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HIV/AIDS Prevention Bilingual Glossary

safe sex
Sexual practice with the use of protection against...


safer injection
E.g.: 1. Cleaning with bleach syringe and needle p...

safer sex
Sexual activities without the exchange of fluids t...


























sector voluntario / el
Refiere al sector de la sociedad civil donde parti...


seed money
Financial resources needed to start a program or p...

seguimiento
Este término tiene diferentes significados tanto e...












seno
Ej.: Examen mensual del seno, cáncer de mama.






sentence
In the context of legal sentence.



serial monogamist
A person who has monogamous sexual relationships o...



seroconcordant
Implies that two people have the same HIV status (...

seroconcordante
Implica que dos personas tienen la misma condición...



serodiscordant
Implies that two people have different HIV status ...

serodiscordante
Implica que dos personas tienen una condición de V...


serological status
It may refer to HIV or to other infections (herpes...


seropositive
Test outcome that shows presence of a certain anti...

seropositivo(a)
Resultado de una prueba que muestra la presencia d...











servicios de divulgación
Servicios de apoyo para ayudar a las personas a re...




setting
This term holds different meanings in English and ...


sex
Perhaps because of English language influence, the...






sexo anal
Inserción del pene erecto en el recto. Coloq.: sex...


sexo anal sin protección
Véase observaciones en sexo.

sexo genital
Véase observaciones en "sex".

sexo más seguro
Prácticas sexuales sin intercambio de fluidos para...

sexo no seguro
Relaciones sexuales poco seguras, relaciones sexua...

sexo o relación(es) sexual(es)
Quizá por influencia del inglés, la estructura de ...


sexo seguro
Metodo de protección contra el VIH/SIDA y otras IT...




sexual act
See observations on sex.










sexual intercourse
See observatons on sex.

sexual issue
"Issue" holds different meanings for both, English...


sexual orientation
Heterosexual (opposite gender/sex orientation), ho...

sexual partner(s)
A person with whom an individual has sexual relati...






sexually transmitted disease (STD)
STI is the prefered term among pulbic health profe...

sexually transmitted infection (STI)
STI is the prefered term among pulbic health profe...





shooting gallery
Colloq. for a clandestine meeting venue to inject ...





sin ánimo de lucro
501 (c ) 3 es el código otorgado por el IRS, por s...

sin prejuicios
En el contexto de la actitud del proveedor de serv...



síndrome de abstinencia
Coloq.: malilla (para usuarios de drogas inyectabl...







sistema inmunológico
El sistema inmunitario mantiene la capacidad de de...






sobredosis
Coloq.: doblarse.















solicitud
v. solicitar.



solicitud de propuesta
RFP y RFA son convocatorias similares. Lo que les ...

sondear
Ej.: Indagar o preguntar más a fondo durante una e...

Spanish-speaking only (SSO)
Some service providers in the US use the acronym f...






spread, to
E.g.: The spread of HIV.



standard of care
E.g.: “The standard of care for people with AIDS i...



steroid
Colloq.: juice, rhoids.


stigma
E.g.: Stigma towards people living with AIDS.

sting
In the sense of insect sting.

stipend
Financial or in-kind payment for voluntary partici...

strain
E.g.: A more resistant virus strain.





Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT)
Strategic planning tool used to evaluate the Stren...

structural factors
HIV-related structural factors can be defined as b...

structural interventions
A reduced number of intervention studies reveal th...






substance abuser
Pathologic drug user.


substance use
Especially within the US, perhaps because of Engli...


subtipo
Grupo de virus genéticamente relacionados.

subtype
Group of genetically related viruses.





supervisor de programa(s)
Use el plural para el concepto genérico y el singu...













susceptibilidad
susceptibilidad del individuo a la enfermedad.










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