VA HIV Prevention Handbook: A Guide for Clinicians
This handbook provides practical information and guidance on HIV prevention for veteran populations at-risk and those with HIV. Information is included on how to evaluate risk for HIV, how to bring up issues such as HIV testing and risk reduction, and strategies on how to use a wide variety of HIV prevention interventions. Clinical information is provided on prevention issues and strategies appropriate to meet the needs of patient populations seen in the VA Health Care System. In addition, information about relevant VHA Information Letters and Directives is also provided. Copies of the Handbook have been distributed to VA HIV coordinators, Medical Center Directors, Substance Abuse Treatment Program Directors, Team Leaders of Vet Centers, and CBOC Directors.
Print copies are available through the VA Publications Depot to VA providers only. To order, please contact the Forms and Publications Control Officer at your facility and request that they place an order for you (order number: IB10-91 P95644). In order to check the availability of the Handbook at the Depot, you may want to have the Forms and Publications Officer at your station check FPORDERS off and on to see if it has arrived.
If you do not know the name of your local VHA Forms and Publications Control Officer, you can look them up on the Web site http://vaww1.va.gov/vhacio/comm/index.cfm (VA Intranet only) under the heading 'Forms and Publications Officers' on the blue side bar on the left side of the page. You can then call or email that contact person and ask them to look up the Handbook in their catalog and order additional copies for you.
