Sexual Health / Literacy Content Topic Results
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December 2012
Integrating Trauma-Informed and Sexual and Reproductive Health Care in the Domestic HIV Response
Publisher(s): This Powerpoint outlines the importance of trauma-informed HIV services, histories of trauma across the lifespan, the impact of many instances of trauma on cognitive functioning, the impact of trauma on health, risk behaviors and immunofunction, and recommendations.
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October 2012
A Dual Disenfranchisement: How Voter Suppression Denies Reproductive Justice to Women of Color
Publisher(s): This report situates women of color in the United States today, their current electoral impact, and the methods being used to disenfranchise people of color throughout the country and explores connections between this voter suppression and reproductive justice.
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September 2012
Ignorance, Domestic Violence, and HIV Disclosure: A Fatal Combination
Publisher(s):This article describes the many reasons it is important for policy makers to discuss the connection between HIV/AIDS and IPV and the ways abusers may use the survivor’s HIV-positive status as an excuse for abuse.
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August 2012
Intimate Partner Violence and Reproductive Coercion
Publisher(s):This fact sheet explores the problem of intimate partner violence (IPV), illustrates the magnitude of the problem, presents the reproductive health effects associated with it, and describes what can be done to prevent IPV.
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July 2012
Lancet Special Issue on HIV in Men who have Sex with Men (MSM)
Publisher(s): This report for policy makers and advocates highlights the unique characteristics of the MSM community and outlines the need for specialized services to meet the needs of the community.
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- Training Tools
June 2012
Promoting Healthy Relationships Among Youth: Reducing Teen Pregnancy by Recognizing and Responding to Dating Violence and Reproductive Coercion
Publisher(s):This presentation includes information on the link between Adolescent Relationship Abuse (ARA) and condom/birth control interference, the likelihood of pregnancy among female victims of ARA, and the difficulty of negotiating the use of birth control with abusive partners.
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April 2012
Mapping Prevention: Incorporating Healthy Sexuality
Publisher(s):This video podcast features a conversation with Alison Bellavance, Director of Education and Training at Planned Parenthood of Northeast and Mid-Penn in Pennsylvania, about incorporating healthy sexuality approaches into sexual violence prevention work.
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April 2012
Women’s Biological Susceptibility to HIV/AIDS
Publisher(s):This resource describes some of the biological reasons it is easier for a person with a vagina to contract HIV during penile-vaginal sex.
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April 2012
Healthy Sexuality: A Guide for Advocates, Counselors and Prevention Educators
Publisher(s):This guide provides guidance and practical tools for discussing healthy sexuality within the context of sexual violence for advocates, counselors, prevention educators, and activists.
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- NRCDV Publications
March 2012
How can I talk about healthy sexuality to prevent sexual violence?
Publisher(s): Healthy sexuality means having the knowledge and power to express sexuality in ways that enrich our lives. NRCDV's April TA Question of the Month offers resources for promoting healthy sexuality as a part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
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March 2012
New Studies Link the Mental Health Effects of Trauma with Poorer HIV Treatment Access and Outcomes for Women
Publisher(s):This page highlights research on the link between past and recent abuse with poorer HIV treatment access and outcomes for women.
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January 2012
Effects of Domestic Violence on the Workplace: A Vermont survey of male offenders enrolled in batterer intervention programs
This report informs policy makers and employers about the way Vermont workplaces are affected by domestic violence. It provides important information to help employers make decisions about policy and procedural responses to employees involved in domestic violence.