduction (upstream)
   - Education: community involvement across varied
   demographics
   - Culturally competent: Recognize cultural safety
2. Weaknesses
   - Rural access
   - Stigmatization and social rejection of people involved in the program
   - Social medial lacking (limited awareness)
3. Opportunities
   - Improve awareness through advertising and social media
   - Expand to rural populations

Question 4

AIDS Saskatoon: Group 4

Answer 4

1. Strengths
   - Four locations; downtown, transport provided
   - Very upstream: harm reduction, marketing to at-risk population, family support
   - Good social media: website, facebook, twitter
2. Weaknesses
   - None in Regina, mostly central SK
   - Need to increase volunteers
   - Communication barriers; northern communites
3. Opportunities
   - Expand to Southern SK
   - Student involvement
   - Increase public donation and volunteer hours
4. Biggest Threat
   - Funding oppeortunities
   - Only 1% from donations

Question 5

AIDS Saskatoon: Group 5

Answer 5

1. Strengths
   - Extensive harm reduction strategies (needle exchange, safe sex)
   - Work collaboratively with SISHA (Sk indigenous strategy on HIV and AIDS)
   - Individual and family support 24h/ 365 days
2. Weaknesses
   - Not as accessible to rural and outskirts communities of Saskatoon
   - Stigma about receiving care
   - Link between health services vs mental health services
3. Opportunities
   - Mobile education team (discrete); expand outward
4. Biggest Threat
   - Funding to be cut provincially and federally

Question 6

TASO Uganda: Group 6

Answer 6

1. Strengths
   - HIV positive founders create relatable environment which reduces stigma
   - Physical and psychosocial components involved in home visits/ hospital visits
   - Individual care unique to age, gender, etc.
2. Weaknesses
   - Limited outreach
   - Cost of training
   - Lack of international exposure
3. Opportunities
   - Employment opportunities
   - Involve individuals, families, communities
4. Biggest Threat
   - Non-profit community based organization = rely on donations

Question 7

TASO Uganda: Group 7

Answer 7

1. Strengths
   - Accessibility (4 regions, 12 centers)
   - Partnership
   - Wide variety of services such as counselling
2. Weaknesses
   - Limited funding
   - Inappetent workers
   - Lack of data management
3. Opportunities
   - Early detection
   - Health promotion
4. Biggest Threat
   - Donors changing funding priority

Question 8

TASO Uganda: Group 8

Answer 8

1. Strengths
   - Decrease in HIV rates all together
   - Drugs they provide are free of charge
   - Provide services to address the clients biggest challenge
   - Advocate to keep stigma at minimum
2. Weaknesses
   - Management and finical control
   - Increase in HIV/AIDS help and resources
   is leading to a decrease in other services
   - Research;; database and patient follow up not being maintained
3. Opportunities
   - Employment
4. Biggest Threat
   - Rely on foreign funds to run their services
   - No proff or monitoring

Question 9

TASO Uganda: Group 9

Answer 9

1. Strengths
   - Eliminating the stigma
   - Providing medical and psycho social training courses
   - Working upstream via research for prevention
2. Weaknesses
   - Limited geographical areas
   - Funding (private or external donors)
   - Not enough staff for the amount of patients
   - Lack of national policies on AIDS home base care
3. Opportunities
   - Traveling TASO representative hired to improve accessibility by expanding geographically
4. Biggest Threat
   - Funding
   - Subject to political consequences
   - Increase demand