DisclaimerThe materials on this site are designed for HIV/AIDS prevention with persons at risk for acquiring or transmitting HIV. They are meant to be resources used by HIV prevention providers such as health departments and community-based organizations so as to provide the best evidence-based HIV prevention services.
These materials are not meant for the general public. They are not meant for children. They are not school-based HIV prevention strategies. They are designed to help change the behaviors of persons whose behaviors place them at risk for HIV infection.
Related Links of Interest
Cultural
Competence Resources for Health Care Providers from HRSA
http://www.hrsa.gov/culturalcompetence/
This user-friendly site highlights approximately 40 HRSA-supported projects on the critical subject of cross-cultural health care. HRSA has provided exceptional leadership in helping health care providers enhance their clinical and organizational skills in cultural competence.
YRBSS: Youth
Risk Behavior Surveillance System from the CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/yrbs/index.htm
The purpose of the YRBSS is:
To determine the prevalence of health-risk behaviors among students
To assess trends in these behaviors
To examine the co-occurrence of health-risk behaviors
National
Prevention Information Network (NPIN)
http://www.cdcnpin.com/scripts/index.asp
The CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) is the U.S. reference, referral, and distribution service for information on HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis (TB). NPIN produces, collects, catalogs, processes, stocks, and disseminates materials and information on HIV/AIDS, STDs, and TB to organizations and people working in those disease fields in international, national, state, and local settings.
THE BODY: The complete HIV/AIDS Resource
http://www.thebody.com/index.htmlThe Body's mission is to:
Use the Web to lower barriers between patients and clinicians.
Demystify HIV/AIDS and its treatment.
Improve patients' quality of life.
Foster community through human connection.
AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
http://www.acria.org/acria.htmlThe AIDS Community Research Initiative of America (ACRIA) is a non-profit community-based AIDS research and treatment education center. In conjunction with recognized leaders in AIDS research and treatment, primary-care providers, and people living with HIV disease; ACRIA:
identifies scientifically promising therapies for AIDS and HIV-related illness, designs and implements studies on these interventions, and submits the findings for publication;
conducts research geared towards the further understanding of HIV disease, treatment, and prevention; and
provides education about AIDS treatments and research to the communities affected by HIV/AIDS.
Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.govThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the 13 major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is the principal agency in the United States government for protecting the health and safety of all Americans and for providing essential human services, especially for those people who are least able to help themselves.
The Medical Health Research Association of New York City, Inc.
http://www.mhra.org/S0C0.cfmThe Medical and Health Research Association of New York City, Inc. (MHRA) is dedicated to improving the health status and well-being of New Yorkers, with special emphasis on the city's high-risk, underserved populations. MHRA's activities employ a comprehensive approach in recognition of the interplay between socioeconomic factors and health.
The Guttmacher Institute
http://www.guttmacher.orgThe Guttmacher Institute is a nonprofit organization focused on sexual and reproductive health research, policy analysis and public education. The Guttmacher Institute publishes Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, International Family Planning Perspectives, The Guttmacher Policy Review and special reports on topics pertaining to sexual and reproductive health and rights. The Institute's mission is to protect the reproductive choices of all women and men in the United States and throughout the world. It is to support their ability to obtain the information and services needed to achieve their full human rights, safeguard their health and exercise their individual responsibilities in regard to sexual behavior and relationships, reproduction and family formation.
HEALTHLINK WORLDWIDE
http://www.healthlink.org.ukHealthlink Worldwide is a specialist health and development agency. Our aim is to improve the health and well-being of disadvantaged and vulnerable communities in developing countries.
Findings, No. 7, February 2007
What's culture got to do with HIV and AIDS?
Why the global strategy of HIV and AIDS needs To adopt a cultural approach.
