Prevention Links
UC San Francisco Center for AIDS Prevention Studies
Perhaps the most comprehensive HIV prevention web site, CAPS features practical information for both the general reader and for professionals. The 40-page
prevention fact sheet series, available in English and Spanish, includes topics such as "Do Condoms Work?", "What is Testing's Role in HIV Prevention?", and the prevention needs of women, adolescents, homeless people, African-Americans, Latinos, sex workers and substance users. The site also offers information on developing and evaluating prevention programs, sample research instruments, and profiles of successful prevention programs.
http://www.caps.ucsf.edu
San Francisco AIDS Foundation's Prevention Section
Here you'll learn how to reduce your risk of getting HIV from sexual activities and drug use. You'll also find a list of HIV testing sites in San Francisco, and a gallery of SFAF's prevention and education posters from 1982 to today.
http://www.sfaf.org/prevention
CDC's National Prevention Information Network
Formerly known as the National AIDS Clearinghouse, this is a good starting point to find many types of information about HIV/AIDS. Some of the information overlaps with that available through the AIDS Treatment Information Service, but the clearinghouse also provides much non-treatment-related information, including sections on HIV prevention and HIV/AIDS issues in the workplace.
http://www.cdcnpin.org
California AIDS Clearinghouse
Offers a variety of HIV educational and prevention materials, both in English and Spanish. It is a primary source of printed materials distributed by the California AIDS Hotline.
http://www.hivinfo.org
HIVInsite - Prevention Section
Offers an in-depth discussion of a variety of prevention issues, with basic fact sheets and more detailed articles on topics such as top prevention journals and development of prevention programs.
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=Prevention
The Body - Safe Sex & STD section
Features a risk assessment survey and a collection of articles from media sources on a variety of prevention issues. Topics range from the general to specific concerns of gay men, drug users, women, and youth. The site also offers information about STDs and vaccines.
http://www.thebody.com/content/art40478.html
National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention
The website for the National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a primary resource for surveillance data and prevention information on HIV/AIDS, TB elimination, and STD prevention and treatment. Materials are prepared at multiple levels including public health professionals, clinicians, technical and laboratory personnel, consumers, advocates, and for use in corporate/workplace settings. Updated treatment information and guidelines are available as part of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports, and Special Reports, accessible through this site. The CDC National Prevention Information Network, accessible through links or separately at
www.cdc.gov/hiv/hivinfo/npin.htm offers a wealth of informational resources, including access to online databases.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/nchstp.html
Condoms: A Users' Guide
Informative guide from the Mayo Health Oasis on what kind of condom to purchase and how to use it.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ00463
Planned Parenthood - Using Condoms Correctly
Provides information and visual guides to using condoms, as well as a list of lubricants that are safe to use with latex condoms and a "sample script" for discussing safer sex with a partner.
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/issues-action/birth-control/access-to-condoms/articles/condoms-6522.htm
EveryBody Preventing HIV
This well-organized website promotes a curriculum of educational strategies for preventing HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases among 5th through 9th grade students. It is directed at teachers, families and health professionals. The website offers a free chapter from the curriculum, along with a comprehensive list of frequently asked questions, and links to other prevention and education websites.
http://preventaids.net
Stop AIDS Project
This site features information about the Project and its upcoming events, as well as press releases and articles about HIV/AIDS prevention. It also includes safer sex guidelines, instructions on how to use a condom, a review of various condom brands, and an onine sex survey for gay & bi men.
http://stopaids.org
Magnet
http://www.magnetsf.org/
The Stonewall Project
http://www.stonewallsf.org/
North American Syringe Exchange Network (NASEN)
Needle exchange programs throughout the United States.
http://www.nasen.org
Dogs Are Talking
San Francisco syphilis awareness campaign.
http://www.dogsaretalking.com
Page last updated:
9/9/2008
