HIV/AIDS Series:
For General Audiences
HIV/AIDS basic information: A Guide for General Audiences: This module is specifically targeted to general audiences and includes the definition of HIV & AIDS, symptoms, treatment and practicing safe sex.
HIV/AIDS: Your next steps—Part 1: A Guide for General Audiences: This module is specifically targeted to general audiences and helps you understand your diagnosis, find support, work with your doctor, monitor your health, understand complications, protect others, explore treatment, move forward with your life.
HIV/AIDS: Your next steps—Part 2: A Guide for General Audiences: This module is specifically targeted to general audiences and helps you understand a viral load, resistance test, CD4, complete blood cell count, blood chemistry tests, fasting lipid and fasting glucose tests.
Daily living with HIV—Part 1: A Guide for General Audiences: This module is specifically targeted to general audiences and helps you understand alternative therapies, diet & nutrition, drugs and alcohol, exercise, mental health, sex & sexuality.
Daily living with HIV—Part 2: A Guide for General Audiences: This module is specifically targeted to general audiences and more deeply explores mental health issues, denial, anger, sadness, depression.
HIV-Related infections and cancers—Part 1: A Guide for General Audiences: This module is specifically targeted to general audiences and addresses common types of infections, opportunistic infections, changes in body appearance and hepatitis C co-infections.
HIV-Related infections and cancers—Part 2
Treatment for HIV—Part 1 A Guide for General Audiences: This module is specifically targeted to general audiences and addresses issues such as treatment options, drug resistance, viral load, CD4 count, other medical conditions helped by HIV treatment, types of anti-HIV drugs.
Treatment for HIV—Part 2. A Guide for General Audiences: This module is specifically targeted to general audiences and addresses issues such as deciding to continue with HIV therapy, drug interactions, side effects, determining if drugs are effective, undetectable viral load, next steps if your therapy is not effective, side effects from HIV therapy, anemia, diarrhea, dry mouth and fatigue.
Treatment for HIV—Part 3. A Guide for General Audiences: This module is specifically targeted to general audiences and addresses issues such as headaches caused by drug therapy, quick tips for headaches, injection site reaction, insomnia, nausea and vomiting, pain & nerve problems, rash & dry skin, weight loss and asking your doctor about HIV drugs.
Caring for someone with AIDS at home: A Guide for General Audiences: This module is specifically targeted to general audiences and contains an introduction, talking with the patient, talking with the doctor, support groups, caring for yourself.
HIV information for children A Guide for General Audiences: This module is specifically targeted to general audiences and addresses issues such as making decisions to stay healthy, importance of keeping your body and home clean, germs.
HIV information for teens A Guide for General Audiences: This module is specifically targeted to general audiences and addresses issues such as making decisions to stay healthy, importance of keeping your body and home clean, germs.
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: A Guide for General Audiences: This module is specifically targeted to general audiences and provides an overview, risk factors and transmission during pregnancy.
Nutrition for HIV+ people A Guide for General Audiences: This module is specifically targeted to general audiences and addresses the purpose of good nutrition and the components of a healthy diet.