Health Information Literacy HIV AIDS MedlinePlus Topic 5 Health Information Literacy HIV AIDS MedlinePlus Topic 5 Instructional Program Designed By: Gregory A. Chauncey, BSEE, MBA Naomi C. Broering, MLS, MA Pacific College of Oriental Medicine
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1- Health Topics (Main part of MedlinePlus) 2 – Medicines & Supplements 3 –Videos and Cool Tools 3A – Interactive Tutorials (PPT shows w/sound) 3B - Anatomy Videos 3C – Medical words 4 – Medical Dictionary 5 – General info 6 – Health news (listed by date – switch to A –Z) 7 – NIH Senior Health 8 – Clinical Trials (Important-world wide or local) 9 – Sign up for updates
Health Topics A to Z Complementary & Alternative Medicine
Select: Immune System: Go to -AIDS (HIV) Other Topics
Start Here Table of Contents - Overviews Table of Contents - Overviews Upper Middle: News – Diagnosis- Treatment News, Diagnosis, Treatment Table of Contents
Sample Diagnosis: FAQ’s- from CDC (link to trusted site)
Treatment: AIDS medicines treatment
AIDS Medicines Approved from AIDSinfo
Approved Medications from AIDSinfo Reviewed
Middle: Prevention - Alt Therapy – Disease mgmt- Specific Conditions Sample Prevention: AIDS Vaccines, from NM AIDS Education and Training Center AIDS vaccines
Lower Middle: Related issues – Photos - Tutorials- Videos – Anatomy - Financial Issues Sample: Related Issues – Myths from NM Ed Ctr Related issues Photos, tutorials, videos Anatomy, financial issues
Lower: Clinical Trials –Research – Journal Articles Next Section: Directories – Organizations – Statistics – Magazine - Age Groups Clinical trials research journal articles Directories and organizations Statistics and magazine Age groups
Sample: Organizations – AIDS.Gov
Next tab: Clinical Trials Select: Search for Clinical Trials You can search world wide for all information or just locally (San Diego) to join one
388 Clinical Trials on HIV and Aids in San Diego
Searching Clinical Trials help They list protocols, medicines, recruiting criteria, locations, Phase (I to IV), Investigators Use Advanced Search or Refine Search: If looking for results, select Phase III- more subjects – –Get Investigator's name (s) and look up publications Still Recruiting, if you want to join Clinical Trial
CNS-targeted HAART (CIT2) – Phase III - recruiting at UCSD Phase III Recruiting
Further details, outcome measures, Eligibility Eligibility
Contacts, locations, INVESTIGATORS Principal Investigators: Look up in PubMed
For PUBMED Go to: Journal Articles