This study reviewed 9,552 articles, 29 of which met its inclusion criteria, to determine aggregate rates of psychological trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in women living with HIV in the United States. The authors found that HIV-positive w ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 7/22/2019 5:15pm
Much of the discrimination that PLWH experience-- from the workplace to the many criminal laws that target them-- is based on a gross misunderstanding of the actual routes and statistical likelihood of HIV transmission. There is a broad lack of understand ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 9/21/2019 6:10pm
Leading HIV organizations in the U.S. sent a letter to President Obama today about the speech he will deliver on World AIDS Day, December 1st. The 2011 World AIDS Day theme is "Getting to Zero"-- zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination, and ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 3/29/2020 10:23am
This report arms advocates with a wide variety of statistics illustrating the increasing vulnerability of women to HIV infection and the unique risks that women face in the international AIDS epidemic. Compiled by the International Women's Health Coa ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 6/27/2020 4:51pm
Sexual health care for adolescents—including disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and literacy in human sexuality—is central to reaching and maintaining a healthy adulthood. This aspect of health care is particularly important for youth in state cust ...
admin - 8/13/2020 3:16pm
In December 2013, The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP) submitted these recommendations to the NYC Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) on its draft of Sexual and Reproductive Health Care for Youth in Foster Care, released in the fall of 2013. ...
admin - 8/22/2020 1:13pm
This document sets forth a series of recommendations to Washington, DC’s Child and Family Services Agency (CFSA) regarding sexual health care for youth in foster care. It is the product of a comprehensive review of relevant Administrative Issuances, Healt ...
admin - 8/22/2020 1:33pm
Teen SENSE Model Policy: Staff Training Focusing on the Needs of Youth in State Custody, designed for use by agencies and jurisdictions that provide services for youth in out-of-home care, outlines the basic requirements for ensuring that staff in youth f ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 11/15/2020 12:36pm
Teen SENSE Model Policy: Sexual Health Care for Youth in State Custody, designed for use by agencies and jurisdictions that provide services for youth in out-of-home care, outlines the basic minimum requirements for sexual health care services. The model ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 11/15/2020 12:53pm
In response to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) push for expanded rapid testing with decreased attention on counseling and informed consent, a group of HIV legal, medical, and service organizations endorsed these fundamental prin ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 6/20/2021 1:02pm