Sexual Health and Safer Sex

How to reduce the transmission of HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

Sexually Transmitted Infections Overview

Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

• Preventing and treating sexually transmitted infections in both partners from Managing your health, CATIE’s guide for people living with HIV
• STIs: What role do they play in HIV transmission? from Prevention in Focus, CATIE’s online prevention resource
• Sexual transmission of hepatitis C: Are HIV-positive gay and bisexual men at risk? from Prevention in Focus
• Canadian guidelines on sexually transmitted infections – Public Health Agency of Canada

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Safer Sex

Methods to reduce the transmission of HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

• Safer Sex Guide
• What is safe sex? – ACON Position Statement
• Preventing and treating sexually transmitted infections in both partners from Managing your health, CATIE’s guide for people living with HIV
• Canadian Guidelines on Sexually Transmitted Infections – Public Health Agency of Canada

See also HIV Transmission and Prevention Technologies.

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Understanding Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviours

Sexual behaviour change and HIV and hepatitis C transmission

• Sexual health promotion from HIV in Canada: A primer for service providers, an introduction to HIV for people working on the front line: epidemiology, testing, prevention, treatment, care and support

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Sexual Health Education

Developing and implementing sexual health education programs and policies

• Canadian Guidelines for Sexual Health Education – Sex Information & Education Council of Canada (SIECCAN)
• Questions & Answers: Sexual Orientation in Schools – Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
• Questions & Answers: Sexual Health Education for Youth with Physical Disabilities – PHAC
• Questions and Answers: Gender Identity in Schools – PHAC

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Educational Resources for Parents and Teachers

Discussing HIV and hepatitis C with children or youth

Resources for teachers

Bringing HIV education into the classroom

• Canadian Guidelines for Sexual Health Education – Sex Information and Education Council of Canada (SIECCAN)
• Sexual health education in the schools: questions and answers – SIECCAN
• School-based education from HIV in Canada: A primer for service providers, an introduction to HIV for people working on the front line: epidemiology, testing, prevention, treatment, care and support

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Resources for parents

Talking to children and youth about HIV

• Talking to children about HIV from Managing your health, CATIE’s guide for people living with HIV
• HIV and your child – About Kids Health, The Hospital for Sick Children
• Becoming an askable adult – Options for Sexual Health

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Positive Prevention

Sexual health promotion and prevention strategies for people living with HIV

• A primer on positive prevention from Prevention in Focus, CATIE’s online prevention resource
• Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention: What Does it Mean for Networks of People Living with HIV? – Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+)
• Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention: What Does It Mean for Me? – GNP+
• Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention for Women and their Babies – GNP+
• Recommendations for HIV Prevention with Adults and Adolescents with HIV in the United States, 2014 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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