APA Policy Statements on HIV/AIDS

• Resolution on Combination Biomedical and Behavioral Approaches to Optimize HIV Prevention (2019) (PDF, 64KB)opens in new window

• Resolution on Drug Abuse Treatment to Prevent HIV Among People Who Inject Drugs (2019) (PDF, 67KB)opens in new window

• Resolution on U.S.-Based Legal Liability Related to Confidentiality and the Prevention of HIV Transmission (2019) (PDF, 38KB)opens in new window

• Resolution on Neuropsychological Assessment of Persons Living with HIV Infection (2019) (PDF, 51KB)opens in new window

• Resolution on Opposing HIV Criminalization (2016) (PDF, 61KB)opens in new window

• Resolution on Counseling in HIV Testing Programs (2013) (PDF, 63.4KB)opens in new window

• Resolution in Favor of Empirically Supported Sex Education and HIV Prevention Programs for Adolescent (2005) (PDF, 67KB)opens in new window

• Resolution on HIV Prevention Strategies Involving Legal Access to Sterile Injection Equipment (2005)

• Resolution on Sexual Health Education in Youth

• Resolution on Research on Sexual Behavior (1991)

• AIDS and Ethnic Minorities (1987)

The HIV/AIDS Programs collaborates with the Government Relations Office to develop national policy on HIV/AIDS, behavioral science and mental health service delivery. Information pertaining to HIV/AIDS Advocacy issues are routinely developed and distributed to APA members, members of Congress and federal agency officials.

• APA Policy Response to National HIV/AIDS Strategy (PDF, 884KB)opens in new window

• APA Applauds Release of National HIV/AIDS Strategy

• APA Multicultural Guidelines: An Ecological Approach to Context, Identity and Intersectionality, 2017