Your Health and Safety at Work: A Collection of Modules - Aids and the Workplace (ILO, 1996, 84 p.): Objectives

Your Health and Safety at Work: A Collection of Modules - Aids and the Workplace (ILO, 1996, 84 p.)

		(introduction...)
		Preface
		Acknowledgements
		Goal of the Module
		Objectives
		I. Introduction
		II. Why AIDS is a trade union issue
		III. What is AIDS?
		IV. Workplace exposure
		V. AIDS education in the workplace
		VI. AIDS and the workplace policy issues
		VII. Role of the health and safety representative
		VIII. Summary
		Appendix I. Policy principles and components: Statement from the Consultation on AIDS and the workplace, Geneva, 27-29 June 1988. World Health Organization in association with International Labour Office. Global Programme on AIDS.
		Appendix II. World Health Organization Guidelines on AIDS and first aid in the workplace
		Appendix III. The Global AIDS strategy, World Health Organization (WHO AIDS Series No. 11).
		Back Cover

Objectives

At the end of this Module, trainees will be able to:

(1) describe the three ways in which HIV is presently known to be transmitted;
(2) suggest several methods of preventing exposure to HIV;
(3) state several reasons why AIDS should be considered as a trade union issue.

Note: If you find some of the terms used here new to you or medical in nature, please check the Glossary at the back of this Module for definitions.