SAFER SEX: INFORMATION FOR COUNSELORS

  
                       AIDS News Service Series
                      Michael Howe, MSLS, Editor
                    Department of Veterans Affairs
                        AIDS Information Center
                        Library Service (142D)
                           VA Medical Center
                          4150 Clement Street
                        San Francisco, CA 94121

The series is ongoing. A new installment is added every two weeks. Each newsletter was originally a single plain text document. The text versions of these newsletters are available locally or from the NIAID Gopher.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• PART I
  • Young Gay Men Not Heeding AIDS Message (NIAID)
  • Condom Use and Sexual Identity Among Men Who Have Sex With Men -- Dallas, 1991 (MMWR)
• PART II
  • Current Trends: Sexual Behavior and Condom Use--District of Columbia, January-February 1992 (MMWR)
  • Facts About...Condoms and Their Use in Preventing HIV Infection and Other STDs (CDC Bulletin)
  • Facts About...The Role of Condoms in Preventing HIV Infection and Other STDs (CDC Bulletin)
• PART IV
  • Condoms and HIV/STD Prevention: Clarifying the Message (CDC Commentary)
  • Abstinence, Condoms, and Safe Sex--Sorting Out the Confusion (CDC HIV/AIDS Prevention)
• Part V
  • Condom Effectiveness (CDC Bulletin)
• PART VI
  • References - Condom Effectiveness
  • References - Nonoxynol
  • Condom failure
    • Holes in Latex Condoms
    • Leaking Through Latex Condoms (CDC Bulletin)
  • Latex Condom Study Flawed (FDA Talk Paper)
  • New Labeling to Provide Information About Contraceptives and STDs (FDA Bulletin)
• PART VII
  • References - Condoms - Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
• PART VIII
  • References - Condoms - Sex Behavior
• PART IX
  • References - Condoms - Psychological Aspects
• PART X
  • Reality Condom for Women (FDA Consumer)
  • Reality Female Condom press clippings
• PART XI
  • STDs and HIV (HIV Counselor PERSPECTIVES)
• PART XII
  Compulsive Sex and HIV (HIV Counselor PERSPECTIVES)
• PART XIII
  Sexual Relapse (HIV Counselor PERSPECTIVES)
• PART XIV
  • References - Behavior and Counseling
  • Condom Demonstration Model Ordering Information
  • AMA Given Contract to Develop Physicians' HIV Prevention Kit
• PART XV
  • References - Condom Failures
• PART XVI
  • Behavioral Theories and Relapse (article from FOCUS: A Guide to AIDS Research and Counseling)
• PART XVII
  • Duty to Protect: The Gay Community Response (article from FOCUS: A Guide to AIDS Research and Counseling)
• PART XVIII
  • Audiovisual Reviews (by Michael Howe)
    • AIDS: The Facts of Life
    • AIDS: Training People With Disabilities How to Better Protect Themselves
    • The Best Defense
    • Choices: AIDS Prevention
    • Condom-Eze: A User's Guide
    • Safer Sex
    • AIDS Antibody Test Counseling
    • Counseling the HIV Antibody Positive Patient
    • The AIDS Antibody Blood Test: A Guide to Patient Counseling
    • The AIDS Antibody Test
    • HIV: Testing and Risk Assessment
• PART XIX
  • Brochures
• PART XX
  • Brochures - Sex Partners
• PART XXI
  • Brochures, Brochures - Women
• PART XXII
  • A Guide to Locating Information About Condom Efficacy and Use
• PART XXIII
  • Fact Sheet: Do Condoms Work?
  • Fact Sheet: Does HIV Prevention Work?
  • Fact Sheet: Can Clinicians Help with HIV Prevention?
• PART XXIV
  • World Wide Web Safer Sex Page