Young, Beautiful, and (HIV) Positive

Hi everyone, thank you for visiting the blog. The post title refers to a book by Marvelyn Brown which outlines her experiences as a young HIV positive woman. The following are links to learn more about the book and the author based on interviews and reviews of the book:

http://www.blackvoices.com/blogs/2008/08/20/marvelyn-brown-young-beautiful-and-hiv-positive/

http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/2008/08/20/a-young-womans-battle-with-hiv.html

Marvelyn also has websites which you can visit to get more information:
http://marvelynbrown.blogspot.com/
http://www.marvelynbrown.com/

You can read an excerpt from the book:
http://www.amazon.com/Naked-Truth-Young-Beautiful-Positive/dp/0061562394/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223037558&sr=8-1


One of the goals of LAPA is helping to spread more information about HIV/AIDS and participate in encouraging individual proactive preventitive practices. To gauge how effective information dispersion is, there are questionnaires that address different aspects of reproductive and sexual health before and after a campaign has begun. If you are interested in determining your own background on HIV/AIDS, from statistics to how it is transmitted, prevented and treated, you can visit the following links to take online quizzes, from AVERT.

http://www.avert.org/hiv-aids-quiz.php
http://www.avert.org/aids-expert-quiz.php
http://www.avert.org/statistics-quiz.php

There is also a wealth of information on the site to read more information before or after a quiz. Also, share this information with a friend or family member.

You can also visit the website www.lonestarhealth.org for updated news stories about new treatment options for HIV known as CCR5 inhibitors and new awareness and testing strategies such as those recently voted on in California for routine testing of HIV.

Thank you all for your support!