Living with HIV

Getting your bearings

	Just Diagnosed with HIV – First things to know about living with HIV
	Information for Women who are Diagnosed with HIV during Pregnancy – This pamphlet, developed by Women’s College Hospital, addresses key issues for women who are diagnosed with HIV while they are pregnant. Topics include getting good medical care, having an HIV-negative baby and disclosing HIV status.
	HIV & AIDS Basic Facts – This brochure offers the basics on HIV transmission, testing and treatment.
	Living with HIV: Starting Points – an easy-to-read primer on viral load, CD4 counts and healthy living
	Managing Your Health – Our must-read handbook on living with HIV
	Living with HIV and Hepatitis C Co-infection –  Guides readers through a range of issues, including the effects of co-infection and treatment strategies, staying healthy and preventing transmission

Want to talk to someone? Call our toll-free phone line at 1.800.263.1638.

Protecting yourself and others

Your sexual health – from Managing your health

	Pozitively Healthy: a gay man’s guide to sex and health in Canada – a frank and fresh look at the issues and questions surrounding sexual health for HIV-positive gay men
	HIV disclosure: a legal guide for gay men in Canada – information about HIV disclosure and Canadian criminal law

HIV non-disclosure and the criminal law: Establishing policy options for Ontario – an evidence-informed approach to using the criminal law to address the risk of the sexual transmission of HIV

Information on the biological factors that can increase or decrease the risk of sexual transmission of HIV:

HIV Transmission: an Overview
Women and the Biology of HIV Transmission
Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV Transmission

pre*fix: harm reduction for + users with support from the Canadian Harm Reduction Network. Written in plain language, this booklet provides information to drug users who are also HIV positive. It includes sections about: harm reduction; testing; doctor/patient relationships; treatment and side effects; treatment adherence; self care; nutrition; sexual behaviour; and pregnancy.

Health and well-being

	HIV and aging – healthy living tips for people 50 and over living with HIV
	You can have a healthy pregnancy if you are HIV positive – a friendly and colourful booklet packed with information about pregnancy and HIV
	Pocket Guide for Women Living with HIV – the popular pocket guide for HIV-positive women provides up-to-date information in plain language about a wide range of issues often faced by women with HIV
	Pozitively Healthy: a gay man’s guide to sex and health in Canada – a frank and fresh look at the issues and questions surrounding sexual health for HIV-positive gay men

All of CATIE’s information about HIV treatment

The Positive Side magazine

The Positive Side – Our health and wellness magazine for people living with HIV. Now available in e-zine format at www.positiveside.ca. If you live in Canada, you can have the printed version of The Positive Side delivered to your doorstep twice a year for free. Subscribe online or call 1-800-263-1638.   

Winter 2012
Wonder Woman

Summer 2011
We're 10!

Winter 2011
Doctor Do-Good

Spring/Summer 2010
Living thru Giving

Winter 2010
Healing Path

Spring/Summer 2009
To the Rescue!

Winter 2008
Splish Splash

Spring 2008
Soaring Spirit

Summer 2007
Positive Youth, Positive Seniors

Fall/Winter 2006
Looking Forward, treatment and community

Spring/Summer 2006
Out of Harm's Way

Fall/Winter 2005
Sexual Healing

Spring/Summer 2005
Above Average

Fall 2004
Magnetic Love

Spring 2004
Live a Little

Fall 2003
The Lipo Files

Spring 2003
Sisters are Doing it for Themselves

Summer 2002
Medical Marijuana

Winter 2001
Original Aboriginal

Positive Art

	Body Maps – Women navigating the positive experience in Africa and Canada
	Art Posi+ive – Sharing the experience of living with HIV/AIDS through creative works