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Web Links
State of Michigan Websites
HIV/AIDS Related:
Michigan Statewide Websites
Michigan Regional Sites
National and International Website Resource Links
http://www.thebody.com/hotlines.html
Other HIV/AIDS Sites
 New Sites
State of Michigan Websites
State of Michigan
http://www.michigan.gov/Michigan
Department of Community Health
http://www.michigan.gov/mdch
Michigan Department of Education
http://www.michigan.gov/mde
The Michigan legislature
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/.
The top of the page is a search engine for the current legislative session
documents. Beneath that is a series of links to several different varieties of
legislation search engines, browsable
legislative material, help, and legislative links.
Find out who your rep is in Lansing
http://house.michigan.gov/find_a_rep.asp
The Michigan Electronic Library
http://mel.lib.mi.us/
There's a
searchable subject index of many categories. Of especial interest to the Michigan researcher would be Michigan
(including community information, history, and local government), Law (all Michigan), and statistics.
Michigan HIV/AIDS Websites
Brochures and testing information available. New link to an on-line hotline.
Also, metro-Detroit's largest service provider.
CHOW
The Community Health Outreach Workers POWer SET Project has launched a New Website that will
contain the latest information about the coalition meetings and trainings going
on at CHOW. To Find out more log on at…
www.POWerSET.org.
The Detroit Community AIDS Library website is the gateway to the Internet for
metro Detroit. Through a partnership of libraries and community organizations,
DCAL provides onsite resources and Internet access for individuals affected by
HIV.
FRIENDS Alliance provides information dissemination services
including the statewide Thursday Morning Fax, the PWH/A Pocket Reference Guide
and Metropositive.
The Hemophilia Foundation of Michigan (HFM) is
dedicated to improving the quality of life for all those affected by hemophilia
and hereditary bleeding disorders and related complications including HIV
infection, through the support of individual, family and community services;
education; health care advocacy and research with the ultimate goal of finding a
cure.
Midwest AIDS Prevention Project
MAPP's website has a new look with more information and resources. Program and staff
information, and upcoming events. Mail order catalogue.
Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center at Wayne State University, AIDS Research and Education Center.
MATEC's goal is to increase the number of health care professionals who provide
quality HIV care to underserved and vulnerable populations.
This funding source is unique in its focus on serving an entire state.
Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service, Inc. (MPAS) is a private,
non-profit organization designated by the Governor to protect and promote the
human and legal rights of people with disabilities in Michigan through the
provision of information and advocacy. In providing services, MPAS strives to
advance the dignity, equality, self-determination and expressed choices of
individuals.
The HIV/AIDS Advocacy Program (HAAP) provides legal advocacy services to
people living with HIV and AIDS in Michigan. Services include information and
referral, direct advocacy, legal representation, training and attorney referral
as well as publications and written materials to assist people with wills and
estate planning, housing rights, social security benefits and other legal rights
issues.
The Library of Michigan is a vital information resource to the legislature,
state government and citizens of Michigan.
The former Michigan Persons Living With HIV/AIDS Needs Task Force
still maintains a web page.
Positive Outlook is a
private Michigan nonprofit (501(c)(3)) legal and advocacy services corporation
formed to enhance and support the independence and self-sufficiency of people
living with HIV/AIDS.
This site was designed as a one-stop resource for those living
with HIV & AIDS and the people who care for them. Because we recognize that
HIV can effect you in so many ways, we offer a multidisciplinary program that
addresses not only medical needs but psychosocial and nutritional needs as well.
Regional Sites
Organizations providing regional services in Michigan
Alternatives For Girls (AFG) is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization located
in southwest Detroit, Michigan, serving homeless and high-risk girls and young
women. Since 1987, AFG has provided critical services to program participants,
including safe shelter, educational support, vocational guidance, mentoring and
counseling. The goal is to empower girls and young women to make positive
choices. AFG helps them repair their lives, rescue their dreams and restore
their faith in the future.
CARES Community AIDS Resource and
Education Services of Southwest Michigan
CARES provides both prevention and care services in Region 3 from its offices
in Kalamazoo.
CHOW - Michigan's Community Health Outreach Workers
The POWer SET Project has launched a New Website that
contains the latest information about the coalition meetings and trainings going
on at CHOW. To Find out more log on at…
www.POWerSET.org.
Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation
Provides HIV prevention outreach. new website www.dhdc1.org
FRIENDS Alliance based in Detroit has a new website with publications,
statistical data, governmental information on HIV/AIDS, treatment, prevention
and policy, contacts and Thursday Morning Faxes with weekly national news
briefs, with more to come.
HFM
The Hemophilia Foundation of Michigan has a new and improved website at www.hfmich.org
HAS, Inc. HIV/AIDS
Services, Inc.
HIV/AIDS Services, Inc. (HAS, Inc.) was formed in April of 1998 as a
collaborative effort of local concerned citizens. The goal was to address
the unmet needs of persons affected by HIV/AIDS in West Michigan without
duplicating the services offered by existing agencies. They offer a needle
exchange/harm reduction program in downtown Grand Rapids.
This HIV/AIDS Support Group in the Detroit Metro area provides services
for "Healing the body, mind, and spirit."
LAAN Lansing Area AIDS
Network
Dedicated to the delivery of services and programs designed to meet the needs
of those living with HIV/AIDS and to prevent the further spread of the virus.
is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to providing public awareness,
current information and emotional support.
GLTBQ Youth now have a safe refuge. The Ruth Ellis Center opened in winter
2000 as an interim drop-in center to help meet the most basic needs of runaway and
homeless gay, lesbian, transgender, bi-sexual and questioning (GLTBQ) youth in
metropolitan Detroit. By fall, the Center will open its permanent facility and
begin offering a residential safe space with a comprehensive program of support
services to meet the physical, emotional and developmental needs of these youth.
Sisters and Daughters of Sheba™ is an educational program promoting good
health and sounds minds while empowering, enlightening and enriching the lives
of women of color of all ages - currently available in the metro Detroit area.
Sisters and Daughters of Sheba™ is designed for those who desire a new and
healthier approach to male-female relationships. Whether you are a teen or a
senior, single or married, romantic and sexual relationships with significant
others may be difficult, frustrating and stressful. The guiding theme in program
activities is person-to-person and group-to-group communication around a central
African love theme: the story of Solomon and Sheba.
Other HIV/AIDS Sites
A listing of national sites of interest to youth and adolescents and those
who provide care/prevention services for them.
New Web Sites
HIGHER GROUND
This HIV/AIDS Support Group in the Detroit Metro area provides services
for "Healing the body, mind, and spirit."
New Comprehensive Website for People with Disabilities
Social Security touches the lives of people with disabilities every day. That’s
why we joined 21 other federal agencies to create
www.disabilityinfo.gov .
Disabilityinfo.gov is a comprehensive website designed to offer people with
disabilities access to important information they can use. Disabilityinfo.gov is
a one-stop website — not only for people with disabilities, but also for older
Americans, employers, Social Security beneficiaries, community- and faith-based
service providers and others. Disabilityinfo.gov features information on a
number of related topics. The site is easy to navigate, and is organized into
subject areas, including benefits, civil rights, community life, education,
employment, health, housing, technology and transportation.
New CDC website for HIV
PCRS (Partner Counseling & Referral System)
History - new techniques - Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/guidelines/pcrs/overview.htm#mark1.1
National Institutes of Health Launches
Redesigned Web Site
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has
released a redesigned Web site with new and
innovative features (www.nih.gov).
Visitors to the site now have direct and easy
access to the NIH staff directory, training
opportunities,
funding information, and much more directly from
the homepage. There is also an updated
AIDS health information page that provides
links to HIV/AIDS resources from many different
divisions of NIH.
Information relating to the exact Web site
changes can be found on the
Redesign Features page.
New Website on HIPAA Privacy Rule
HRSA/HAB NEWS Volume 10, Issue 15 (7/19/07)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched a new
website designed to help consumers and health care organizations get information
about what HHS is doing to enforce the Privacy Rule and pursue violators. The
new site is part of the HHS Office for Civil Rights’ (OCR) continuing effort to
help organizations get and stay compliant. It targets patients, health care
providers, health plans, and others in the health care industry. Information on
the website includes:
* HHS efforts to enforce the Privacy Rule and the results of these efforts;
* Statistics on the kinds of complaints OCR receives most frequently and the
types of entities that are most often the target of consumer complaints;
* Details about consumer’s rights in accessing or protecting their private
health information;
* Helpful hints for filing a complaint; and
* Extensive information designed to help covered entities become and stay
compliant.
To view the website go to:
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/enforcement
General information on HIPAA is available at:
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa
CDC Website for GLTB Health
CDC is excited to announce our first Web site dedicated to the health of gay,
lesbian, transgender and bisexual populations --
www.cdc.gov/lgbthealth
New CDC.gov>
Thursday, April 19, 2007, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) unveiled a new site designed to
improve the usability and performance of
www.cdc.gov.
The new CDC.gov Web site provides better access to health and safety topics,
data and statistics, news and events, and expanded tools and resources, as well
as an improved search engine. The new Web site is user-centered, based on
research, and is the product of extensive user testing of CDC’s principal
audiences. CDC.gov’s new features
include:
- CDC Features -
timely articles keep you informed on important health topics
- Health and
Safety Topics - content organized for better browsing
- CDC For You -
CDC resources grouped for specific audiences
- New Search
Engine - relevant search results and "suggested topics"
- A-Z Index -
alphabetical listing of all of CDC's online information
- Top 20 List -
see what's popular on CDC.gov
- Data & Statistics - public health data, survey results,
and trends
- Tools &
Resources - calculators, photos, podcasts, and other helpful tools
- Publications -
MMWR, EID, and other journals, newsletters, periodicals
- What's New -
quick links to what's new on CDC.gov
- E-mail Updates
- CDC.gov updates emailed to your inbox
- Tag Cloud -
graphic representation of most requested CDC.gov topics
- Languages -
improved access to translated materials for the top 10 most spoken languages
in the U.S.
For more information
about the new CDC.gov:
Take a
Virtual Tour of the new CDC.gov site at
http://www.cdc.gov/Features/VirtualTour/.
Send an
ecard to share the new CDC.gov site with others -http://www2a.cdc.gov/ecards/
"Hard-Hitting Web Site Launched"
Frontiers (Los Angeles) (03.01.06)
Gay Men's Health Crisis and AIDS Project Los Angeles recently launched a Web
site to promote sexual awareness among gay and bisexual men of color ages 18-29.
www.Mysexycity.com uses
simulations, in which visitors make decisions on behalf of a cast of characters,
to convey facts about HIV transmission, STDs, substance use, coming out and
relationships. "Mysexycity acknowledges the pivotal role of the Internet in the
lives of younger gay and bisexual men," said Craig E. Thompson, APLA's executive
director. "We are always looking for new and exciting ways to make HIV
prevention relevant for the members of our communities at highest risk for
infection," said Dr. Marjorie J. Hill, interim executive director of the
Institute for Gay Men's Health, a collaborative effort of GMHC and APLA.
Veterans Affairs, UCSF Web Site on HIV/AIDS
[Nov 21, 2005]
www.Hiv.va.gov , Department of
Veterans Affairs and the University of California-San Francisco: The Web site --
created by the VA Public Health Strategic Health Care Group and the UCSF Center
for HIV Information -- is designed to provide information on HIV/AIDS to
veterans and health care providers, peer counseling on HIV treatment and tools
for caring for HIV-positive patients. Health care providers also can use the
site to find VA-specific information on HIV/AIDS management and therapy,
including guidelines and directives (hiv.va.gov, 11/18).
New Website for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
information
-- GlobalHealthReporting.org
Designed to help journalists, researchers, policy makers and NGOs efficiently
sort through the latest and most accurate information on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis
and malaria, this new website provides the latest news, information and data on
the three diseases, information by country and reporting resources for
journalists.
http://www.globalhealthreporting.org
With a brand new look and several major usability
enhancements, NAM has relaunched its award-winning website,
www.aidsmap.com
New look for the NPIN Web site
Keep an eye out in early May for some improvements to the CDC NPIN
Web
Site, http://www.cdcnpin.org/ .
Improvements include
better labeling and placement of home page links and additional
searching options under the advanced searches. As always, please send
your feedback on the Web site to
webmaster@cdcnpin.org .
Michigan Hepatitis C Foundation
is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to providing public
awareness, current information and emotional support.
http://www.mihepc.org
"New Web Site for HIV-Positive Women"
Women's Health Weekly (10.02.03)
The Well Project, an initiative by and for women living with
HIV/AIDS, has launched a new Web site to serve as a comprehensive
woman-specific HIV resource offering the latest information on
managing the disease for infected women, health care providers,
and advocates. Women are the fastest growing population of newly
HIV-infected people in the United States and worldwide.
"Women with HIV/AIDS face unique challenges. The Well
Project is specifically designed to identify and fill in the gaps
of current information and unify the distribution of the already
available, but often under-utilized resources," said Dawn
Averitt, its founder and CEO.
The Web site includes fact sheets; data sets; summary
slides; a searchable clinical trials database; a resource
directory; and a physician network for expert discussion on
treatment. The site is divided into five targeted sections: HIV,
The Basics, Treatment and Trials, Diseases and Conditions, Living
Well, and a Women's Center.
In addition, members can participate in confidential and
secure discussion boards, download advocacy tools, and receive an
e-newsletter highlighting the most current information about
women and HIV.
For more information, go to
www.thewellproject.com.
New HIV/AIDS Resources Now Available Online
Two new websites concerning HIV/AIDS are now available. The Well Project’s
inaugural website seeks to further the company’s mission—to foster and
facilitate support networks between HIV/AIDS health care professionals,
caregivers and women living with HIV disease—through online discussion and
information exchange. Visitors also can search for support resources in their
local areas, as well as read articles about the latest advances and upcoming
trials in HIV/AIDS medical research. For more information, contact The Well
Project directly by e-mail; telephone: (828) 350-1755 or mail:
The Well Project
http://www.thewellproject.com/
700 Glenwood Ave Suite 100
Raleigh, North Carolina 27605
The second site, launched by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention, is dedicated to the agency’s new initiative:
CDC “Advancing HIV Prevention: New Strategies for a Changing Epidemic”
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/partners/ahp.htm
Visitors can read the initiative
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5215a1.htm , which promotes
increased HIV testing and greater access to quality medical care for HIV
positives, as well as access the site’s extensive question and answer section
and related articles and updates. For more information, please contact the CDC
National AIDS Hotline at (800) 342-2437 (AIDS) (for English); (800) 344-7432
(for Spanish); or (800) 243-CDC (for TTY). |
