Finding HIV/AIDS Booklets/Pamphlets and Other Materials

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Teaching, learning or talking about HIV & AIDS and sexual health can be quite a challenge, but there are many resources out there to help you.

Below is a list of organisations that produce and recommend good educational and information materials, including booklets/pamphlets, leaflets, guides, manuals, posters, videos, film footage, reports and branded merchandise. Remember that this list is not comprehensive and there will be many other places to find what you are looking for. Also be aware that a booklet or guide produced in one country may still be relevant for use in another, provided the information is not too regionally specific.

The list below is broken down into UK, US and Global/International materials for ease of navigation.

UK Materials

  • Brook
  • Phone: 020 7284 6040
  • Email: admin@brookcentres.org.uk
  • Web: www.brook.org.uk
  • National organisation supplying free and confidential advice to young people. Click on ‘Brook Publications’ to access resources
  • Types of resources: Leaflets, booklets, training manuals, research publications
  • Subjects covered: Puberty, sex, relationships, contraception, pregnancy, abortion, sexually transmitted infections, maintaining confidentiality
  • Target groups: Young people, teachers, health professionals, advice workers, youth workers, parents
  • Languages: English
  • Channel Four Learning
  • Phone: 08701 246 444
  • Web: www.4learningshop.co.uk
  • Produces “All About Us: Living and Growing series”
  • Types of resources: Videos and teaching materials
  • Subjects covered: Puberty, basic biology, pregnancy, sex
  • Target groups: Primary school pupils, teachers, governors and parents
  • Languages: English
  • FPA
  • Phone: 0845 122 8600
  • Email: fpadirect@fpa.org.uk
  • Web: www.fpa.org.uk/about
  • National organisation (formerly Family Planning Association)
  • Types of resources: Leaflets, videos, fact sheets, contraceptive display kits, training manuals, research publications
  • Subjects covered: Puberty, sex, sexuality, relationships, contraception, pregnancy, abortion, sexually transmitted infections
  • Target groups: Young people, people with learning disabilities, teachers, health professionals, advice workers, youth workers, parents
  • Languages: English
  • Global AIDS Rainbow
  • Phone: 020 8241 7321
  • Email: richard.berry@gar.org.uk
  • Web: www.globalaidsrainbow.org/resources.aspx
  • Sells variety of AIDS-related items
  • Types of resources: Posters, red ribbons, HIV/AIDS themed merchandise (mugs, t-shirts, key rings, stationery etc.)
  • Subjects covered: HIV (general), World AIDS Day, safer sex, HIV awareness raising
  • Target groups: General public, young people, students, youth workers, campaigners
  • Languages: English
  • Health Education Board Scotland
  • Phone: 0131 536 5500
  • Email: publications@health.scot.nhs.uk
  • Web: www.healthscotland.com/...
  • Database of leaflets and booklets suitable for use in Scotland. Search under HIV or Sexual Health
  • Types of resources: Leaflets and booklets
  • Subjects covered: HIV (general), sexual health
  • Target groups: General public, minority groups, young people, health professionals
  • Languages: English
  • Health First
  • Phone: 020 7771 5052
  • Email: LearningCentre@lewishampct.nhs.uk
  • Web: www.healthfirst.org.uk
  • Designed for use in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham, but many publications could be used in other areas. Click on “Publications, Posters and Leaflets’ in the left-hand bar
  • Types of resources: Leaflets, posters, resource packs
  • Subjects covered: HIV (general), STDs, sexuality, sexual health
  • Target groups: Young people, teachers, youth workers, sexual health professionals (particularly those in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham)
  • Languages: English
  • Health Promotion Agency
  • Phone: +44 28 9031 1611
  • Email: info@hpani.org.uk
  • Web: www.healthpromotionagency.org.uk
  • Northern Ireland agency promoting all aspects of health. Click on ‘publications’ in the top bar, then ‘sexual health’
  • Types of resources: Booklets, leaflets, posters, information packs, research reports, fact sheets
  • Subjects covered: STDs, HIV, sexual health, abortion, pregnancy, sexuality, family planning, contraception
  • Target groups: Young people, parents, teachers, youth workers, sexual health professionals
  • Languages: English
  • HP-Publications
  • Phone: 01908 217121
  • Email: hp-publications@mkpct.nhs.uk
  • Web: www.hp-publications.nhs.uk
  • Collection of Health Promotion materials designed and distributed by the Milton Keynes NHS Primary Care Trust
  • Types of resources: Booklets, leaflets, posters, information cards
  • Subjects covered: STDs, HIV, sexual health, abortion, pregnancy, contraception
  • Target groups: Young people, general public, health professionals
  • Languages: English
  • National AIDS Manual (NAM)
  • Phone: 020 7627 3101
  • Email: info@nam.org.uk
  • Web: www.aidsmap.com/en/order
  • National charity for people living with HIV/AIDS
  • Types of resources: Booklets, manuals, directories, newsletters, conference and research reports
  • Subjects covered: HIV and AIDS and related issues (particular focus on antiretroviral treatment)
  • Target groups: People living with HIV, HIV and healthcare professionals
  • Languages: English
  • National AIDS Trust (NAT)
  • Phone: 020 7814 6767
  • Email: info@nat.org.uk
  • Web: www.nat.org.uk
  • Choose a topic in the left-hand bar and then select related publications on the right
  • Types of resources: Fact sheets, guides, policy reports, information packs
  • Subjects covered: HIV (general), Stigma and discrimination, HIV in the workplace
  • Target groups: General public, people with HIV, healthcare professionals, employers
  • Languages: English
  • NAT Shop (AWARE Catalogue)
  • Phone: 020 7814 6747
  • Email: wad.merchandise@nat.org.uk
  • Web: shop.nat.org.uk
  • Merchandise from the National AIDS Trust. Particularly suitable for World AIDS Day events
  • Types of resources: Posters, leaflets, stickers, red ribbons, HIV/AIDS themed merchandise (mugs, t-shirts, key rings, stationery etc.)
  • Subjects covered: HIV (general), World AIDS Day, safer sex, HIV transmission and testing
  • Target groups: General public, young people, youth workers, campaigners
  • Languages: English
  • Sex Education Forum
  • Phone: 020 7843 6029
  • Web: www.ncb.org.uk/sef/index.asp
  • Part of the National Children’s Bureau
  • Types of resources: Fact sheets, guides, books and research reports
  • Subjects covered: Sex and relationships education and related areas
  • Target groups: Parents, teachers, youth workers, carers of people with learning disabilities
  • Languages: English
  • Sheffield Centre for HIV and Sexual Health
  • Phone: 0114 226 1900
  • Email: admin@chiv.nhs.uk
  • Web: http://www.sexualhealthsheffield.nhs.uk/
  • Wide range of resources suitable for use anywhere in the UK. Download brochure to see range available.
  • Types of resources: Leaflets, booklets, audio tapes, videos, DVDs, training manuals, research publications
  • Subjects covered: Puberty, sex, sexuality, self-esteem issues, relationships, contraception, pregnancy, abortion, sexually transmitted infections, HIV & AIDS
  • Target groups: Young people, older adults, gay, bisexual and lesbian youth, health professionals, advice workers, youth workers, ethnic minorities
  • Languages: English, French, Swahili, Arabic, Portuguese, Somali and Shona
  • Teachernet Online Publications
  • Phone: 0845 600 9506
  • Email: publications.online@dfes.gsi.gov.uk
  • Web: publications.teachernet.gov.uk
  • Search under ‘PSHE’ or ‘sex education’ for best results
  • Types of resources: Teaching guidance, information and ideas
  • Subjects covered: Personal, Social and Health Education teaching
  • Target groups: Teachers, parents
  • Languages: English
  • Teachers TV
  • Web: www.teachers.tv/pshe
  • Types of resources: Videos free to watch online and download, lesson plans, worksheets
  • Subjects covered: Personal, Social and Health Education
  • Target groups: Teachers
  • Languages: English
  • Terrence Higgins Trust (THT)
  • Phone: 0845 1221 200
  • Web: www.tht.org.uk
  • National organisation with wide range of resources for HIV+ people
  • Types of resources: Leaflets, fact sheets, magazines, posters, information cards, training manuals, research publications, guidance
  • Subjects covered: General HIV & AIDS, living with HIV, finance, immigration, HIV & the law, sexual health and STDs, sexuality, services for HIV+ people, HIV treatment, pregnancy, post-exposure prophylaxis
  • Target groups: General public, young people, people living with HIV (gay men, straight men, Africans living in the UK, women), health professionals, advice workers, HIV experts
  • Languages: English, French, Welsh
  • Viewtech Educational Media
  • Phone: 0845 600 9506
  • Email: mail@viewtech.co.uk
  • Web: www.viewtech.co.uk
  • Largest independent UK distributor of educational videos
  • Types of resources: Videos and DVDs
  • Subjects covered: Puberty, sex, sexuality, sexually transmitted infections, HIV/AIDS, relationships, smoking, drugs, alcohol, contraception, pregnancy, abuse
  • Target groups: Young people, teachers, youth workers, health promotion workers
  • Languages: English

US Materials

  • Advocates for Youth
  • Phone: 1-202-419-3420
  • Email: questions@advocatesforyouth.org
  • Web: www.viewtech.co.uk
  • Click on ‘publications’ in top bar to access materials
  • Types of resources: Guides, training manuals, research publications, leaflets, pamphlets, posters, videos
  • Subjects covered: Sex education, sexuality, youth advocacy, sexual health, contraception, global reproductive health issues, pregnancy, HIV/AIDS
  • Target groups: Teachers, parents, young people, youth workers, sexual health professionals, NGOs working in reproductive health, ethnic minorities
  • Languages: English, Spanish
  • CDC HIV/AIDS Brochures
  • Phone: 1-800-232-4636
  • Email: cdcinfo@cdc.gov
  • Web: www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/...
  • Brochures published by US government’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Types of resources: Leaflets and information sheets
  • Subjects covered: General HIV/AIDS information, caring for those with HIV, treatment, transmission, prevention, injecting drug use, opportunistic infections, exposure in a healthcare setting
  • Target groups: General public, ethnic minorities, health care workers, HIV experts, public health planners
  • Languages: English, Spanish
  • CDC HIV/AIDS Fact sheets
  • Phone: 1-800-232-4636
  • Email: cdcinfo@cdc.gov
  • Web: www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/...
  • Fact sheets published by US government’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Types of resources: Information and surveillance
  • Subjects covered: Affected populations, ethnic minorities, transmission, co-infection and HIV prevention
  • Target groups: HIV and sexual health professionals, NGOs, journalists, general public
  • Languages: English, Spanish
  • CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN)
  • Phone: 1-800-458-5231
  • Email: info@cdcnpin.org
  • Web: www.cdcnpin.org
  • Huge database of resources on all aspects of HIV, STDs and TB. Click on ‘materials’ underneath the ‘Specific Searches’ heading on the right hand side of the page to search the database.
  • Types of resources: Leaflets, posters, audiocassettes, CDs, CD-ROMs, DVDs, Videos, Info Kits, Info sheets, surveys, guides, questionnaires, reports, toolkits
  • Subjects covered: HIV, STDs, Tuberculosis
  • Target groups: General public, ethnic and linguistic minorities, young people
  • Languages: Over 100 different languages, including American Sign Languages
  • ETR Publishing
  • Phone: 1-800-321-4407
  • Web: www.etr.org
  • Website of ‘Education, Training, Research’, a private, not-for-profit corporation
  • Types of resources: Leaflets, posters, videos, displays, flipcharts
  • Subjects covered: HIV & AIDS, safer sex, sexually transmitted infections, birth control, relationships
  • Target groups: Young people, general public
  • Languages: English, Spanish, Chinese
  • Journeyworks Publishing
  • Phone: 1-800-775-1998
  • Email: jworks@journeyworks.com
  • Web: www.journeyworks.com
  • Health Education publishing company
  • Types of resources: Leaflets and booklets
  • Subjects covered: HIV/AIDS, safer sex, STDs, sexuality
  • Target groups: young people, general public, older people
  • Languages: English, Spanish
  • National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAD)
  • Phone: 1-301-496-5717
  • Web: www.niaid.nih.gov/PubsOrderForm/
  • Very detailed epidemiological and biological information
  • Types of resources: Fact sheets
  • Subjects covered: AIDS, STDs
  • Target groups: General Public, journalists, sexual health and public health professionals
  • Languages: English
  • Planned Parenthood
  • Phone: 1-800-669-0156
  • Web: store.ppfastore.org/index.html
  • National organisation that provides all forms of reproductive and sexual health care
  • Types of resources: Posters, leaflets, pamphlets, themed merchandise (mugs, t-shirts, key rings, stationery etc.)
  • Subjects covered: Sexual health, puberty, HIV/AIDS, STDs, relationships, abortion, birth control, pregnancy
  • Target groups: Young people, parents, general public
  • Languages: English
  • Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS)
  • Phone: 1-212-819-9770 or 1-202-265-2405
  • Email: siecus@siecus.org
  • Web: www.siecus.org
  • Click on ‘publications’ in top bar to access materials
  • Types of resources: Bibliographies of useful texts, fact sheets, reports
  • Subjects covered: Sexual health, sexuality, young people, HIV/AIDS, STDs
  • Target groups: General public, sexual health professionals, youth workers, teachers, researchers
  • Languages: English, Spanish

Global/International Materials

  • AIDSvideos.org
  • E-mail: contact.us@aidsvideos.org
  • Web: www.aidsvideos.org
  • Collection of HIV/AIDS prevention education videos from around the world. All available to view online.
  • Types of resources: Online videos
  • Subjects covered: HIV/AIDS education, prevention and information videos
  • Target groups: General public, health professionals, AIDS educators
  • Languages: Afrikaans, Bulgarian, English, Icelandic, Japanese, Russian, Swahili
  • Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations
  • Phone: 9557 9399
  • Web: www.afao.org.au
  • Click on ‘publications’ then ‘resources’ to access materials
  • Types of resources: Booklets, posters, reports, guidance
  • Subjects covered: Living with HIV & AIDS, HIV/AIDS prevention, legal issues, immigration
  • Target groups: HIV+ people, high risk groups, health professionals, aboriginal populations
  • Languages: English
  • Canadian HIV/AIDS Information Centre
  • Phone: 1-877-999-7740
  • Email: aidssida@cpha.ca
  • Web: www.aidssida.cpha.ca
  • Website available in French and English. Click on ‘resources’ or ‘ressources’ to access publications
  • Types of resources: Booklets, reports, fact sheets, guidance
  • Subjects covered: Living with HIV & AIDS, HIV/AIDS prevention, legal issues, immigration, safer sex, STDs, condoms, pregnancy
  • Target groups: HIV+ people, high risk groups, health professionals, gerneral public, young people, aboriginal populations
  • Languages: English, French
  • Deutsche AIDS Hilfe
  • Phone: 030 6900 870
  • Email: dah@aidshilfe.de
  • Web: www.aidshilfe.de
  • Official website of Deutsche AIDS Hilfe (German AIDS Assistance)Click on ‘Materialien’ to access publications
  • Types of resources: Booklets, posters and other educational documents
  • Subjects covered: HIV & AIDS, sexuality
  • Target groups: Young people, homosexual and bisexual men, women, sex workers, migrants
  • Languages: German, Russian, English, French, Portuguese, Turkish
  • Institut national de prévention et d’éducation pour la santé
  • Phone: 01 49 33 22 22
  • Email: inpes@inpes.sante.fr
  • Web: www.inpes.sante.fr
  • Website of the French National Institute for disease prevention and health education. Click on ‘Le catalogue’ to access publications
  • Types of resources: Booklets, posters and other educational documents
  • Subjects covered: Puberty, HIV, STDs, drug use, sexuality, adolescence
  • Target groups: Young people, parents, teachers, migrants, health professionals
  • Languages: French
  • Info for Health
  • Phone: 1-410-659-6300
  • Email: webmaster@infoforhealth.org
  • Web: www.infoforhealth.org/pubs.shtml
  • John Hopkins Institute run site for all those interested in health promotion in the developing world
  • Types of resources: Reports, guidance, journal articles, research, manuals
  • Subjects covered: All areas of human health, including reproductive, sexual and HIV/AIDS
  • Target groups: Health professionals, NGOs, researchers, teachers, policy makers, journalists
  • Languages: Mainly English
  • Media and Materials Clearing House
  • Phone: 1-410-659-6300
  • Email: mmc@jhuccp.org
  • Web: www.m-mc.org
  • Database of over 15,000 different health communication materials from all over the world, including many on HIV/AIDS and reproductive health. Does not supply materials directly, but gives contact details for original publishers
  • Types of resources: Booklets, posters, videos, DVDs, postcards, film footage, clothing, themed merchandise, general health education materials
  • Subjects covered: All aspects of human health
  • Target groups: All groups
  • Languages: Over 100 different languages
  • New Zealand AIDS Foundation
  • Phone: 0800 802 437
  • Web: www.nzaf.org.nz
  • Click on ‘prevention campaigns’
  • Types of resources: Posters, leaflets, promotional materials
  • Subjects covered: HIV and AIDS prevention
  • Target groups: Gay and bisexual men, young people, Maori populations
  • Languages: English, Maori
  • Oneworld TV
  • Phone: 0800 802 437
  • Email: tv@oneworld.net
  • Web: tv.oneworld.net
  • Database of film footage from all over the world. Can be watched online. Click on ‘explore’ to search for specific footage, and select ‘AIDS’ from the keyword list
  • Types of resources: Film / video footage
  • Subjects covered: International development, Politics, Health, War, Economics, etc
  • Target groups: general Public, film makers, educators
  • Languages: Over 100 different languages
  • UNESCO FRESH initiative
  • Phone: +33 (0)1 45 68 10 00
  • Web: portal.unesco.org/education/en
  • Click on ‘School Health and HIV/AIDS’ in the left hand bar for classroom tools and activities that can be used when teaching about HIV/AIDS
  • Types of resources: Classroom tools, guides, information, policy documents
  • Subjects covered: HIV/AIDS and STI education
  • Target groups: Teachers, youth workers, school policy makers
  • Languages: English

Still haven’t found what you’re looking for?

Why not try:

  • Using a search engine (such as Google) to find HIV or sexual health related materials in your language / country
  • Contacting your regional, state or national Department of Health to see what materials are available
  • Searching The Body or Aidsmap to find organisations in your area that may be able to help
  • Searching our historical posters page for inspiration. We do not supply the posters listed on this page, but it can give you a better idea of the people that produce them. If you want a poster to raise awareness in your area, you could also try contacting your nearest AIDS organisation or creating one yourself!

Finally, if you wish to recommend an organisation that produces good HIV/AIDS or sexual health materials please email us with your suggestions.

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Last updated November 04, 2008