Patient Resources

HIV patient resource materials

CDC offers a variety of patient-oriented HIV resources through its Let’s Stop HIV Together campaign and consumer information webpage. Examples of these resources are included below. For a complete listing of patient and consumer-oriented resources, please see Let’s Stop HIV Together and Consumer Information Sheets.

Brochures and pocket guides

• The Journey to Undetectable
  
• Start Talking, Stop HIV, Conversation Starters: Safer-Sex Cheat Sheet
• Taking PrEP - A Daily Pill to Reduce Your Risk of Getting HIV

Posters

• PrEP is Changing the HIV Conversation

Consumer information sheets

• HIV 101
• Living With HIV 101
• HIV Treatment Can Prevent Sexual Transmission
• HIV and Injecting Drugs 101

Information for patients living with HIV

CDC also provides information for patients living with HIV, and clinical providers may share these links with patients diagnosed with HIV who are looking for information. Examples of these resources are included below. See Living With HIV for more information.

• Newly Diagnosed with HIV: This page provides resources on what an HIV diagnosis means, and how to find HIV care and treatment.
• HIV Treatment: This page provides information on HIV treatment options, side effects, and service locations.

HIV risk assessment and service locators

CDC and partners provide resources to assist patients in identifying their risk for HIV and finding safe and confidential service locations near them.

CDC resources

• Learn about the risk of getting HIV or transmitting HIV to someone else, and how to lower that risk.
• Find HIV prevention services near you in the United States, including HIV testing, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), and condom distribution locations.
• Find a PrEP provider in a specific area. Enter a zip code into the search box and the widget will show a listing of nearby PrEP providers.
• Find free, fast, and confidential testing near you for HIV, STDs, and viral hepatitis.

Partner resources

• Find HIV care services across the United States, including HIV medical care, housing assistance, and substance abuse and mental health services.
• Find your state HIV/AIDS toll-free hotline to connect with agencies that can help determine what services you are eligible for and help you get them.
• Find Ryan White HIV medical care providers who can help people with HIV access the medical care they need but can't afford.
• Search for HIV care specialists and members of the American Academy of HIV Medicine for direct access to HIV practitioners across the country.

Viral hepatitis patient resource materials

CDC offers a variety of patient-oriented viral hepatitis resources through the Know Hepatitis B and Know More Hepatitis campaigns and fact sheets. Examples of these resources are included below. Follow the links below for a complete listing of patient and consumer-oriented resources.

Hepatitis A, B and C

• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Perinatal Hepatitis B Education for Mothers
• Hepatitis C
• Hepatitis and Injection Drug Use

Viral hepatitis service locators

CDC provides resources to assist patients in finding safe and confidential viral hepatitis service locations near them.

• Find viral hepatitis services near you in the United States, including viral hepatitis testing, treatment, and support locations.
• Find free, fast, and confidential testing near you for HIV, STDs, and viral hepatitis.

STD patient resource materials

CDC develops patient- and consumer-oriented fact sheets and brochures on STD prevention and treatment, providing basic information in plain language. Examples of these resources are included below. For a complete listing of patient and consumer-oriented resources, please see the STD Fact Sheet Library.

Fact sheets

• Just Diagnosed? Next Steps After Testing Positive for Gonorrhea or Chlamydia
• Genital HPV Infection
• Congenital Syphilis
• What Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men Need to Know About Sexually Transmitted Diseases
• The Right Way to Use a Male Condom
• The Right Way to Use a Female Condom

STD service locators

CDC provides resources to assist patients in finding safe and confidential service locations near them.

• Find STD services near you in the United States, including STD testing, treatment, and support locations.
• Find free, fast, and confidential testing near you for HIV, STD, and viral hepatitis.

Tuberculosis patient resource materials

CDC provides a variety of tuberculosis (TB) and latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) resources through brochures, fact sheets, and posters. Examples of these resources are included below. For a complete listing of patient and consumer-oriented resources, please see the TB General Public Communication and Education Resources.

Brochures and booklets

• Questions and Answers about Tuberculosis Booklet
• 3HP Regimen Medication Tracker
• Get the Facts About Tuberculosis Disease

Treatment tools and fact sheets

• You Can Prevent Tuberculosis (TB)
• Testing for Tuberculosis (TB)
• 3HP Regimen Medication Tracker
• What You Need to Know About Your Medicine for Latent TB Infection – Isoniazid and Rifapentine

Posters and flyers

• Tuberculosis (TB) Disease: Only the Tip of the Iceberg Poster
• Stop TB Poster

Tuberculosis service locators

CDC provides resources to assist patients in finding safe and confidential tuberculosis service locations near them.

• Find tuberculosis services near you in the United States, including tuberculosis testing, treatment, and support locations.