AIDS Resources

The Congregation: A Community Of Care and Healing

Basic guide to understanding HIV and AIDS and developing a congregational ministry. Part of the series, "The Congregation: A Community of Care and Healing." This resource focuses on HIV/AIDS and how your church might be better able to raise awareness about and confront the reality of HIV/AIDS as it affects your church members' lives.

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PDS# 25791006

God Cares, We Care:
Congregations Concerned About HIV/AIDS

Video about how congregations and individuals can be engaged in HIV/AIDS ministries. Time 14:05 minutes.

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PDS# 7266098015

God's Healing Grace

This HIV/AIDS poster is 11" by 17" poster. Below the words "God's Healing Grace" is a white cross wrapped in a red AIDS ribbon. Information about HIV/AIDS and PC(USA) resources are listed on the back. These popular design posters are a nice size for classrooms, bulletin boards and hallways. A good tool to raise awareness and show support.

The bulletin insert's back side has a litany of response that can be used during worship. Inserted nicely into the bulletin, this is also an excellent way to get the current information about HIV/AIDS into the pews on Sunday morning.

HIV/AIDS Worship Resources

For assistance in preparation for a service lifting up HIV/AIDS, download HIV/AIDS Worship Resources. The document includes:

• Calls to worship
• Calls to confession
• Prayers
• Suggestions for preparing an HIV/AIDS sermon and service
• Suggested scripture passages
• Poems
• Suggested music

Visit the World AIDS Day page for more resources and ideas.

It Can Happen To You: HIV/AIDS & The Older Adult

Video and Study Guide

This resource includes a 13-page study and 30-minute video. The study guide was created to accompany the video "It Can Happen To Me" [initially produced by AARP and given to National Health Ministries of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)] as an educational tool. The material contained within the study guide has been drawn from a variety of sources and intended to be used by health ministers, parish nurses and other congregational groups—especially those working with persons over 50 as an educational tool for HIV/AIDS awareness for older adults. It is also an excellent source for classes (especially gender specific ones), conferences, retreats, mission fairs, workshops, discussion groups and lectures.

$9.95 — includes video and study guide. Shipping and handling charges apply.
PDS# 7266002047

Presbyterian Stories—Volume II

Stories, poetry and drawings about and by people dealing with HIV and AIDS, putting a personal face on HIV/AIDS. It is great to read first-hand Presbyterian stories of a disease about which many people are still uneducated. An easy, interesting way to hear the voices of those living with or otherwise affected by HIV/AIDS.

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PDS# 25791025

Spread the Word:
The Role of Black Churches in the AIDS Crisis

This is an ecumenical video designed to educate and motivate African American churches to do ministry with persons dealing with HIV/AIDS.

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PDS#7266001023

The Balm in Gilead
The Balm In Gilead spearheads a dynamic response to the AIDS crisis in the African American community. The Balm In Gilead develops educational and training programs specifically to meet the needs of African American churches that strive to become centers for AIDS ministry, education and compassion.

Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS)
HIV Prevention Fact Sheets in Spanish

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Contains stats, fact sheets, prevention, testing and treatment.

Clinical Trials
ClinicalTrials.gov provides regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers.

Female Condom
The Female Health Company (FHC) is the maker of FC Female Condom® — the first and only female-initiated barrier method of contraception and disease prevention.

HIV Glossary
The AIDSinfo Glossary is a comprehensive resource designed to help health professionals, researchers, and people living with HIV/AIDS and their families and friends to understand the complex web of HIV/AIDS terminology.

HIV Vaccines
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Latinos Unidos Contra El SIDA (LUCES)
Since its inception, LUCES has played an important role in supporting the HIV education and advocacy efforts of Latino community-based organizations in New York State and remains one of the leading Latino HIV/AIDS coalitions in the nation.

National Native American AIDS Prevention Center Resource Guide
The National Native American AIDS Prevention Center's mission is to stop the spread of HIV and related diseases among American Indians, Alaskan Natives, Native Hawaiians, and to improve the quality of life for those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.

National Association of People with AIDS
The oldest national AIDS organization in the United States and the oldest national network of people living with HIV/AIDS in the world.

National HIV Test Resources
Resources on HIV testing including a national database of HIV testing sites and answers to many questions about HIV/AIDS and testing.

National Minority AIDS Council
Provides information and resources on HIV/AIDS in racial/ethnic communities.

Older Adult HIV Information
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is an independent voice and source of facts and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the general public.

State Health Facts
This site includes information about new and cumulative AIDS cases, AIDS case rates, persons living with AIDS, AIDS deaths, HIV infections, HIV testing statistics and policies, additional AIDS-related state policies, Ryan White funding and funding for HIV prevention, and AIDS Drug Assistance Programs, including budget, client, and expenditure data.

The Well Project
The Well Project’s mission is to reduce the total human cost of the HIV/AIDS pandemic through a unique and comprehensive focus on women. It is an initiative conceived, developed and administered by HIV+ women and those who are affected by this disease.

UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS)
Brings together the efforts and resources of ten UN system organizations to the global AIDS response.

Women and HIV/AIDS
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, (NIAID) fact sheet

World Health Organization — HIV/AIDS site
As the directing and coordinating authority on international health, the World Health Organization (WHO) takes the lead within the UN system in the global health sector response to HIV/AIDS.