For Service Providers
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Programming Connection: Shared experience. Stronger programs.– CATIE’s new toolkit of Canadian HIV front-line program models, materials and planning resources |
Resources for Your Clients Living with HIV/AIDS
CATIE has an extensive collection of treatment information for people living with HIV/AIDS. Direct your clients to these resources when they need more information. To order print copies of any CATIE publication, please visit the CATIE Ordering Centre or contact us by phone at 1.800.263.1638 or e-mail at info@catie.ca.
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Get the facts about HIV treatment! |
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Aboriginal Youth: Get the Facts. Share the Facts. |
Overall Health Management
These publications look at the big picture of living with HIV in simple, everyday terms your clients can understand.
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Managing Your Health - Our must-read handbook on living with HIV |
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HIV and aging - healthy living tips for people 50 and over living with HIV |
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Just Diagnosed with HIV – First things to know about living with HIV |
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HIV & AIDS Basic Facts – This brochure offers the basics on HIV transmission, testing and treatment. |
The Positive Side - our health and wellness magazine for people living with HIV
Practical Guides for People Living with HIV/AIDS
Use these plain and simple guides on HIV treatment when a client asks, "What can I do to take control of my health?"
A Practical Guide to HIV Drug Treatment
A Practical Guide to HIV Drug Side Effects
A Practical Guide to Nutrition
A Practical Guide to Complementary Therapies
A Practical Guide to Herbal Therapies
In-depth Information
For the knowledgeable client, these documents provide more detail.
Fact Sheets – what your client needs to know about symptoms, side effects, major infections, HIV drugs, vitamins, herbs and supplements
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
Specific Communities
Gay Men’s Sexual Health Knowledge Centre - key resources and tools for service providers who work with gay, bisexual, two-spirit, queer and other MSM
Intersexions & Interjections: CATIE’s National HIV and Youth Knowledge Exchange Symposium
The Positive Side: Sisters are Doing it for Themselves - a special issue for women
CATIE's Hepatitis C Website: www.hepCinfo.ca
pre*fix - harm reduction for + users
LivePositive.ca - a Web site for youth about HIV/AIDS
Multilingual glossary of HIV-related terms
Multilingual Treatment Information in Chinese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Swahili, Punjabi, Tamil and more
More resources for specific communities
Referrals
When your clients need more information, here are some places they can turn to:
CATIE's 1.800 Support Line
ASO411 – Locate an AIDS Service Organization (ASO) or other HIV related service in your area
HIV hotlines
Resources to Keep You Current on HIV/AIDS Treatment and Prevention Information
CATIE offers resources that help you stay abreast of advances in HIV treatment.
Access to HIV drugs
Federal, Provincial and Territorial Drug Access Programs - information about drug coverage and benefit programs in Canada
What's new in treatment and prevention
TreatmentUpdate - CATIE's flagship treatment digest on cutting-edge developments in HIV/AIDS research and treatment
CATIE-News - bite-sized HIV/AIDS news bulletins
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Prevention in Focus: Spotlight on programming and research – CATIE’s new prevention e-bulletin |
HIV-related clinical trials enrolling in Canada
Events
CATIE events listing
International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC) - upcoming conferences hosted by the organization
Develop Your Skills
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Programming Connection: Shared experience. Stronger programs. – CATIE’s new toolkit of Canadian HIV front-line program models, materials and planning resource |
Gay Men’s Sexual Health Knowledge Centre - key resources and tools for service providers who work with gay, bisexual, two-spirit, queer and other MSM
Intersexions & Interjections: CATIE’s National HIV and Youth Knowledge Exchange Symposium
Poz Prevention: knowledge and practice guidance for providing sexual health services to gay men living with HIV in Canada – covering the main issues around HIV-positive gay men's sexual health in a way that provides helpful context and practical advice
Improving Access to HIV Information in Rural Canada
CATIE also offers e-learning modules on HIV treatment for self-directed learning:
Just diagnosed with HIV - First things you need to know about living with HIV (e-learning module, requires Adobe Flash player)
A Comprehensive Guide for the Care of Persons with HIV Disease. Module 6: Psychosocial Care - developed by the Canadian Association of Social Workers and funded by Health Canada under the Canadian Strategy on HIV/AIDS
Organizational development tools including grant writing and program evaluation, from the US group, the National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC)
Do Your Own Research
Looking for something in particular? Use the links below to start your research.
Links to Web sites and PDFs on prevention
Ask a Librarian - Can't find what you're looking for? Ask our Librarian. Due to resource limitations, priority for this service must be given to Canadians.
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