Prevention IS Care

Prevention IS Care (PIC) is a social marketing campaign developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for health care providers who deliver care to persons living with HIV. The goal of the campaign is to reach these providers and encourage them to screen their HIV patients for risky transmission behaviors and deliver brief messages on the importance of protecting themselves and others by reducing their risky transmission behaviors.

The campaign offers a Provider Resource Kit including evidence-based intervention tools to help health care providers simplify this process. There are also office posters, patient education materials and continuing education opportunities for providers offered in the kit.

Order or download PIC materials

• To order a PIC Provider Resource Kit or other materials, please contact:
  CDC-INFO
  Phone: 1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636)
  TTY: 1-888-232-6348
  24 Hours/Day
• To view/download a material, click on the PDF icon or link under the material description.

For more campaign information, visit the Prevention IS Care website at www.cdc.gov/PreventionIsCare

Materials Available

Prevention IS Care: Protect Your Health Screener

Description: The "Protect Your Health" screener provides suggested tips on talking with patients about behavioral risk factors for HIV and AIDS. Format: Visual Language: English Year: 2007 Download: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/treatment/PIC/pdf/screener.pdf

Prevention IS Care: Being Safe Patient Brochure

Description: The "Being Safe" patient brochure can be given to patients to educate them on prevention behaviors and prompts them to engage their providers in further discussions about these issues during office visits. Format: Pamphlet Language: English Year: 2007 Download: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/treatment/PIC/pdf/brochure.pdf

Prevención ES la Atención: Protéjase Folleto para el Paciente

Description: The "Being Safe" patient brochure can be given to patients to educate them on prevention behaviors and prompts them to engage their providers in further discussions about these issues during office visits. Format: Pamphlet Language: Spanish Year: 2007 Download: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/treatment/PIC/pdf/brochure_espanol.pdf

Prevention IS Care: Relative Risk Chart

Description: The “Relative Risk” chart was designed to help demonstrate how the relative risk for a person living with HIV transmitting HIV to a person without the disease varies according to sexual activity and condom use. Format: Visual Language: English Year: 2007 Download: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/treatment/PIC/pdf/chart.pdf

Prevention IS Care: Relative Risk Chart

Description: The “Relative Risk” chart was designed to help demonstrate how the relative risk for a person living with HIV transmitting HIV to a person without the disease varies according to sexual activity and condom use. Format: Visual Language: Spanish Year: 2007 Download: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/treatment/PIC/pdf/chart_espanol.pdf

Prevention IS Care: Viral Load Chart

Description: The "Viral Load" Chart was designed to help simplify discussions about STD risk transmission and prevention behaviors and to do so quickly. The chart will help initiate conversations related to sexual behaviors. Format: Visual Language: English Year: 2007 Download: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/treatment/PIC/pdf/viral_chart.pdf

Prevention IS Care: Viral Load Chart

Description: The "Viral Load" Chart was designed to help simplify discussions about STD risk transmission and prevention behaviors and to do so quickly. The chart will help initiatie conversations related to sexual behaviors. Format: Visual Language: Spanish Year: 2007 Download: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/treatment/PIC/pdf/viral_chart_espanol.pdf