The National Resource Center on HIV, Infectious Disease, Sexual Health and Identity

A collection of more than 1, 000 legal resources to support and increase the advocacy power and expertise of attorneys, community members, service providers, and all people living with HIV.

This database of materials on topics of importance to people living with HIV and their advocates includes quality memoranda, research, reports, legal and medical guides, court and agency decisions, pleadings and briefs, policy analyses, and recommendations. CHLP summarizes and analyzes every document we post so that you can quickly determine whether that resource is relevant to your needs.

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Research and Journal Articles

Critical Race Theory as Theoretical Framework and Analysis Tool for Population Health Research, Critical Public Health, Louis Graham, Shelly Brown-Jeffy, Robert Aronson, Charles Stephens, 2011

Published in Critical Public Health in March 2011, this article briefly summarizes a mental health study employing Critical Race Theory (CRT) and a commentary emphasizing how CRT can contribute to the sociology of mental health.
White Papers and Reports

The Public Health Implications of Criminalizing HIV Non-Disclosure, Exposure and Transmission: Report of an International Workshop, Eric Mykhalovskiy, Jonathan Glenn Betteridge, Chris Sanders, Marcella Jones (2014)

This report explores three key themes that arose over the course of an international workshop held in Toronto, Canada on April 27-28, 2013, to support, encourage and further develop emerging research 
on the public health implications of . . .
Guides (Legal or Medical)

HIV/AIDS Testing, Confidentiality & Discrimination: What You Need to Know About New York Law, Legal Action Center (2012 with 2016 Supplement)

This manual by the Legal Action Center on New York State's HIV testing, confidentiality, and discrimination laws has been updated to reflect April 2014 amendments to New York State law eliminating the requirement for written consent

White Papers and Reports

National ADAP Monitoring System: Annual Report, Amanda Bowes, Ann Lefert, Britten Pund, National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD), 2014

The National AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) Monitoring Project provides ongoing technical assistance to all state and territorial ADAPs (AIDS Drug Assistance Programs). This NASTAD project serves as a resource center, providing timely information on the status of ADAPs, . . .
White Papers and Reports

Sexual & Gender Minority Youth in Los Angeles Foster Care, Bianca D.M. Wilson, Khush Cooper, Angeliki Kastanis, Sheila Nezhad, The Williams Institute (2014)

This report of the Los Angeles Foster Youth Study (LAFYS) represents a first step toward population-based data collection on LGBTQ foster youth. Researchers from 
the Williams Institute and Holarchy Consulting conducted the LAFYS, a telephone interview study with 786 randomly sampled youth ages 12-21 living in foster care in Los Angeles County.
White Papers and Reports

In Harm’s Way: State Response to Sex Workers, Drug Users, and HIV in New Orleans, Human Rights Watch (2013)

This report, released in December 2013, is based on research conducted between February and September of that year in New Orleans, Louisiana, a city with the second highest rate of HIV infection in the United States and the fourth highest rate of AIDS among adults and adolescents.
Letters and Other Advocacy Documents

Declaración de Consenso Sobre la Criminalización del VIH, El Proyecto de Justicia Positiva (2014)

Statutes, Regulations, and Agency Guidelines

Changes to Claims Policy Involving Same-Sex Marriage in Several States — One-Time-Only Instruction, Social Security Administration, October 2014

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has been working with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to determine how developments in the courts in connection with marriage equality for same-sex couplex affect SSA programs.

Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law)

State v. Wallace, 2005 Ohio App. LEXIS 1808 (Ohio Ct. App. 2005)

Wallace, a man living with HIV, was indicted on one count of Solicitation after a positive HIV test and one count of Loitering to Engage in Solicitation after a positive HIV test. In accordance with the statute, R.C. 2907.27(A) . . .
White Papers and Reports

Protecting Adolescent Confidentiality Under Health Care Reform: The Special Case Regarding Explanation of Benefits (EOBs), K.P. Tebb, E. Sedlander, G. Pica, A. Diaz, K. Peake & C.D. Brandis (2014)

This report focuses on the confidentiality concerns for dependent adolescents and young adults using health insurance. According to the report, adolescents and young adults are more likely to seek health services, disclose health risk behaviors to a clinician, and return for follow-up care . . .
White Papers and Reports

Sexual Orientation and Health Among U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2013, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics (2014)

This paper provides national estimates for indicators of health-related behaviors, health status, health care service utilization, and health care access categorized by sexual orientation using data from the 2013 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), . . .
Letters and Other Advocacy Documents

Open Letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on 2013 MMWR Report On HIV Testing and Risk of US Gay, Bisexual and other MSM (2014)

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