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This monograph is a sourcebook that provides information about HIV infection for professionals who work in today’s health care system. It is meant be a convenient reference for some of the most common issues encountered in daily practice. It contains an outline of basic HIV patient care, and a list...

This pamphlet provides an overview of motivational interviewing strategies in the context of the Stages of Change Model to reduce risk and support persons living with HIV in the pursuit of healthy behaviors. It defines motivational interviewing as a communicative strategy that is directive and...

This information sheet addresses the issue of good nutrition for people with HIV. It explains why good nutrition is so important for HIV-positive persons, provides nutritional guidelines, and recommends practicing food safety by washing hands before preparing food and keeping kitchen tools and work...

This information sheet in the form of a chart lists vaccinations that protect people with HIV from acquiring other diseases. The information sheet discusses the following vaccines: hepatitis A (HepA); hepatitis B (HepB); human papillomavirus (HPV); influenza; measles, mumps, rubella (MMR)...

This information sheet advises healthcare personnel to recommend the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to parents/guardians, in the same way they recommend other adolescent vaccines. It provides suggestions, including information from CDC research, to assist healthcare personnel when discussing the...

This information sheet presents the latest estimates of new HIV infections (HIV incidence) in the United States released by CDC. These estimates are included in the CDC report, "Estimated HIV Incidence among Adults and Adolescents in the United States 2007-2010," which updates previously published...

This information sheet provides data on youth and HIV in the United States. It states that 12,000 youth were infected with HIV in 2010, that 1 in 4 of the 50,000 people infected with HIV each year is 13 to 24 years old, the greatest number of new infections are among gay and bisexual youth, and...

This pamphlet provides information on trichomoniasis, an STD that is caused by a parasite. It discusses basic facts about the disease, transmission, symptoms and the lack of symptoms in some individuals, testing, reinfection, and treatment with antibiotics. It explains differences in symptoms for...

This pamphlet provides information about the STD genital herpes. It explains how genital herpes is spread, the type of symptoms if any, and treatments for the symptoms, since there is no cure for the disease. The pamphlet states that there are two types of genital herpes: HSV1 and HSV2, both of...

This pamphlet provides information on bacterial vaginosis (BV), a disease that is characterized by an overgrowth of some type of bacteria in a woman’s vagina. The pamphlet explains that doctors do not know exactly how women get BV, but it lists risk factors for the disease. It discusses testing...