Sexual Health and Safer Sex
How to reduce the transmission of HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
Contents
Sexually Transmitted Infections Overview
Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
- Preventing and treating sexually transmitted infections in both partners from Managing your health, CATIE’s guide for people living with HIV
- STIs: What role do they play in HIV transmission? from Prevention in Focus, CATIE’s online prevention resource
- Sexual transmission of hepatitis C: Are HIV-positive gay and bisexual men at risk? from Prevention in Focus
- Canadian guidelines on sexually transmitted infections – Public Health Agency of Canada
More on sexually transmitted infections
Websites
- Sexual Health and Sexually Transmitted Infections – Public Health Agency of Canada
- Heart Your Parts – Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights
- Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) – BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC)
- Sexualhealthontario.ca – Ontario Public Health
Safer Sex
Methods to reduce the transmission of HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
- Safer Sex Guide
- What is safe sex? – ACON Position Statement
- Preventing and treating sexually transmitted infections in both partners from Managing your health, CATIE’s guide for people living with HIV
- Transmission Guidelines for Assessing Risk: A resource for educators, counsellors and health care providers – Canadian AIDS Society
- Canadian Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections – Public Health Agency of Canada
See also HIV Transmission and Prevention Technologies.
Understanding Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviours
Sexual behaviour change and HIV and hepatitis C transmission
- Sexual health promotion from HIV in Canada: A primer for service providers, an introduction to HIV for people working on the front line: epidemiology, testing, prevention, treatment, care and support
More on Behavioural change interventions
Sexual Health Education
Developing and implementing sexual health education programs and policies
- Canadian Guidelines for Sexual Health Education – Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
- Canadian Youth, Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Study: Factors influencing knowledge, attitudes and behaviours – findings of a study coordinated by the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada, and funded by the Canadian Strategy on HIV/AIDS of Health Canada
- Questions & Answers: Sexual Orientation in Schools – PHAC
- Questions & Answers: Sexual Health Education for Youth with Physical Disabilities – PHAC
- Questions and Answers: Gender Identity in Schools – PHAC
Websites
- Action Canada for Sexual Health & Rights
- SexualityandU.ca – information and education on sexual health from the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)
- The Sex Educator – Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux
Educational Resources for Parents and Teachers
Discussing HIV and hepatitis C with children or youth
Resources for teachers
Bringing HIV education into the classroom
- Canadian Guidelines for Sexual Health Education – Public Health Agency of Canada (2008)
- Sexual health education in the schools: questions and answers – Sex Information and Education Council of Canada
- School-based education from HIV in Canada: A primer for service providers, an introduction to HIV for people working on the front line: epidemiology, testing, prevention, treatment, care and support
Websites
- HIV/AIDS Online School Support Kit
- teachingsexualhealth.ca
- Action Canada for Sexual Health & Rights
- Joint Consortium for School Health (JCSH)
- Sex Information and Education Council of Canada (SIECCAN)
- Advocates For Youth
- AIDS: Who's at Risk? – Discovery Education Lesson Plan Library
- SexEd Library: HIV and AIDS
Resources for parents
Talking to children and youth about HIV
- Talking to kids about HIV/AIDS
- Talking to children about HIV from Managing your health, CATIE’s guide for people living with HIV
- HIV and your child – About Kids Health, The Hospital for Sick Children
- Becoming an askable adult – Options for Sexual Health
Websites
- Sexualityandu – information and education on sexual health administered by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)
- YouthCO – youth-driven HIV and Hepatitis C movement
- SmartSexResource.com – BC Centre for Disease Control
- Teen Health Source – Planned Parenthood Toronto youth site
- Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youth Line
- The Teresa Group
- PFLAG Canada
Positive Prevention
Sexual health promotion and prevention strategies for people living with HIV
- A primer on positive prevention from Prevention in Focus, CATIE’s online prevention resource
- Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention: What Does it Mean for Networks of People Living with HIV? – Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+)
- Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention: What Does It Mean for Me? – GNP+
- Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention for Women and their Babies – GNP+
- Recommendations for HIV Prevention with Adults and Adolescents with HIV in the United States, 2014 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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