session5
Problem Tree Analysis:
Social, Cultural, Economic and Religious Dimensions of
HIV and AIDS
HIV
and
AIDS
Instruction:
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The group will be divided into four small
groups
Each group will draw a tree with roots, trunk
and branches with leaves and fruits
The roots of the tree will represent the causes
of the problem that lead people toward HIV
and AIDS
All of these causes will pass thru the trunk
which represents HIV and AIDS
The branches, leaves and fruits will represent
the consequences
ROOT causes of vulnerabilities
to HIV infection
TRUNK where the HIV
and AIDS problem is located
HIV and
AIDS
BRANCHES AND
LEAVES and FRUITS
positive and negative
consequences of the
problem
 EXTERNAL OR VISIBLE
RESULTS
SICKNESS, DEATH, STIGMA,
DISCRIMINATION
IMPACT OR CONSEQUENCES
OVERWHELMING DEMANDS PLACED
ON HEALTH SERVICES, LOSS OF
ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY, STRESS
HIV and
AIDS
STIGMA/ DISCRIMINATION
SICKNESS AND DEATH,
POVERTY AND GRIEF
FRUIT
HIV and
AIDS
ROOT
IGNORANCE
UNEMPLOYMENT
You ONLY have 20 MINUTES
to draw and discuss
your problem tree
 Each
group have 5 minutes to present
their problem tree
 Facilitators
and other groups may ask
questions, suggestions or
clarifications
Increase Gender
inequity
Professional/Technical
Skill Lost
Stigma
Lack of Education
HIV and AIDS AWARENESS
Orphans and Vulnerable
Children
Family Support/ Support Groups
Economic Impact
Decline in Human Rights
Decline in Life
Expectancy
Drain on Health
resources
Deeper Prayer
Life
Sickness, death,
poverty and grief
HIV and
AIDS
Blood Sex Mother-to-Child
Unemployment
Political/Economic Migration
Sexual violence
Stigma
Peer/Social Pressure
Poverty
Ignorance
Substance Misuse
Sex Work /bartering
THANK YOU