AIDS RESOURCES

ORGANIZATIONS

AIDS Action Committee Hotline

Tel: (800) 235-2331

Centers for Disease Control

Atlanta, GA. Tel: (404) 329-3311. A regular surveillance report is published. Call your local AIDS Action Committee or Task Force. The Visiting Nurses Association helps with home care.

Kaiser Family Foundation

Offers a wealth of information and links on youth and HIV/STD's. Includes a link to the booklet, "It's Your (Sex) Life: Your Guide to Safe and Responsible Sex."

Public Health Service AIDS Hotline
Tel: (800) 342-AIDS [2437]. A recorded message provides general information on AIDS for the public.

State of Oklahoma AIDS Hotline
Tel: (800) 535-AIDS. The service provides information and referral while supporting anyone needing help.

Office of Public Affairs

United States Public Health Service, Room 721-H, 200 Independence Avenue S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201. Tel: (202) 245-6867.  Information bulletins and periodic updates provides AIDS information for lay and professional people.

The National Gay Task Force (NGTF) AIDS Hotline

Tel: (800) 221-7044

Red Cross Blood Services
Request the 800 number for your state for answers to questions about blood donation or the safety of the blood supply.

Refer to the church or ecumenical AIDS Task Force in your city or area.

BOOKS

Antonio, G. (1986). The AIDS Cover-up: The Real and Alarming Facts about AIDS

. San Francisco: Ignatius Press. This attempts to alarm readers about the seriousness of this epidemic. A quotation in the Appendix from a pharmaceutical executive, Dr. Gordon Muir, acknowledges possible criticism of this approach, "In simply reading these facts, some who feel their own personal sexual philosophy threatened will scream ‘intolerance,’ ‘homophobia,’ and even ‘sexual McCarthyism’...Despite the prevalence of some benighted ‘health’ officials, I believe it would be worth mounting a Manhattan Project aimed at effecting life-style change."

Shelp, E.E.,Sunderland, R., & Mansell, P. (1986). AIDS: Personal Stories in Pastoral Perspective

. New York: Pilgrim Press.  Two researchers and a medical director provide "information about a devastating disease, its effect on people (patients and non-patients), the response of society, and the obligations of the church." Its true stories call upon the church "to provide redemptive and compassionate ministries in the crises created by AIDS."

PUBLICATIONS

"When A Friend Has AIDS" AIDS Action Committee, 661 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116. This brochure offers thoughts and suggestions that may help you help someone who is very ill.

Newsweek and Time have done multiple cover stories on AIDS over the past ten years.

Krantz, Paul. "Kids Ask About AIDS: How to Answer Their Questions." Better Homes And Gardens, October 1987. This publication outlines important information and resources.

"AIDS", P.O. Box 14252, Department BHG, Washington, D.C. 20044 This address will provide you a free copy of the Surgeon General’s Report on AIDS.

"Answers About AIDS" American Council on Science and Health

, 47 Maple Street, Department BHG, Summit, NJ 07901 A thorough report on all aspects of the disease is available for $2.00.

"AIDS and the Public Schools", The National Association of School Boards

, 1680 Duke Street, Department BHG, Alexandria, VA 22314  Available for $15.00, a 55-page report is provided for teachers, school officials, and administrators.

"How to Talk to Your Children About AIDS" Department of Health Education

, SIECUS/New York University, Department BHG, 32 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003  A helpful, free booklet is available when you send a self-addressed, business-size envelope.

Sunburst Communications
Room RD 214 , 101 Castleton Street, Pleasantville, NY 10570. Offerings include:

"Understanding AIDS: The Silent Enemy."  This video answers fear with a clear presentation of facts and the state of current research. It includes an interview with an AIDS patient and a session in which an AIDS counselor talks to a group of teenagers. Part 1: Links in a Chain; Part 2: Breaking the Chain; Part 3: Teens at Risk.

"AIDS: The Disease and What We Know."  Non-threatening questions and answers and anxiety-reducing cartoons correct misconceptions and answer many common questions.