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Occupational HIV Transmission and Prevention Among Health Care Workers

This information sheet provides recommendations from the CDC regarding the prevention of occupational transmission of HIV to health care workers (HCWs). The primary means of preventing the HCW's occupational exposure to HIV is to follow infection control precautions with the assumption that the blood and other body fluids from all patients are potentially infectious. Plans for postexposure management of HCWs should be in place, and the administration of antiretroviral drugs as postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) should be considered.

HIV/AIDS Basic Training for Jail Providers: An Online Self Study

This online HIV 101 training course if for nurses who work in jails and provides free continuing education units. Training topics include: global and local epidemiology, HIV/AIDS terminology, how HIV is transmitted and prevented, stigma related to HIV and incarceration, how to screen for HIV infection, HIV treatment, standard precautions for jail settings, and practical implementation information from your SF jail colleagues.

Understanding the Basics: HIV Prevention Community Planning

This report is a guide to help explain the basic concepts of HIV Prevention Community Planning. It is not intended to be a comprehensive document, but rather a general guide that discusses the history of community planning, 15 principles for best practices, nine steps of community planning, and the importance of community planning groups and technical assistance.

Optimizing Treatment and Treatment as Prevention (TasP): Qualitative Research Report

This report reflects the findings of qualitative research completed to explore knowledge, benefits, barriers, and other factors that influence HIV treatment and focusedg on one of the key recommendations that resulted from a previous round of research: improving treatment literacy (including treatment as prevention or TasP). This research was comprised of two focus groups and two community forums, which took place in Washington D.C.

National HIV Prevention Inventory: Module 3 - Prevention Programming

This report is an update to the 2009 The National HIV Prevention Inventory: The State of HIV Prevention Across the U.S. (NHPI), which was based on a survey of 65 state, territorial, and local health departments. This report presents findings on HIV prevention programs in the areas of HIV planning, evidence-based interventions, collaboration and integration, implementing the ACA and developing jurisdictional HIV continuums of care. This final module summarizes all activities supported by federal, state, and local HIV prevention funding with a focus on High-Impact Prevention.

National HIV Prevention Inventory: Module 2 - Funding

This report is an update to the 2009 The National HIV Prevention Inventory: The State of HIV Prevention Across the U.S. (NHPI), which was based on a survey of 65 state, territorial, and local health departments. This report explores funding changes experienced by health department HIV prevention programs over the last five years with a specific comparison of funding in 2007 and 2012. The report is part of a series of the 2012-2014 NHPI project aimed to comprehensively describe HIV prevention programs administered by state and local health departments across the U.S. and U.S.

One in Twenty

This video details how common hepatitis B is and the dangers associated with it. It says that one in twenty people have been exposed to hepatitis B and that most people don't know they have it. The video also says that hepatitis B is the 3rd most common cause of death from cancer in males, and the 7th most common in females. It also describes the history of the Hepatitis B Foundation and how the organization is working to finding a cure, improving the lives of those living with hepatitis B, and eliminating the disease.