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Primary Prevention with Positives

Primary Prevention with Positives (PwP) is based on the public health model of prevention of disease transmission that educates the persons living with the disease. A community working group met from April to June 2002 to review local data, discuss best practices, and to assess local needs and current capacity to deliver PwP services. The working group recommended that men who have sex with men (MSM) would be the most appropriate target population for the first year of the PwP initiative.

A project was developed by Face to Face and Food for Thought, community-based agencies that provide basic needs support for HIV+ individuals and primary and secondary prevention services to MSM. The project provides capacity building services for providers on risk assessment, and counseling and referral skills. Support for community norms that encourage the discussion of HIV serostatus and risk behaviors, raised prevention awareness in the private sector, specifically with businesses is also provided.

Capacity among the HIV prevention providers in the county continues to be strengthened by a series of facilitated learning opportunities.

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Links

• www.sfaf.org - The San Francisco AIDS Foundation, founded in 1982, has grown with the AIDS crisis. It continues to disseminate information about the disease, new information about treatment, and up-to-date policy information.
• www.Thebody.com - Science and research on HIV/AIDS, the search for a cure, and the latest information on medications.
• www.choicehiv.org - The ChoiceHIV website provides easily accessible information to assist prevention providers in planning education and prevention activities based on science.
• www.cdc.gov - CDC Fact Sheets on HIV/AIDS
• www.cahivplanningroup.org - California HIV Planning Group website
• www.sonoma-county.org/health/ph/hiv/data.htm - Report: Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in Sonoma County
• http://www.211wc.org - Sonoma County Human Services Information and Referral Online Search Page

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