Rooted in Wellness
September 6, 2024The Effi Barry Training Institute is excited to announce the launch of “Rooted in Wellness,” a new podcast mini-series dedicated to exploring holistic approaches to health and well-being. Join us as we delve into topics such as trauma, HIV, mental wellness, and the social determinants of health, all with the goal of helping you cultivate a balanced and thriving life. Tune in to “Rooted in Wellness” and embark on a journey of personal growth.
Resource Guide: HIV/HCV Health and Housing Collaborative
April 8, 2024HealthHIV’s HIV/HCV Health and Housing’s 2023 Resource Guide was developed throughout a year-long technical assistance project with eight organizations working to increase their HIV/HCV screening and care capacity for their clients experiencing homelessness. The resources in this document provide insight into HIV/HCV care for people experiencing homelessness in a variety of settings and with a variety of populations.
The Science of Aging: Lessons for HIV at the Interface of Commonality and Heterogeneity
February 5, 2024CROI Presentation: “20 years Difference between HIV + vs HIV- in this chart’ – “These things are Happening A lot Earlier for PWH than they should be, by 20 years. I would expect 80 year olds to have this level of syndromes, but these PWH are still 60 yrs old or younger.”
HIV Clinical, Comorbid, and Social Determinants of Health are Linked with Brain Aging
Findings indicate that comorbid and social determinants of health are associated with brain aging in people with HIV, alongside traditional HIV metrics such as viral load and CD4 cell count, suggesting the need for a broadened clinical perspective on healthy aging with HIV, with additional focus on comorbidities, lifestyle changes, and social factors.
HIV: A personal story
April 8, 2023University of Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Medicine spoke to one of Associate Professor Lucy Dorrell’s patients about her experiences discovering that she was HIV+.
Understanding and sharing your HIV status stories
Hear from people with HIV about how they learned that they had HIV, how they felt, and how they decided to share their status with other people.
STDs and HIV: CDC Basic Fact Sheet
April 6, 2023If you have a sexually transmitted diseases (STD), you are more likely to get HIV or transmit it to others. This fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) answers basic questions about STDs and HIV.
Get Tested: National HIV, STD, and Hepatitis Testing (CDC)
Find free, fast, and confidential testing near you for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, and STDs with this easy-to-use search tool.
Mpox and HIV
October 31, 2022This information page from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) addresses the prevalence of Mpox in people diagnosed with HIV and provides recommendations for vaccination and treatment.
National HIV/AIDS Aging Awareness Day 2022 Twitter Chat
October 21, 2022Read the transcript of our Twitter Chat on Aging with HIV at the hashtag #NHAADchat.
Infection with HIV can accelerate aging within the first two to three years of infection, study says
July 18, 2022Researchers with University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) looked at blood samples from more than 200 men to compare those infected with HIV to a control group who did not have HIV, and scored them on five different measures of aging.
Strengthening systems of care for people with or at risk for HIV, HCV and opioid use disorder: a call for enhanced data collection
July 1, 2022In this implementation project, an assessment was made of the data capacity of the health system to measure a cascade of care (COC) across HIV, HCV and OUD services in five states to help guide public health planning.
