Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Summer '07 issue of "HIV/AIDS Prevention Resources for Educators" newsletter is out

The summer issue of HIV/AIDS Prevention Resources for Educators: Reaching Students with Special Learning Needs newsletter from the BC Coalition of People with Disabilities' AIDS & Disability Action Program is hot off the press! If you subscribe to the paper copy, you'll be receiving your issue soon. If you'd like to subscribe (free in Canada), just let us know.

In this issue ...

  • The Role of Schools in Addressing Tobacco by Dan Reist
  • Revision of Being Sexual series by SIECCAN
  • Questions & Answers from the SHADE (Q&A from sexual health educator Margaret Newbury Jones)
  • No Link to Promiscuity Found In Youths Using Condoms
  • Taking Action: Understanding Advocacy by Darryl Quantz
  • Victims Vulnerable to Re-victimization
  • 5th Annual Access to Health Awards
  • Tip of the Iceberg: Young Men Who Have Sex with Men, the Internet, and HIV Risk
  • Report on Health of BC's Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Teens: McCreary Centre Society Study Looks at Violence and Health Issues
  • Training Opportunities
  • Suprises in BC's Street Youth Study

The BC Coalition of People with Disabilities' AIDS & Disability Action Program also publishes HIV prevention information in plain language, audio and Braille formats. Call 604-875-0188 (toll-free 1-877-232-7400) or email wdi@bccpd.bc.ca for details.