The Explores Social Work Practice with Persons Living with HIV/AIDS Within The Iran Community

This article explores social work practice with persons living with HIV/AIDS within the Iran community. It presents a general discussion of social work practice HIV/AIDS, followed by an exploration of culturally sensitive social work practice in Iran. The authors then synthesize these bodies of knowledge into a discussion of HIV/AIDS in the Iran community, and social work practices that can be useful when working with this population. A case example of group work practice living with HIV illuminates many of the themes explored throughout the paper. Finally, implications for social work practice are examined. Social work is a profession which seeks to help and empower vulnerable groups in society such as women, persons with disabilities, children and the elderly as well as people living with HIV/AIDS.