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PATIENT EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS:
REVIEWED AND ENDORSED


 

Reviewed and Endorsed Materials

Support Services

Title: "Positive Living"

Author(s) and Affiliations: American Social Health Association (ASHA)

Target Audience: General Population Living with HIV

Topic: Support Services

Reading Level (SMOG Test): 9th grade

Synopsis/Description: This booklet provides information about how people living with HIV can best manage and live with this disease The booklet is divided into the following sections: 1) medical information about HIV transmission and treatment, including what to expect at doctor visits; 2) prevention information about how to protect yourself and others including partner notification; and 3) building support systems, including how to access financial assistance and maintain confidentiality.

Synopsis of NRC Consumer Reviews: Reviewers said this booklet is helpful for people who are newly diagnosed with HIV because it answers important questions in a supportive and sensitive manner. One reviewer said that this brochure is so supportive that it actually shows you "what to look forward to, in a positive way" when you find out you are infected. Reviewers also said that the prevention information for people with HIV and information on "new ways to have sex" was the most important for them. Reviewers recommend that this booklet be distributed to clients by treatment educators, social workers and counselors.

Date of Most Recent Revision/ Update: 1998

Next Planned Update: Not available

Copyright Information: American Social Health Association

Permission to Reproduce? No Permission to Distribute? Yes

Type of Material: Booklet

Style and Format
Text
 28 pages
Tables
 0
Figures 0
Color Yes
Other Graphics Yes

Cost per copy: $1 each; $.80 each/25 or more
Quantity Discounts available
Need more than 10,000? Call 1-800-783-9877

Shipping Cost: No

Multiple copies: Limited to five copies per request. Will accommodate special requests. Shipping Cost: N/A

Ordering Contact:

American Social Health Association
Resource Center
P.O. Box 13827
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

(Voice) 919-361-8488 (Fax) 919-361-8425

For order form go to: http://www.ashastd.org/buysubscribe/order.html




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