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Category Archives: Harm Reduction

Just Say No to Unprotected Anal Sex

After watching a video from 1993 about the HIV/AIDS epidemic today, I brought up the differences in risks between anal and vaginal sex in the US, and how it was different than in Africa. Upon my citing the low incidence of penile vaginal transmission my teacher said- “Shhhh… if you say that people wont use [...]

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Philosophy, Burnout and Joy

Yesterday I was waiting to meet up with my outreach compatriots, sitting in my car and watching all the humans walking, driving, running, biking along Mission Street. I spend a lot of time thinking about humans, being annoyed, baffled and loving them. I was talking to my dad the other day who said, “Humans, they [...]

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A Hypertension Prevention Project for The Resource Impaired

While I was at the VA Hospital this week I spent some of my spare time looking through patient education handouts for some that I could use to hand out to the ladies I see during street/SRO outreach. I’m hoping to set up a mini hypertension screening service for the women we see regularly, and [...]

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