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Juan M. Leyva

Figure 3 Book Cover ‘Feel–Create–Care: Real HIV
Stories That Promote Empathy’. More info here
https://publicacions.uab.cat/llibres
/sentir-crear-cuidar

In , the Nursing Department of the Faculty of Medicine at the Autono-
mous University of Barcelona conducted an online training for health science
students to enhance empathy and humanize care for people with HIV. This in-
itiative comprised six two-hour seminars, followed by a closing seminar. Un-
like traditional dynamics, exercises were individual, and image and reflection
presentations were all done online via Teams and Moodle. At each session,
a patient expert shared their experiences, enriching discussions. Topics cov-
ered included receiving a HIV diagnosis, facing stigma and discrimination, ex-
periencing professional care, managing antiretroviral medication, and deal-
ing with risk. The activity culminated in writing and publishing a book aimed
at sensitizing the community and healthcare professionals about caring for
people with HIV (see Figure 3). This example illustrates how Narrative Pho-
tography methodology can be used to promote reflection, understanding,
and awareness in health-related topics.
In , a comprehensive hybrid training program was introduced for
students pursuing studies in health sciences, with a central focus on gen-
der-based violence prevention, employing the innovative approach of narra-
tive photography. The curriculum delved into multifaceted aspects, covering a
spectrum of topics essential to understanding and addressing gender-based
violence. Among these themes were explorations into the complexities of
masculinities and femininities, elucidation of the concept of gender-based
violence, categorization of various forms of gender-based violence, identifi-
cation of key indicators signalling instances of such violence, examination of
the cyclic nature of violence, and an analysis of the far-reaching consequenc-

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