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- A Note to Teens Who Have Just Learned They Are HIV-Positive - Short article provides tips for coping with the news no one wants to hear.
www.thebody.com/hivco/teens.html
- AIDS and Young People - Explains what the disease is, what causes it, and how people become infected. Includes tips for safer sex.
www.avert.org/young.htm
- AIDS Handbook: An Introduction - Information about the HIV virus and its transmission; about AIDS and its treatment. Written and illustrated by Eastchester Middle School students for other students.
www.westnet.com/~rickd/AIDS/AIDS1.html
- AIDS.net.au - Information services website is offers easy to read resources, newsletter, and details about school AIDS day.
www.aids.net.au
- AIDS: Education and Prevention from the Growing Epidemic - Tells what the disease is, how it is transmitted, how many people have died as a resulte of it, and what young people can to do protect themselves from it.
library.thinkquest.org/10631
- Can I Get AIDS? - Tells how AIDS is spread and how to protect yourself against it.
www.kidshealth.org/teen/infections/stds/AIDS.html
- Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with HIV - Fact sheet features statistics from 1997.
www.pedhivaids.org/fact/childfact.html
- Columbia University Dance Marathon - Annual event in New York City to raise funds for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Get involved or donate online.
www.cudm.org
- DiscoverySchool.com: AIDS - Provides an overview of the final, life-threatening stage of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/worldbook/atozscience/a/008290.html
- Dying Young: The Fight Against Aids - Article explores why so many young people are falling victim to this fatal but preventabe disease. From PBS.
www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/july-dec00/aids_youth.html
- HIV and AIDS - Explains what the disease is, how people know they have it, and how young people can avoid it. From TeensHealth.
kidshealth.org/teen/sexual_health/stds/AIDS.html
- HIV/AIDS Quiz - An interactive quiz produced by UNICEF to educate young people about the disease.
www.unicef.org/voy/learning/disclaim.html
- Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus - Want some straight talk about HIV? Check with Dr. Knowsitall for the facts.
www.kidsconnect.org/porch/porch.html
- Information for Young People about HIV and AIDS - About the AIDS virus, puberty, being a gay teenager, and contraception.
www.avert.org/yngindx.htm
- Kids Talk AIDS - Kids, youth, parents and professionals living with and affected by HIV /AIDS talk with each other.
www.kidstalkaids.org
- Kids, All You Need to Know about AIDS - Explains the disease and tells about the latest treatments. Also includes tips for staying safe.
library.thinkquest.org/J003087F
- Metro TeenAIDS - Organization dedicated to preventing HIV infection among young people in the Washington DC metro area. Site includes facts about the disease and testing for it.
www.metroteenaids.org
- NOVA Online: Surviving AIDS - Interactive activities show how the human immune system works, while QuickTime video clips trace the progression of the AIDS virus. Also looks at the worldwide impact of the disease, as well as the researchers who are searching for a cure. From PBS.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/aids
- Postive Youth Outreach - Free peer suport, services and education for HIV+ youth. Funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and the AIDS Committee of Toronto.
positiveyouth.com
- What Is AIDS? - Explains what the disease is, what causes it, how people get it, and how to avoid it. From KidsHealth.
kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/aids.html
- Young Positive - Virtual club for HIV-positive youth. In English and Dutch.
www.youngpositive.com
- YouthHIV.org - Online information for HIV peer educators, HIV positive youth, young gay men, and all interested in HIV and youth.
www.youthhiv.org
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