Specific Populations: Alcohol and Other Substance Users
Source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Issue of a National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) journal with articles about HIV/AIDS and alcohol use.
http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh333/toc33_3.htm
Source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Article about HIV/AIDS and alcohol use, including how alcohol use may affect HIV prevention and treatment.
http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/AA80/AA80.htm
Source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Guide designed to help health care professionals identify youth who may be at risk of alcohol-related problems.
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/YouthGuide
Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse
Research report that explores the link between drug abuse and HIV/AIDS and discusses treatment options, populations most at risk, and trends in HIV/AIDS and what to do to counter these trends.
http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/hivaids
Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse
Information geared to young people, teachers, and parents on the connection between HIV infection and drug abuse.
http://hiv.drugabuse.gov/#
Source: United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Information about how drugs and alcohol can affect the immune systems of people infected with HIV and how drugs and alcohol can interact with HIV medications.
http://www.hiv.va.gov/patient/alcohol-drugs/index.asp
Source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Article discussing the effects that heavy alcohol use and HIV infection have on the central nervous system.
http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh25-4/288-298.pdf
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Slide set detailing rates of HIV and AIDS diagnoses among injection drug users in the United States.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/idu/resources/slides/index.htm?source=govdelivery
Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse
Links to National Institute on Drug Abuse's (NIDA's) featured publications on the link between HIV/AIDS and drug abuse, prevention of HIV transmission in drug-using populations, and other topics.
http://www.drugabuse.gov/DrugPages/HIV.html
Source: Health Resources and Services Administration
Information on Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) programs developed to treat individuals with HIV infection and substance abuse issues.
http://hab.hrsa.gov/abouthab/special/substanceusers.html
Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse
Information about how drug abuse can lead to infection with HIV, hepatitis, and other infectious diseases.
http://www.drugabuse.gov/consequences/hiv/#
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Report that summarizes current guidelines or recommendations published by multiple agencies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the prevention and control of HIV infection, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis (TB) for people who use drugs illicitly.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr6105a1.htm
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Recommendations on HIV testing procedures for health care providers working in hospital emergency departments, urgent care clinics, inpatient services, substance abuse treatment clinics, public health clinics, community clinics, correctional health care facilities, and primary care settings.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5514a1.htm
Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse
Information for adolescents about HIV/AIDS and drug abuse.
http://teens.drugabuse.gov/facts/facts_hiv1.php
Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse
Information about drug abuse and addiction and how it affects people with HIV/AIDS.
http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/drugabuse.html
Source: Health Resources and Services Administration
Fact sheet about the significant effects of illicit drug use on HIV infection rates.
http://hab.hrsa.gov/abouthab/populations/substanceabusefacts.pdf
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