Sexual health and safer sex
ASO411 – Locate an AIDS Service Organization (ASO) or other HIV related service in your area
HIV hotlines
Want to talk with someone? Provinces and territories have set up toll-free phone lines you can call to get answers to your questions about HIV.
- Alberta:
- 1-800-772-2437
- British Columbia:
- 1-800-661-4337
- Eastern Arctic:
- 1-800-661-0795
- Manitoba:
- 1-800-782-2437
- Newfoundland and Labrador:
- 1-800-563-1575
- New Brunswick:
- 1-800-561-4009
- Northwest Territories:
- 1-800-661-0844
- Nunavut:
- 1-800-661-0795
- Nova Scotia:
- 1-800-566-2437
- Ontario:
- 1-800-668-2437
- Prince Edward Island:
- 1-800-314-2437
- Quebec:
- Contact your local CLSC or call Info-Santé 811
- Saskatchewan:
- 1-800-667-6876
- Yukon:
- 1-800-661-0408 x8323
Information on how to reduce the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
This section focuses on an integrated approach to preventing HIV infection. If you are looking for specific information on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) or hepatitis C, please visit our Hepatitis C and sexually transmitted infections overview.
- Preventing and treating sexually transmitted infections in both partners from Managing your health
- Safer Sex from CATIE’s Hepatitis C Web site
- HIV Transmission Guidelines for Assessing Risk: A resource for educators, counsellors and health care providers from the Canadian AIDS Society
- Canadian Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections from the Public Health Agency of Canada
- More on safer sex
Understanding sexual risk-taking behaviours
Information for understanding sexual risk-taking behaviours
Websites
- Sexual Risk Behaviors – The U.S. CDC National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
- Alan Guttmacher Institute – U.S. institute for the advancement of sexual and reproductive health worldwide
- International Women’s Health Coalition – Promotion and protection of the sexual and reproductive rights and health of women and young people
- More on Behavioural change interventions
Sexual health education
Information for developing and implementing sexual health education programs and policies
- Canadian Guidelines for Sexual Health Education from the Public Health Agency of Canada
- Canadian Youth, Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Study: Factors influencing knowledge, attitudes and behaviours - This report presents the findings of a study that was coordinated by the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada, and funded by the Canadian Strategy on HIV/AIDS of Health Canada.
- More on sexual health
Websites
- Canadian Federation for Sexual Health – a charitable organization promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights in Canada and abroad
- SexualityandU.ca – information and education on sexual health from the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)
School-based education
For information on resources for elementary and secondary schools, please visit our Educational resources for parents and teachers page.
Prevention for people living with HIV
Information for sexual health promotion and prevention strategies for people living with HIV
- A primer on positive prevention from Prevention in Focus
- Positive prevention from Managing your health
- Pozitively Healthy: a gay man's guide to sex and health in Canada
- HIV disclosure: a legal guide for gay men in Canada
- Poz Prevention: knowledge and practice guidance for providing sexual health services to gay men in Canada
- More on positive prevention
Websites
- Positive Women’s Network, Safer Sex
- www.stopserophobia.org – HIV stigma campaign for gay men living with HIV and on the gay community from COCQ-SIDA
- Safer Sex for the HIV Positive from TheBody.com
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