HRRET Message Topics

Pilot Test Study for the HIV Risk Reduction Educational Tool

Attachment 8: Message Topics

What is HIV?

• General HIV information

• HIV in the United States

• Stages of HIV infection

• Acute HIV infection

• Superinfection

• Undetectable viral load

HIV Testing

• Different types of HIV tests

• Window period

How safe are different activities for getting or transmitting HIV?

• Sexual activities

  • Abstinence

  • Masturbation

  • Kissing

  • Mutual masturbation

  • Outercourse

  • Fingering and fisting

  • Watersports

  • Playing with sex toys

  • Oral sex

  • Vaginal sex

  • Anal sex

• Needle/syringe use

  • Injecting drugs and sharing needles/syringes

  • Injecting hormones and steroids and sharing needles

  • Injecting silicone (pumping silicone) and sharing needles

  • Getting HIV from needle use: less common ways

• Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Breastfeeding

What are things that influence my chances of getting or transmitting HIV?

• Using barriers and lubricants

  • Male condoms

  • Female condoms

  • Dental dams

  • Lubricants

• Sex and My Sexual Partners

• Reducing number of sexual partners

• Having multiple sexual partners who overlap in time

• Monogamy

• Choosing partners with the same HIV status (Serosorting)

• Being a top or bottom to prevent HIV

• Withdrawal or pulling out

• Negotiated safety

• Sex agreements

• Disclosure of status

• Power differences in relationships

• Alcohol and drug use

• Alcohol misuse

• Getting treatment for alcohol and drug use

• Drug use

• Taking medicines

• Antiretroviral therapy (ART) for treating HIV

• Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for uninfected persons

• Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for uninfected persons

• Other health conditions

• Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)

• Mental health conditions

• Background factors

• Other Medical Approaches

• Male Circumcision

• Vaccines

• Microbicides

• What are some of the best actions I can take to decrease my chances of getting or transmitting HIV?