iVY Session Topics by Priority:
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Brainstorming:
Topic Ideas for sessions:
HIV
• Health insurance coverage for HIV care
• Associated conditions like Hep C, sexually transmitted infectionsons (STIs) Accessing HIV care
and types of resources available
• Relationships with HIV medical providers and service providers
• Medication side effects and other medication-related issues
• Mental Health
• Current experiences of mental health challenges
• Current management of mental health challenges
• Concerns about client’s own mental health status
• Needs for additional mental health support
• Relapse prevention for a mental health challenge in remission
Substance Use
• Street drugs and safe use
• Misuse of prescriptions, performance-enhancing drugs, etc.
• Safer drug use and overdose prevention (harm reduc?on)
• Alcohol use
• Smoking and smoking methods
• Partying
• Use of substances in response to peer pressure and social situations Substance use in
family/friends
• Use of substances in response to mental health and social challenges: Relapse support
Lifestyle Health
• Sleep
• Food/nutrition
• Exercise/physical activity
• Body image
• Alternative treatments
• Physical health issues
• Social Support (non-family)
• Relationships with friends
• Relationships with classmates and co-workers
• Sources of posi?ve and negative influence
• Sources of support for wellness
• Needs for increased community/social supports
Family of Origin
• Relationships with family
• Disclosure to family
• Living with family
• Communication with family
• Family support
• Challenges related to family
• Family violence
• Family stressors
• Raising children and relationships with children
• Relationship with personal values related to culture, spirituality, etc.
Romantic and Sexual Relationships
• Roman?c relationships, sexual partners, and hookups
• Relationship configurations (open, polyamorous, etc.)
• Break-ups
• Boundaries, assertiveness, and sexual negotiation
• STIs, re-infection, and safer sex
• Self-disclosure of HIV or STI status
• Triggers leading to riskier sex: emotional, communication, relational, substance use
Communication in romantic and sexual relationships
• Intimate partner violence
Self-Identity and Disclosure
• HIV disclosure and other types of personal disclosures
• Decision-making about when and how to disclose
• Pros and cons of disclosure
• Calculating the risks of self-disclosure
• Keeping yourself safe during and after disclosure
• Views of self
• Stigma and shame
• Self-esteem and self-worth
• LGBTQ+ iden?ty
• Gender iden?ty
• Other aspects of identity (ethnicity, education, occupation, disability, etc.)
Subsistence Needs
• Housing situation
• Health insurance
• Work
• Financial aid
• Disability or other forms of income
• Legal issues
• Transportation
EducaCon and VocaCon
• Work
• School
• Vocational goals
• Values and motivators
• Goals for the future
Societal and Other Concerns
• Pandemic-related concerns
• Pathogens and vaccines
• Inflation and economic burden challenges: Recent court decisions
• Political Climate
• Day-to-day social issues