SWGS 6007 Social Policy II: Analysis, Advocacy, and Practice (Prof. Poindexter): Websites

A U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (DHHS) project providing information on HIV/AIDS clinical trials and treatment. It is a central resource for current information on federally and privately funded clinical trials for AIDS patients and others infected with HIV.

AIDSLINE is a subset of PubMed

Treatment information

Clinical studies on HIV infections

General site

316 page manual developed to assist health care providers and people with HIV in the effort to make good nutrition (eating good food) a part of health care. Includes practical tools and algorithms for providers as well as patient handouts.

Health and health care

Offering information on HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, and research

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to the site, "the annual HIV Surveillance Report provides an overview on the current epidemiology of HIV disease in the U.S. and dependent areas."

Office of the Medical Director, New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins University Division of Infectious Diseases; medical treatment guidelines

For health issues

U.S. National Library of Medicine containing 19 million references to worldwide journals. MEDLINE is the primary component of PubMed. Coverage is generally 1946 to present with some older material.

HIV/AIDS information from the U.S. National Library of Medicine

Free resource maintained by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.Publications from 1970 to present with selected citations dating back to 1886. Worldwide coverage of population, family planning, related health issues, population law and policy. Focuses on particular developing-country issues including AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.

Comprises more than 22 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher Web sites.

The ACLU AIDS Project uses impact litigation, public education and advocacy at the state and federal level to fight discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS.

U.S. government site for prevention and programs

Legal and social issues regarding HIV/AIDS in the U.S.

National legal and policy resources and strategy center for people with HIV and their advocates.

HIV/AIDS Programs. About the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program and more

Advocacy site for POZ magazine

United Nations AIDS project

Preamble, Articles and more.

Created by the Georgetown University Library

Researching and tracking legislation before the U.S. Congress

View bills and track legislation

Article by David Surface from 2007 online publication Social Work Today

To find an HIV testing site

To find New York HIV testing sites