MetaFilter posts tagged with prevention

It's Easy Being Green

netbros — Thu, 01 May 2008 06:33:32 -0800

Simple, with icons. 50 Ways to Help the Planet. See also: Global Warming Facts ThinkQuest Ways to Help the Environment 21 Practical Ways to Help the Environment BTW, the Practical Environmentalist is a blog that tries to keep you updated with news and tips about the practical aspect of being green. Included is a rich list of environmental resources.

More help where its most needed.

allkindsoftime — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:56:35 -0800

No-small-news-filter: House Votes to Continue and Expand President's Global Effort Against AIDS. The House voted to drastically expand funding to the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief. Not everyone is happy with the details of the bill regarding AIDS prevention, but something is better than nothing. Roughly 1/5th of the funding is earmarked for tuberculosis and malaria relief / prevention as well. More info from USAID.

To Write Love On Her Arms

allkindsoftime — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:09:55 -0800

To Write Love On Her Arms is a story and the response to a story. I first saw the shirt on Switchfoot's Jon Foreman and thought "Hey that's a cool shirt." Months later I saw an ad and went to look them up. That's when I found the story. As their MySpace page points out, they are not a 24-hour helpline, nor are they trained professionals, but they do "hope to serve as a bridge to help." Its a small organization right now, using a unique method of achieving recognition and exposure, but it is an important "movement of love, a commitment to begin answering these needs and offering hope to the many who struggle with depression, addiction, suicide, self injury." (from the FAQ)

Imagine a troubled gay teenager contemplating suicide...and getting James Dobson on the other end.

amberglow — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:24:20 -0800

1-800-SUICIDE loses govt. funding: Despite the fact that almost 2 million callers have reached help and hope over the last 8 years, and a government funded evaluation stating the benefits of 1-800-SUICIDE, the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA), a division of Health & Human Services, has decided to create their own government run system where they would have direct access to confidential data on individuals in crisis. (SAMHSA has already scrubbed their websites of any and all LGBT information, and gay youth are 2-3 times more likely to commit suicide.) Save 1-800-SUICIDE website here.

17 Minutes

sjvilla79 — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 07:24:59 -0800

17 Minutes is a performance and video blog project by new media artist Chris Barr. It's about suicide. [MI]

HIV prevention?

taursir — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 13:53:27 -0800

New drug blocks HIV from entering cells and causes "almost" no side effects, reports Asahi Shinbun.

Superbug or symbol?

docgonzo — Thu, 17 Mar 2005 20:17:59 -0800

HIV prevention efforts are failing. Last year, the discovery of a New York man with a novel form of drug-resistant HIV that rapidly progressed to AIDS caused some to warn of the emergence of a "superbug." The first clinical analysis of the case will be published Saturday in The Lancet (NYT preview); Dr. Martin Markowitz concluded the cause of the rapid progression to AIDS may be incomplete -- but that efforts to prevent the epidemic must be redoubled, especially in light of the growing use of methamphetamines. Dr. Carlos del Rio is blunt: "This is telling us that AIDS prevention programs have been a failure." The Gay Men's Health Crisis agrees.

Circumcision

halekon — Sun, 09 Jan 2005 10:01:24 -0800

Is circumcision an AIDS weapon? To cut or not to cut? Does circumcision prevent the transmission of HIV? It was deemed "An acceptable strategy for HIV prevention" in Bostwana and a study looking at the magnitude of females who get infected with HIV/AIDS/STDs through circumcision

Just say I don't know.

four panels — Mon, 09 Dec 2002 12:27:21 -0800

This vibe is free. The anti site. Don't get busted! Just a little Buzz? Take the initiative.

Educate. Prevent. Practice Safer Sex. Demand Needle Exchange Programs. End HIV/AIDS Discrimination.

fold_and_mutilate — Sun, 01 Dec 2002 08:25:12 -0800

Educate. Prevent. Practice Safer Sex. Insist On Needle Exchange Programs. End HIV/AIDS Discrimination. Demand Adequate Treatment for Low Income HIV+ Persons. (And fight like hell against those who drag their feet on public health issues for the sake of ideology.)