AIDS Information Booklet Health Education Bureau

AIDS Information Booklet Health Education Bureau

AIDS education

AIDS (Disease)

HIV (Viruses)

Sexual health

Safe sex in AIDS prevention

Safer sex

LGBTQ+ health education

HIV/AIDS

AIDS Information Booklet produced by the Health Education Bureau. Addressed 34 Upper Mount Street, Dublin 2. Contents commences on page 3 with a statement about "The Facts". Claims the information given in this booklet is "based on the results of extensive international research and is the most up-to-date available, presented in simple language." What is AIDS? Page 4: What does being infect with HIV mean? Will everyone infect with HIV get AIDs? Page 5: What is ARC? "ARC stands for AIDS related complex. It is a less severe form of AIDS which may progress to become full-blown AIDS at some time in the future. Is there a test for the AIDS virus? Page 6: Groups at high risk from AIDS. How does AIDS affect the pregnant mother? Page 7: How can you catch the AIDS virus? Page 8: Safer sex: monogamy, sexual fidelity, abstinence, condoms with a water-based lubricant. Page 9: Can condoms prevent AIDS? How easily is the AIDS virus spread? Page 10: Is there a danger from contracting AIDS from donating blood? Is there a danger of a child contracting AIDS from friends or schoolmates? Page 11: Can the virus be spread by equipment used by Doctors, Dentists or Ophthalmologists? Can the virus be spread by equipment used for Electrology, Acupuncture, Tattooing or Ear piercing? Page 12: Advice on social issues, health and hygiene. Pages 12-13: Social issues. Page 14: Health. Page 15: Household hygiene. Page 16: Where to go to get help. Provides a list of service providers for Dublin, Galway, Limerick and Cork.

Health Education Bureau

Arthur Leahy Collection

Digitising these community resources in a publicly accessible digital archive can be seen as fair dealing and reasonable use of these materials (as defined in the 2000 Irish Copyright Act) and in keeping with the ethos and purpose with which they were produced. In addition to this, Permission to Use has also been granted by the owners of the collections and by the relevant community organisations. Items in this digital archive are covered by a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No-Derivatives License. Please credit Cork LGBT Archive and provide a link back to this site.

application/pdf

eng

Booklet

Text

2017.21.5.1.461

Dublin 2