EXAMPLES OF CLIENT-CENTERED/OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS



EXAMPLES OF CLIENT-CENTERED/OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS

|Provider Driven/Closed |Client-Centered/Open-Ended |

|You are not having unprotected sex, are you? |What are you doing to protect yourself? |

|Are you being promiscuous? |How many sex partners have you had in the past 3 months? |

|You need to use condoms every time you have sex. |What could you do to protect yourself? |

|You should tell your partner to use condoms. |How do you think your partner would react if you asked him/her to use condoms? |

|Do you have a problem with or are you abusing drugs and/or alcohol? |How often do you use drugs and/or alcohol? |

|Are you gay or bisexual? |Do you have sex with men, women, or both? |

|You really need to start using condoms. |What gets in the way of you using condoms? |

|If I were you, I would get tested. |Now that you understand the behaviors that can put you at risk for HIV, how do |

| |you feel about being testing for HIV? |

|Are you protecting yourself? |What are you currently doing to protect yourself? |

|I think you should… |What would you like to do to protect yourself? What do you think you can do? |

|Why are you having unprotected sex? |What is the hardest part about trying to protect yourself? |

|Why aren’t you using condoms? |What has happened in the past when you have tried to use condoms? |

|Don’t you think that it is a good idea. |Which of the options we’ve discussed do you think would work for you? |

|Let me tell you how HIV is transmitted. |Tell me what you’ve heard about how HIV is transmitted. |

|You may need to be retested if you are in the window period. |It can take up to 3 months for HIV to show up in your blood. Have you done |

| |anything recently which may warrant a retest? |

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