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How long should I wait before being tested? What is the "window period?"
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Index of HIV/AIDS Facts
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Decision-Making Skills for Young People

Eye Injuries, Preventing

Fire Prevention
Fall Prevention, Children
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Halloween Safety
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Insects, Protection from

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Personal Watercraft (Jet Ski) Safety
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Poison Prevention Week
Preventing Falls Among the Elderly

Sailboarding and Windsurfing Safety
School Bus Smarts
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Smoking Dangers
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Ticks and Lyme Disease
Tool Safety for Children
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Water Safety for Children
Water Safety, General
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Index of HIV/AIDS Facts

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Are condoms effective? Don't condoms fail 10 percent of the time?
Can a woman get AIDS from having sex with a man? Can a man get AIDS from having sex with a woman?
Can I get AIDS from open mouth kissing?
How can someone get AIDS from a needle?
How do you test for AIDS?
How good are the tests that detect HIV antibodies?
How is AIDS spread?
How long should I wait before being tested? What is the "window period?"
I live with someone who has HIV. What precautions should I take?
If a baby tests positive, does it mean that he or she has HIV? How soon can a baby be tested for HIV?
If a person's AIDS test is positive, does someone tell his or her sex partners?

Isn't AIDS a gay disease?
I've heard of a female condom. What is it?
What are the most common ways that teenagers get AIDS?
What are the signs and symptoms of AIDS?
What are universal precautions?
What happens when someone gets the virus that causes AIDS?
What if my child is bitten by a child with AIDS?
What if someone with AIDS bites me?
What is the immune system? Why is the immune system important? What are antibodies?
What is tuberculosis? What does HIV have to do with tuberculosis?
What sexual activities are safe?
When was the first case of AIDS in the United States?
Why do people receive counseling before and after HIV testing?