RESOURCES

CONSUMER-SPECIFIC

Lipo What?
A patient's guide to body-shape changes and lipid problems associate with HIV. Obtain from NMAC
Lipo ¿Qué?   Español
Una guía para persons interesada en aprender sobre los cambios corporales y los problemas de los lípidos asociados con el VIH. Obtener en NMAC

Once or Twice
A guide to medication dosing treatment of HIV infection. Obtain from NMAC and Details
Una o dos veces   Español
Guía para la dosificación de medicamentos anti VIH. Obtener en NMAC

Patients' Guide to HIV Medicines and Guidelines for Their Use
This booklet will help you understand blood tests and it also includes a patient self-assessment pamphlet. Obtain from NMAC
Guía de las medicina anti-VIH para los pacientes y pautas para su uso   Español
Este folleto le ayudará a entender las pruebas de sangre e incluye una autoevaluación para el paciente. Obtener en NMAC
Guide sur les médicaments anti-VIH destiné au patient et lignes directrices relatives à leur emploi   French
Cette brochure reseignera sur les analyses sanguines et contient de plus un questionnaire d'auto-évaluation. NMAC

Promoviendo un futuro saludable  (1997)  Español
Diseñado para asistir a la comunidad Latina en su empeño de incorporar a los jóvenes en labores de prevención de enfermedades y educación de salud. Obtener del
   Latin American Youth Center
   202-319-2225

Tips and Tricks to Maintain Your Quality of Life
This booklet explores four factors: diet, exercise, mental health and side effects of HIV medication. Obtain from NMAC
Trucos y consejos para manteber su calidad de vida   Español
Este folleto cubre cuatro secciones: dieta, ejercicios, salud mental y efectos secundarios de las medicinas. Obtener en NMAC

You Don't Have To Feel So Tired
Treating HIV-related anemia. Obtain from NMAC
Usted no tiene por qué sentirse tan cansado   Español
Cómo tratar la anemia relacionada con el VIH. Obtener en NMAC

Buying Diagnostic Tests from the Internet: Buyer Beware!
   www.fda.gov/cdrh/consumer/buyerbeware.html

Useful information on how to evaluate health information on the Internet
   http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/2_10.htm

Coinfection with HIV and Hepatitis C Virus -- A new brochure for general audiences, has just been posted on the Division of HIV/AIDS web site. It brochure provides basic facts about coinfection and explains why all HIV-infected persons and their health care providers should be concerned about this problem.
   http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/brochure/coinfection.htm

OMHRC offers a copy of its new publication "HIV/AIDS: Sources of Health Materials" -- At no cost!
    Call 1-800-444-6472.

WORLD--Women Organized to Respond to Life-Threatening Diseases -- An Information & Support Network By, For and About Women with HIV/AIDS
   www.womenhiv.org

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's HIV/AIDS Email List. Product approvals, significant labeling changes, safety warnings, notices of upcoming public meetings, etc.
   To join the email list, visit here

amfAR's Treatment Letter
   Now in Spanish!    En Español

HIV/AIDS Information Link
    http://puffin.creighton.edu/aarg/links.html -- an HIV/AIDS page developed by the Society for Medical Anthropology.

AIDS in the Workplace -- Business Responds to AIDS and Labor Responds to AIDS

Your Rights as a Person with HIV Infection, AIDS, or Related Condition in Federally Funded Health and Human Service Programs
    www.hhs.gov/ocr/hiv.html

APICHA's [Asian Pacific Islander's Coalition on HIV and AIDS] Navigator Guide
This 52-page book is available in eight languages--Bengali, Chinese, English, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Thai, and Vietnamese. The guide helps people answer questions about living with HIV or AIDS.
    http://www.apicha.org/navigator.pdf

Caring for Someone with AIDS at Home
  http://www.hivatis.org/caring/

Consumer Protection: For your protection, we have identified links to some other sites that provide critical warnings concerning products, privacy issues and health hoaxes.

National Minority AIDS Council's Searchable Treatment Newsletter Database

HIV Incarcerated Population Information

• Locating Basic Resources About Incarcerated Populations and HIV/AIDS [An NIJ/CDC Report]       http://www.aegis.com/hivinfoweb/library/gov/pathfinders/inmate.txt
  
• Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) and San Quentin State Prison
        http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/projects/mapindex.html
  
  
• Correctional HIV Consortium
        http://www.silcom.com/~chc