4-3-2009Earlier this week, I attended a technical assistance meeting sponsored by the National Association of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) and the Nati…
3-31-2009Co-authored by Josie Halpern-Finnerty, HIV.gov.Last week at ISIS, Inc.'s Sex::Tech conference, we heard from leading voices in the field that we need to engage …
3-24-2009We're changing our tone here at HIV.gov, increasing our transparency and letting you know just who "we" are. Stay tuned for more...and let us know what you thin…
3-12-2009This post covers a KEY ISSUE: this topic could impact the future of HIV/AIDS policy.An emerging topic in public health promotion is the concept of “social det…
3-3-2009Last week, we attended the Office of Minority Health’s (OMH) Third National Leadership Summit on Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health, this yea…
2-24-2009This week, we're concluding our four-part series on texting appointment and medication reminders. After talking about why, how, and costs, today's post addresse…
2-17-2009In addition to why and how an organization might set up texting reminders, we're often asked about the cost. In tight economic times, this is a significant conc…
2-10-2009This week, we return to our series on using text messaging for HIV appointment and medication reminders. We are dedicating four posts to this topic, which often…
2-5-2009During the week leading up to National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, we reinforce the Federal recommendations for routine HIV testing in healthcare settings. He…
1-27-2009We’ve discussed some of the uses of text messaging (also known as Short Messaging Service , or SMS) for HIV prevention and testing in previous posts (“R U T…