What Does Our Past Tell Us About Our Future? The Essential Role of Psychologists in Fighting HIV
(L-R) Dr. Rich Wolitski (HHS/OHAIDP); Dr. Fayth Parks (Georgia Southern University) APA Ad Hoc Committee on Psychology & AIDS (COPA)...
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donjacques
Oct 15, 20165 min read
Latinxs: Take Action to Stop HIV
By Karen Nieves-Lugo, PhD, MPH (Postdoctoral Fellow at George Washington University) October 15th is National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day,...
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donjacques
Jul 12, 20164 min read
Why Did the FDA Prevent Gay and Bisexual Men from Donating Blood in the Aftermath of Orlando?
By Leo Rennie (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public Interest Government Relations Office) Understanding the...
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donjacques
Jul 1, 20164 min read
Why HIV Providers Should Care About the Orlando Shooting
By David J. Martin, PhD, ABPP (Senior Director, APA Office on AIDS) In the aftermath of the mass shooting of LGBT people in an Orlando...
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donjacques
Jun 24, 20165 min read
PrEP: One Essential Tool in the HIV Prevention Toolkit
June 27 is National HIV Testing Day. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that all patients seen in healthcare...
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donjacques
Apr 26, 20163 min read
Health and Healthcare Injustice: Why We Really Should Care About HIV Disparities
By Alyssa Arentoft, PhD (California State University, Northridge) & Monica Rivera Mindt, PhD (Fordham University & Icahn School of...
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donjacques
Apr 13, 20163 min read
No Progress, No Change: HIV Funding Stagnant for Third Year in a Row
By Sarah J. Javier, MS (PhD Candidate in Health Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University) On February 9, President Obama released...
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donjacques
Feb 12, 20163 min read
Why Does HIV Impact African American Women Harder Than Everyone Else and What Can You Do to Help?
By Leo Rennie, MPA (Senior Legislative & Federal Affairs Officer, APA Public Interest) February 7th marked the annual observance of...
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donjacques
Jul 1, 20156 min read
Supreme Court Rules on Housing, Marriage Equality, and Health Care, New Police Shooting Data –
It was an incredibly busy news week! In this week’s In Case You Missed It (our roundup of articles touching on psychology, health, mental...
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donjacques
Apr 6, 20152 min read
Stop the Virus by Going Viral
April 10 is National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, an event that raises awareness about the importance of engaging youth in the...
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donjacques
Mar 17, 20154 min read
5 Ways Black Churches are Engaging in HIV Prevention
By Terrinieka Williams Powell, PhD (Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) The CDC notes that...
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donjacques
Dec 1, 20142 min read
9 Things You Should Know About HIV and Aging
By Maggie Chartier, PsyD and Monica Rivera Mindt, PhD (Members, APA Committee on Psychology and AIDS) By 2015, an estimated one out of...
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donjacques
Aug 25, 20142 min read
Aging with HIV: New Research Sheds Light on a Growing Population
By David Martin, PhD, ABPP (Senior Director, APA Office on AIDS) The Office on AIDS is pleased to have played a small supporting role in...
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donjacques
Jul 24, 20142 min read
The Malaysian Airlines MH17 Tragedy and the Fight Against AIDS
By David Martin, PhD, ABPP (Senior Director, APA Office on AIDS) APA joins the World AIDS Community in mourning the tragic loss of six...
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donjacques
Jun 25, 20143 min read
Thinking About Getting Tested for HIV? 6 Reasons Why You Should
By David Martin, PhD, ABPP (Senior Director, APA Office on AIDS) June 27 is National HIV Testing Day. The Centers for Disease Control and...
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donjacques
Mar 10, 20144 min read
7 Things Everyone Should Know About the Impact of HIV/AIDS on Women and Girls
By Efua Andoh (Public Interest Communications) Women and girls living with HIV in America are mothers, daughters, sisters, and friends....
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donjacques
Nov 29, 20133 min read
What World AIDS Day Means to Me
By David Martin, PhD (Senior Director, APA Office on AIDS) I saw my first AIDS patient in 1983, a time when its etiology was unknown and...
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donjacques
Oct 4, 20134 min read
Aging and HIV: How Can Psychology Better Serve the AIDS Generation?
By Perry N. Halkitis, PhD, MS, MPH Living out your golden years with HIV – once unimaginable – is becoming a reality for hundreds of...
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donjacques
Jun 5, 20132 min read
Why We Need Young People in the Fight to End AIDS
Image courtesy of TED Conference on Flickr By Ashley Boal (Graduate Policy Intern- Public Interest Government Relations Office) Did you...
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