[CDC News] March CDC NPIN Update
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CDC NPIN is sponsoring the CyberCafe at the 16th National HIV/AIDS
Update Conference in Miami, Florida, March 27-30. Please stop by and
see us!
A New Service from CDC NPIN
Live Help, a new service that allows users to talk online with an
information specialist, is now available at www.cdcnpin.org. From 2:00
to 4:00 (ET) pm Monday through Friday, NPIN users can have an anonymous
chat with an NPIN information specialist to get HIV/AIDS, STD, and TB
information and materials. The service resembles instant messaging
where the user types in a question and the information specialist
responds via a typed message. Information specialists can also send
specific web pages to users during the chat to provide additional
information. Note: NPIN information specialists cannot diagnose
illness, provide treatment, prescribe medication, provide referrals to
specialists, or provide specific medical advice.
World TB Day is March 24, 2003
Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death from infectious
diseases worldwide. An estimated 2 billion people-one-third of the
world's population-are infected with the bacteria that cause TB, and
approximately 2 million people die each year from TB. Now is the time to
take decisive actions to eliminate TB. For more information about World
TB Day, information on local events and activities, and TB information,
go to http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/spot_wtd04.asp.
April 23, 2004 is the Deadline for Price Fellowships
The Price Fellowships for HIV Prevention offer individuals from
community-based and non-governmental organizations an opportunity to
conduct a self-directed prevention project. The three individuals
selected as Price Fellows spend four weeks in August 2004 in Atlanta
working closely with CDC staff. Fellows gain an understanding of HIV
prevention efforts at the national level, while CDC staff learns about
current efforts and concerns regarding HIV prevention at the community
level. Download the application form at
www.cdcfoundation.org/fellowships/price.html.
New Publications Available from NPIN
To order materials, go to
http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/pubs/matlpubsearch.asp and search by
title or SKU/inventory number.
Hepatitis B and You, for Pregnant Women and New Moms
This pamphlet explains how pregnant women and new mothers with hepatitis
B can prevent their newborn from contracting the disease. It explains
that hepatitis B is transmitted through contact with blood or body
fluids during unprotected sex, during birth, or while sharing syringes
and needles. It describes acute and chronic hepatitis B, treatment for
the disease, why babies should receive the three hepatitis B shots plus
a shot called H-BIG given at birth, and why people living with someone
who has hepatitis B should be tested.
http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/display/MatlDisplay.asp?MatlNbr=33008
SKU: E123
Living with Chronic Hepatitis C
This pamphlet uses a question and answer format to provide information
on hepatitis C: what it is, what it means to be infected with hepatitis
C, how a person might have contracted hepatitis C, and how to prevent
its transmission. It covers drug therapies now available and stresses
that individuals should not be excluded from work, school, play child-
care, or other settings on the basis of their hepatitis C infection
status. The pamphlet warns that there is no vaccine available to prevent
hepatitis C and that people with hepatitis C can still contract other
types of viral hepatitis, such as hepatitis A or hepatitis B.
http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/display/MatlDisplay.asp?MatlNbr=32850
SKU: E116
CDCynergy STD Prevention Edition: Guide to Effective Health
Communications
This CD-ROM is designed to help the user conceptualize, plan, and
develop a sexually transmitted disease (STD) health communication
program. The CD includes STD-related resource materials and tools,
including guidelines on how to conduct focus groups; existing or past
media campaigns including radio and television announcements, brochures,
and toolkits; and examples of how others have used CDCynergy.
http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/display/MatlDisplay.asp?MatlNbr=32998
SKU: CDS4
Your Passport to Managed Care: A Tool for Making Managed Care Work for
You
This booklet provides information about managed care health plans and
explains how participants in managed care plans, particularly people
with complicated health problems such as HIV infection, can obtain
proper care and treatment. Topics covered: patient's health care rights
and responsibilities; choosing and changing health plans; the primary
care provider; referrals; in-network providers; how to handle
emergencies, hospitalization, and prescriptions; member services and
billing; problems with getting health care, and filing an appeal.
http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/display/MatlDisplay.asp?MatlNbr=32977
SKU: E121
Stop Wondering, Get Tested: HIV and Other STDs
This pamphlet promotes testing for HIV and other sexually transmitted
diseases (STDs). The pamphlet presents a list of risky behaviors and
advises individuals who have practiced these behaviors at least once to
get tested. It also advises testing pregnant women to prevent passing
HIV or other STDs to their unborn children. The pamphlet answers
questions about privacy, parent or guardian's permission for minors, and
testing for other STDs. Telephone numbers to CDC National STD and AIDS
hotlines are provided.
http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/display/MatlDisplay.asp?MatlNbr=32314
SKU: E102
A Call to Men of Color: HIV and Men
Targeted to African-American and Latino men, this pamphlet presents a
series of facts about HIV, stresses that it only takes having sex one
time with an infected person to get HIV, and that abstinence is the
safest choice to avoid HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases
(STDs). The pamphlet points out that testing is the only way to know
whether or not an individual is infected and provides general
information on the testing services of some health clinics. Telephone
numbers to CDC National STD and AIDS hotlines are provided as is the
address for the CDC web site.
http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/display/MatlDisplay.asp?MatlNbr=32711
SKU: E103
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