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942 West Chestnut Street
Brockton, MA 02301
(800) 530-2770

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Amherst, MA 01004
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NOTES BEFORE SURFING THE WEB: (acknowledgement to the AIDS Info Net for many of these excellent tips)

  • Addresses for internet web pages (URLs, or Uniform Record Locators) must be entered exactly.
  • Some web sites require that you register before you can obtain information, especially news services and on-line journals.
  • To find a web site if you don't have the address, use a search engine to look for the organization or web page name.
  • Consider the source when you get information off the Internet. Just because it's on a web page doesn't mean it's accurate, true or should be repeated!
  • The printing of these websites does not represent an endorsement of these sites or  any information they offer.  SPHERE provides this web listing as a resource for your use. Information contained in these websites does not necessarily reflect the view SPHERE or its parent agency.

Topics:

Advocacy
Aging
Alternative Therapies
Basic Science
Children, Youth & AIDS
Clinical Trials
Club Drugs
Education & Prevention (HIV/AIDS)
Glossaries & Dictionaries (HIV/AIDS)
Government – US
Government – MA
Government – International
Harm Reduction
Hepatitis
Homophobia
Newsletter & Magazines (HIV/AIDS)
Nutrition
Search Tools
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Substance Use
Support Services and Faith-Based Support Services
Training Resources
Women & AIDS

 

Advocacy Links

ACT UP-New York

ACT UP Philadelphia

African American AIDS Policy and Training Institute

AIDS Action Council

AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Working Group

AIDS/HIV Law and Policy Resource

AIDS in Prison Project

AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition

AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition

Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network

Canadian Treatment Action Council (CTAC)

Global Business Council on HIV/AIDS

Global Treatment Access Campaign

Health Gap Global Access Project

Latino Commission on AIDS

National Association of People With AIDS

National Association on HIV Over Fifty

National Minority AIDS Council

National Native American AIDS Prevention Center

New York HIV/AIDS SNP Site (Re: Managed Care)

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Aging Links

National Organization of People with HIV Over 50

Fact Sheet on the Prevention Needs of People Over 50 from the Center for AIDS Prevention 

The Body Index on AIDS in People Over 50 

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Alternative Therapies Links

Alternative Medicine Homepage

Alternative Medicine Review

Direct AIDS Alternative Information Resources (DAAIR) Treatment Information Sheets

Foundation for Integrative AIDS Research

Institute for Traditional Medicine-HIV

Keep Hope Alive Home Page

Sensible Guide to Using Complementary Therapies for HIV

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Basic Science Links

Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms

NOVA Online - Surviving AIDS

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Children, Youth & AIDS Links

AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth and Families

Camp Heartland

Children With AIDS Project of America

Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

The GLBT Youth Support (GLYS) Project

http://www.npan.org/

National Pediatric and Family HIV Resource Center

Positive Youth e-mail list

Positively Kids

TeenAIDS.org

Teens Teach Kids about HIV!

whatudo: facts, options, and action

Women & with HIV Menu

Young People and AIDS from The Body

YouthHIV.org

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Clinical Trials Links

Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group (AACTG)

American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR)

Community Programs For Clinical Research on AIDS

Community Research Initiative on AIDS

Division of Acquired Immunoficiency Syndrome (DAIDS), Nat'l Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH). Go to health and science topics.

Forum for Collaborative HIV Research

Health Prevention Trials Network

HIV Vaccine Trials Network

Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS)

National Institutes of Health Clinical Trials Database

Office of AIDS Research

Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group

Vaccine Research Center (AIDS Vaccine Trials)

Women's Interagency HIV Study

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Club Drugs Links

Dance Safe 

Rave Safe

Interactions Between Street Drugs and HIV Medications 

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Education & Prevention Links

AIDS Education and Training Centers:

American Red Cross HIV/AIDS Education

Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) AIDS Prevention Fact Sheets

CDC - Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP)

CDC National Prevention Information Network

Condomania's World of Safer Sex

Global Campaign for Microbicides

HIV InSite Prevention and Education

HIV Stops With Me

HIV/AIDS site for HIV community planning

Kaiser Family Foundation   

Know HIV>AIDS

Metro TeenAIDS

New Mexico AIDS InfoNet

North American Syringe Exchange Network

Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention

Safer Sex Pages

San Francisco AIDS Foundation: AIDS Prevention

Sexuality Information & Education Council of the United States 

Stop AIDS Project

United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS

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Glossaries & Dictionaries Links

AmFAR's HIV/AIDS Treatment Directory - Glossary

Glossary: Conditions and Symptoms (AIDS Treatment Data Network)

Glossary: Drugs and Treatments (AIDS Treatment Data Network)

HIV Vaccine Glossary

San Francisco AIDS Foundation Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms

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Government Links

Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group, AACTG (Government-funded research)

AIDSinfo HIV/AIDS Information (National Institutes of Health)

Centers for Disease Control, Division of HIV/IDS Prevention (DHAP)

Centers for Disease Control, National Prevention Information Network

Community Programs For Clinical Research on AIDS , CPCRA (Government-funded research)

Food & Drug Administration HIV/AIDS Page

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Services

HIV Drug Resistance Program, National Cancer Institute

National Institutes of Health, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Therapies

National Institutes of Health Office of AIDS Research

US Military HIV Research Program

Vaccine Research Center (AIDS Vaccine Trials)

Veterans Administration AIDS Information Center

Women's Interagency HIV Study (Government-funded research)

Heath Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau

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Government – State – Massachusetts

Massachusetts Department of Public Health, HIV/AIDS Bureau  

Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Abuse Services

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Government - International

http://www.unaids.org 

For other international internet sites, including international advocacy sites, see the Internet Bookmark Links at AIDS Info Net

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Harm Reduction Links

Canadian Harm Reduction Network 

The Chicago Recovery Alliance

Dance Safe

Harm Reduction Coalition  

The Harm Reduction Project  

International Harm Reduction Association  

The Lindesmith Center – Drug Policy Foundation 

North American Syringe Exchange Network

Toronto Harm Reduction Task Force Peer Manual

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Hepatitis Links

American Liver Foundation

CDC 

The Hepatitis Information Network  

Hep-C Alert!

Hepatitis C Foundation

Hepatitis Central  

"Hepatitis C: What Clinicians & Other Health Professionals Need to Know" (an interactive web-based training program)  

Hepatitis Education Project 

Hepatitis Foundation International 

Hepatitis Information Network 

The Hepatitis Place 

The Hepatitis Zone 

Massachusetts Department of Public Health/Hep C Program 

Immunizing Action Coalition/The Hepatitis B Coalition 

National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases

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Homophobia Links

Gay and Lesbian Youth Support (GLYS) Project

National Gay & Lesbian Task Force 

Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays 

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Newsletter & Magazine Links

A&U Magazine

AEGIS HIV Publications Library

AIDS Treatment News - Online

Addiction Technology Transfer Center electronic newsletter “Eye on the Field” past issues

BETA: Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS

Body Positive

Community Research Initiative on AIDS (CRIA) Update

FOCUS: A Guide to AIDS Research & Counseling – back issues

Gay Men's Health Crisis Treatment Issues

Hopkins HIV Report (Johns Hopkins University)

HRSA CARE Action newsletter on HIV related topics:

Join Together Online

Positive Health News

Positive Living (AIDS Project Los Angeles)

Positively Aware (Use link from home page)

Project Inform Perspective

RITA! (Research Initiative/Treatment Action!) newsletter

STEP (Seattle Treatment Education Project) publications

Survival News from AIDS Survival Project, Atlanta

TAGline from Treatment Action Group

Treatment Review from AIDS Treatment Data Network

Wise Words

Women Alive

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Nutrition Links

AIDS Nutrition Services Alliance (ANSA)

HIV ReSources, Inc - Nutrition Resources

Tufts University Nutrition and HIV Research

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Search Tools Links

AEGIS database

CDC NPIN Prevention Daily News Update Database

HIV/AIDS Search Engine

Med Help International

Medscape - Use the search box

National Library of Medicine databases

PubMed

Yahoo! - Health-Diseases and Conditions-AIDS-HIV

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Sexually Transmitted Disease Links

American Social Health Association 

CDC National Center for HIV, STD & TB Prevention 

National Network of HIV/STD Prevention Training Centers

Sexuality Information & Education Council of the United States 

STD News

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Substance Use Links

Addiction Technology Transfer Centers (ATTCs) 

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA)

CSAT TAPs

Dance Safe (Club Drugs)

Harm Reduction Coalition 

Join Together Online 

Kaiser Family Foundation

The Lindesmith Center - Drug Policy Foundation

The Motivational Interviewing Page 

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism   

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) 

North American Syringe Exchange Network 

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

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Support Services & Faith-Based Services Links

AIDS, Medicine & Miracles

Angelwish.org

Baptist AIDS Partnership of North Carolina

Computerized AIDS Ministries

Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance

HIV-Support: Online Support for the HIV Community

HIV/AIDS Ministries Network (Methodist)

NAMES Project

National Episcopal AIDS Coalition

National Catholic AIDS Network

Phoenix Rising HIV/AIDS Re-Entry Project

Positive for Life Online Support (South Africa)

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Training Resources & Educational Materials Links

Addiction Technology Transfer Centers (ATTCs) 

Advocates for Youth

Alan Guttmacher Institute 

Boston University Health & Disability Work Group  

CDC National Prevention Information Network

Center for AIDS Prevention Studies

Child Welfare League of America

Curriculum on Outreach to People Experiencing Homelessness, Health Care for the Homeless 

ETR Associates

Harm Reduction Coalition

Journeyworks Publishing

Kaiser Family Foundation

Massachusetts Health Promotion Clearinghouse (for Massachusetts residents ONLY)

National Minority AIDS Council 

National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers 

National Pediatric & Family HIV Resource Center

New Mexico AIDS Info Net 

Massachusetts Regional Centers for Healthy Communities

Sexuality Education & Information Council of the United States

United States Conference of Mayors

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Women & AIDS Links

Center for AIDS Services of Montreal (Women)

Project Inform Women and HIV-AIDS

The Well project 

What are Women Who Have Sex With Women's HIV Prevention Needs?

What are Women's HIV Prevention Needs?

Wise Words

Women & with HIV

Women Alive

Women and AIDS from The Body

Women Organized to Respond to Life Threatening Disease (WORLD)

Women's Place - Info. On HIV and AIDS for Women

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HCSM Home Page

For more information about Health Care of Southeastern Mass and other services provided by the agency, please visit Prevention & Community Services. For more information on The Statewide Homeless/HIV Integration Project (SH/HIP), click here.