Another great option for hiking is trail runners. The downsides of boots are that they can be a bit bulky and heavy, and can also be a big investment. Hiking boots are great if you have weak ankles or tend to trip a lot, as they offer more support around your ankles. Supportive footwear - You have a couple of different options when it comes to hiking footwear.These materials will quickly dry sweat or moisture, whereas cotton will hold onto moisture, leaving you more vulnerable to becoming cold and uncomfortable. This means synthetic materials (think stretchy leggings or shorts) or natural fibers, like wool. A comfortable and breathable outfit - The clothes you choose to wear should fit comfortably and ideally should be made of quick-drying or wicking materials.Here is a brief list of some items you will need: No matter where you decide to hike, you still need to have the best hiking gear so your adventure is safe and comfortable. Hiking and having fun outdoors Photo by photo nic on Unsplash
"Our interventionists just try to be professional and helpful." "If someone says ‘the condom broke and I don’t know what to do,’ the interventionist can offer help," Rhodes said.
Online educators can answer questions about HIV testing and resources and can help assess a person's HIV risk. But, the interventionist can’t go to someone’s profile and say, ‘There! They say bareback, I need to engage that person.’" If another chatter privately messages them, then they can dialogue with that person privately or one on one in the messenger system.
"So, the interventionist will have triggers like where to get free condoms or where to get tested. "We only allow our interventionist to post in the public chat room," Rhodes said. He said educators do not contact chatters in the program, but they are actively involved in the chat rooms. Rhodes said the the Internet model is a simple way to get services to men who in chat rooms, many of whom have never been tested for HIV. "It is another way of reaching folks who don’t necessarily come into Nashville to the clubs for a whole variety of reasons." " is important when you are trying to reach men over a widely dispersed area," he said. Interrante says that Nashville CARES uses the Internet to reach people in distant areas across Tennessee, and it can be more cost-effective than driving across the state to do outreach. "The internet is an excellent way for reaching and engaging men who might not be comfortable having these types of conversations face-to-face because the sort of anonymity, or the pseudo-anonymity, of the internet allows people to be more frank and revealing about things they want to know about." Rhodes research showed that, compared with participants in chat room-based HIV prevention interventions, non-participants were more likely to report: spending higher average number of hours in online chat rooms using condoms inconsistently during anal intercourse with a man met online during the past 3 months having had a sexually transmitted disease being HIV seropositive using methamphetamines during the past 30 days and using drugs to enhance sexual satisfaction during the past 30 days. We are not advocating that people don’t hookup, we’re just advocating that people are safe." "It doesn’t take much to go online and get someone to hookup with very quickly. "The flipside of that is that we know that some men online may be at increased risk because you have easy access to multiple partners," Rhodes said. They are especially important in rural areas where it is hard to find someone to talk with anyways."īut, Rhodes said chat rooms do have a darker side. Chat rooms can be fine places, just another venue to find, to meet and to socialize. "They are very important means for men who are just figuring themselves out, or just having physical needs. "It’s really important that chat rooms can be risky and people have stories to share, but chat rooms are not all that bad," Rhodes said. Rhodes found that chat room-based HIV prevention interventions, such as the ones enacted by CARES, are being implemented to reduce the risk of HIV exposure, infection and reinfection among men who have sex with men. Scott Rhodes of Wake Forest University School of Medicine was primary investigator in a study published in the journal Health Education Research, February 2008, which compared the HIV-risk profiles of southeastern men who participated in HIV prevention chat room-based outreach and those who did not.
A study done last year shows that CARES is reaching out to the ideal audience with its online education.ĭr.