HIV / AIDS

General information

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/index.htm

This link gives you access to all the other links on the CDC website related to general information, testing, treatment, and prevention, and much more. 

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/us.htm

This site gives general information about HIV and AIDS in the United States- rate of infection, number of deaths each year, and who is at risk?

Testing

http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/sexualbehaviors/pdf/hivtesting_adolescents.pdf

This links talks about why it is important to get tested and why it is especially important for adolescents to get tested.

www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/testing

www.hivtest.org

Searchable database of testing sites

www.adolescentaids.org

provides information about youth-friendly HIV testing, counseling, and care

Prevention

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/oralsex.htm

This website talks about the dangers of oral sex and HIV risk

http://www.cdc.gov/condomeffectiveness/latex.htm

This website talks about the effectiveness of condoms

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/perinatal/resources/factsheets/opt-out.htm

This website talks about reducing HIV transmission from mother to child

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/cdcprev.htm

This website talks about the CDC’s role in HIV prevention in the United States

Talking with you partner

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/herpes/MY00565/RSS=14

This website talks about how to talk to your partner about herpes and other sexually transmitted diseases

http://kidshealth.org/teen/sexual_health/stds/the_talk.html

This website talks about how to talk about stds but also has links about other health related topics

http://www.mykamasutra-positions.com/talk_std.html

This website discusses the types of stds and also how to have a conversation about stds but also how to work through the relationship.

Treatment

http://std.about.com/od/treatment/a/treatmentessent.htm

This website has links to the different stds and how to treat each one.

http://www.std-gov.org/stds/treatment.htm

This is an online guidebook about all the different stds and how to treat them.  It gives a lot of good information about each std also.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sexuallytransmitteddiseases.html

Great website about the different stds and how each is treated.

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/stds-hiv-safer-sex-101.htm

Great resource for treatment  options but also prevention and other health topics.