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CEG has developed a centralized place where
you can find links to trustworthy information.

RESOURCE INDEX




Funds for this project were provided by the
National Library of Medicine
.

 

Just Diagnosed?

How Do I Start?
http://www.thebody.com/content/treat/art6105.html

Day One: After you have tested positive
http://www.thebody.com/content/treat/art5798.html

Testing HIV Positive -- Do I Have AIDS?
http://www.thebody.com/content/treat/art12784.html

Living with HIV/AIDS
http://www.thebody.com/content/treat/art17135.html

 

HIV and Domestic Violence

Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence Fact Sheet
http://www.opdv.state.ny.us/health_humsvc/health/hiv.html

Safe Horizon’s Safety Plan Guide
http://www.safehorizon.org/page.php?nav=sb&page=safetyplan

Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS
http://www.who.int/gender/violence/en/vawinformationbrief.pdf

The Well Project—Domestic Violence and HIV

 

HIV and Drug Use

I Inject drugs, what can I do to keep myself from getting infected?
http://aidsetc.org/pdf/p02-et/et-05-00/injection.pdf

I use crack (or other stimulants),
what can I do to keep myself from getting infected?
http://aidsetc.org/pdf/p02-et/et-05-00/stimulant.pdf

Reducing the risk of getting HIV from injecting drug use
http://www.sfaf.org/aids101/injection.html

HIV and Incarceration

HIV and Incarcerated Women
http://www.thebody.com/content/art19185.html

HIV Transmission and Prevention in Prisons
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=kb-07-04-13

Our Place, DC
http://www.ourplacedc.org/


HIV Policy

AIDS Action Women and HIV Policy Facts
http://www.aidsaction.org/legislation/pdf/PolicyFactsWomen.pdf

The AIDS Institute
http://www.theaidsinstitute.org/home.asp

National Minority AIDS Council
http://www.nmac.org/public_policy/

DC Fights Back
http://www.dcfightsback.org/

AIDS Treatment Activist Coalition
http://www.atac-usa.org/

National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors
http://www.nastad.org/

The National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS
http://www.nblca.org/

Kaiser Family Foundation HIV/AIDS Policy Fact Sheet
http://www.kff.org/hivaids/upload/6089-03.pdf

Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project: CHAMP
http://www.champnetwork.org/


HIV Medication

Graphic Novel about HIV Medication
http://www.freehivinfo.com/pdfs/Nukes_english.pdf

A Guide to the Ins and Outs of Antiviral Dosing
http://www.freehivinfo.com/pdfs/LBLEngl.pdf

Adherence

Recommended Immunizations for HIV positive people
http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/contentfiles/Recommended_Immunizations_FS_en.pdf

Graphic Novel about Adherence
http://www.freehivinfo.com/pdfs/AdventuresEnglish.pdf


HIV and Youth

Whitman-Walker Clinic HIV/AIDS and Youth Fact Sheet
http://www.wwc.org/hiv_aids_services/factsyouth.htm

Advocates for Youth Adolescents and HIV/AIDS Fact Sheet
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/factsheet/fshivaid.htm

Serving HIV Positive Youth
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/iag/hivpositive.htm


HIV and Women

Women’s Health: Women and HIV
http://www.womenshealth.gov/HIV/

Black Women Taking Charge in the Fight Against HIV
http://www.blackaids.org/image_uploads/article_170/05%20women.pdf

CDC’s Fact Sheet about Women and HIV/AIDS
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/women/resources/factsheets/women.htm

Whitman-Walker Clinic Fact Sheet on Women and HIV/AIDS
http://www.wwc.org/hiv_aids_services/factswomen.htm

Advocates for Youth: Young African American Women and HIV
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/frtp/youngaawomen.htm

Advocates for Youth: Young Women of Color and the HIV Epidemic
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/factsheet/fsyngwom.htm

The Women’s Collective, Washington, DC
http://womenscollective.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

Sister Love in Atlanta, Georgia
http://www.sisterlove.org/index.htm

Women Alive in Los Angeles, California
http://www.women-alive.org/index.htm

Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Disease:
WORLD Oakland, California
http://www.womenhiv.org/


HIV and African Americans

AVERT’s HIV and African Americans
http://www.avert.org/hiv-african-americans.htm

CDC’s HIV/AIDS and African Americans
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/aa/index.htm

Fighting HIV among African Americans

The Body’s: How Is HIV Different in African Americans?
http://www.thebody.com/african_american/medical.html


HIV Prevention

Kaiser Family Foundation’s Proven HIV Prevention Strategies
http://www.kff.org/hivaids/upload/050106_HIVPreventionStrategies.pdf


HIV OrganizationS

Washington

Whitman-Walker Clinic
http://www.wwc.org/

MetroTeen AIDS
http://www.metroteenaids.org/

Women’s Collective
http://www.womenscollective.org/

Sasha Bruce
http://www.sashabruce.org/

Planned Parenthood of Metro Washington, DC
http://www.ppmw.org/

Unity Health Care
http://www.unityhealthcare.org/

SMYAL
http://www.smyal.org/

Our Place DC
http://www.ourplacedc.org/

La Clinica del Pueblo
http://www.lcdp.org

Covenant House Washington
http://www.covenanthousedc.org/

DC’s Department of Health
Directory of HIV and AIDS services in the District

National

The Body
http://www.thebody.com/

Black AIDS Institute
http://www.blackaids.org/

The Well Project
http://www.thewellproject.org/en_US/index.jsp

Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/default.htm

AmfAR
http://www.amfar.org/cgi-bin/iowa/index.html

TruthAIDS
http://truthaids.org/

Hotlines

CDC National AIDS Hotline
1-800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636)
24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Línea Nacional del SIDA de los CDC
1-800-232-4636
24 horas al día, 7 días a la semana

CDC National AIDS Hotline TTY for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
1-800-232-6348
Monday - Friday, 10am-10pm EST

National Suicide Prevention Life-Line
1-800-273-TALK
24 Hours a day, 7 Days a week

Access Help Line (Mental Health)
1-888-793-4357
24 Hours a day, 7 Days a week

DC Rape Crisis
202-333-7273
24 Hours a day, 7 Days a week

TTY: 202-328-1371
Available Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.

National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
24 Hours a day, 7 Days a week

Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive (HIPS)
1-800-676-4477
24 Hours a day, 7 Days a week