Social Work Areas Of Practice Sites: Hiv/Aids
ACT-UP NY
http://www.actupny.org/
The New York chapter of this advocacy and political action group's home page provides information about the organization, links, and an activist email list signup.
AIDSmap
http://www.aidsmap.com
A very useful gateway to HIV and AIDS related information for the UK.
AIDS Project-Los Angeles
http://www.apla.org/
Uses a search engine to link users to a variety of information, including services, special events, volunteer opportunities, publications, grass roots organizing, and information links.
AIDS Resource List
http://www.specialweb.com/aids/
A comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS related links from Celine Chamberlin, a self-proclaimed Internet addict.
The Body: A Multimedia AIDS and HIV Resource
http://www.thebody.com/
Covers many topics, including: prevention, safe sex, testing, treatment (protease inhibitors, combination therapy, viral load, azt, ddi, ddc, d4t, 3tc, reverse transcriptase), QandA w/ experts, hotlines, and politics.
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies
http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/
CAPS is committed to maintaining a focus on prevention of HIV disease, using the expertise of multiple disciplines, and an applied and community-based perspective within a university setting. The Web site features information about the activities of the center, fact sheets, and a "Prevention Toolbox."
Children with AIDS Project
http://www.aidskids.org/
Children with AIDS Project of America offers a variety of services for children infected/affected by AIDS or drug exposed infants who will require foster or adoptive families. The site offers information about the organization and links to other resources.
Correctional HIV Consortium (CHC)
http://www.silcom.com/~chc/
Nonprofit corporation whose area of expertise is AIDS and HIV disease as it affects the various components of the criminal justice system and corrections communities.
Critical Path AIDS Project
http://www.critpath.org/
The Critical Path AIDS Project was founded by persons with AIDS to provide treatment, resource and prevention information for researchers, service providers, treatment activists, but primarily for other persons with AIDS.
Detroit Community AIDS Library
http://www.libraries.wayne.edu/dcal/aids.html
Gateway to HIV/AIDS Information for Detroit and Southeastern Michigan. Provides links to news and announcements, local AIDS service organizations, searchable databases, and HIV/AIDS Internet resources.
Health and Law Policy Institute
http://www.law.uh.edu/healthlawperspectives/HIVAIDS/
Several papers on legal issues relating to HIV and AIDS from the University of Houston Law Center.
HIV InSite
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/
Comprehensive and reliable information on HIV/AIDS treatment, policy, research, epidemiology, and prevention from the University of California, San Francisco.
HIV Law: Paul Hampton Crockett
http://www.thebody.com/crockett/legalix.html
Paul Hampton Crockett is a partner in the law firm of Crockett & Chasen, P.A. in South Miami Beach. He and his partner specialize in the legal advice and representation of gays and lesbians, and also specialize in the large number of legal issues raised by HIV, including estate and health care planning, disability planning, insurance issues, viatical settlements, and the law of discrimination. He has served as a volunteer for ten years with the Health Crisis Network, a community-based comprehensive AIDS services organization in Dade County, Florida, and currently sits on the organization's board of directors. This site links to a number of pages written by him about HIV law, which represent a comprehensive survival guide to the legal system for people living with HIV.
HIVpositive.com
http://www.hivpositive.com/
The HIVpositive site offers HIV-related info on a wide-range of topics including but not limited to nutrition, treatment, caregivers, finances, and drug advisories. The mission of the site is to improve the quality of life of anyone affected in some way by the HIV virus. Among the agencies contributing information are the CDC, FDA, NIH, the Gay Men's Health Crisis, and the American Foundation for AIDS Research.
HIV/AIDS Treatment Information
http://www.hivatis.org/
The HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS) provides timely, accurate treatment information on HIV and AIDS through the use of federally approved treatment guidelines and information. The HSTAT database contains the full text of approved treatment guidelines being used by the service.
International Council of AIDS Service Organizations
http://www.icaso.org/
The ICASO network is an interactive global focus point in the international HIV/AIDS world, gathering and disseminating information and analysis on key issues, coordinating the development of CBO/NGO positions on these issues, and working as partners with key international agencies to ensure that the concerns and interests of CBOs and NGOs around the world are articulated and represented at all levels.
Marty Howard's HIV/AIDS Home Page
http://www.smartlink.net/~martinjh/
This page is designed to help users find as much HIV/AIDS related information as possible from one starting place.
Medscape‹AIDS
http://www.medscape.com/Home/Topics/AIDS/AIDS.html
Medscape features peer-reviewed articles, zoomable color graphics, self-assessment features, medical information, medical news, free MEDLINE, CME credit, and annotated links to Internet resources.
National Centre in HIV Social Research
http://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/nchsr/
The site documents the research activities of this Australian center.
Pets Are Loving Support
http://www.sonic.net/~pals/
PALS is a nonprofit agency organized to improve the quality of life of people with AIDS by preserving and promoting the human/animal bond through the care and maintenance of their animal companions.
Guide to Safer Sex
http://www.sexuality.org/safesex.html
A resource site providing information about safer sex, condoms, HIV, and contraception.
SWEAIDS-NET
http://www.mun.ca/sweaids/sweaids.html
HIV/AIDS Social Work Education Canadian Network. The site serves as an interactive tool for sharing experiences, resources, and information social work educators, field instructors, students and trainers involved in HIV/AIDS related social work.
UNAIDS
http://www.unaids.org/
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS maintains this page to disseminate information on HIV/AIDS.
www.aidsnyc.org
http://www.aidsnyc.org/
A linked collection of pages from HIV/AIDS community-based organizations in New York City.
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