New Resources
Newly Available from the New York State Department of Health
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A Key to Methamphetamine-Related Literature on the New York State Department of Health Web Site
The New York State Department of Health has posted an updated release of the above referenced resource. This resource, now in Version 1.0.1 (January 2007), is a comprhensive thematic index or research articles which pertain to methamphetamine. The cited articles are drawn principally from peer-reviewed journals.
November 2006 HIV Counseling & Testing: Understanding CDC and NYS Recommendations
One-page reference that clarifies how the Centers for Disease Control recommendations and the New York State Department of Health Guidance compare.
August 2006 NYSDOH Letter regarding Opioid Overdose Prevention Programs
This Dear Colleague letter addresses prevention of accidental deaths due to opioid-related overdoses. It includes a resource sheet relating to Fentanyl.
NYS PEP Regimen Question and Answer Sheet
This two page sheet relates questions often asked regarding New York State's recommended Post Exposure Prophylaxis Regimen and the answers to these questions.
New Materials on Smoking and HIV/AIDS
These three new resources explain the adverse health effects of cigarette smoking on people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and give service providers advice on helping clients quit.
Light Up Your Life: A Leadership Forum on HIV and Smoking.
This 8-page newsletter highlights an HIV and smoking conference that the NYSDOH/AI sponsored in November 2005 for service providers. Presenters explain the extent of smoking among PLWHA, give information and advice on working with PLWHA who smoke, and urge service providers to develop quit-smoking services.
HIV and Smoking: It&s Time to Live!
This booklet explains to PLWHA the health hazards of smoking and the benefits of quitting and gives specific advice on how to kick the habit. PLWHA and service providers had extensive input into the content development, design, and layout of the
booklet. It includes testimonials from PLWHA who have successfully quit and started quit-smoking programs of their own and it lists resources for more information and help.
HIV and Cancer: What is the Link?
Ever wondered why PLWHA seem to get cancer more often than people without HIV/AIDS? The booklet describes the
types of cancer that most frequently affect PLWHA and explains how HIV and other viruses work together to allow cancers to develop. It recommends screenings and other methods to detect cancer in its early stages and diet, exercise, and other changes that can help prevent cancers.
