HIV futures six: Making positive lives count, a national survey of the health and wellbeing of HIV positive people, has been published.
Produced by the Living with HIV Program, part of The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University, it can be viewed at the HIV Futures website: www.latrobe.edu.au/hiv-futures
About the Survey
The HIV Futures research program is the largest of its kind in Australia. It is designed to provide HIV, health and funding agencies and HIV positive people themselves with a two yearly picture of the overall health, well being and social situation of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAPerson (or People) Living with HIV/AIDS.).
The living with HIV team, in collaboration with a broad range of health and community organisations, distributed the HIV Futures 6 survey nationally in 2008. The survey asked PLWHA about their health, use of antiretroviralA medication or other substance which is active against retroviruses such as HIV., complementary and other treatments, use of information and support services, and their housing and financial situation. It also asked about sex and relationships, social support, recreational drug use, work and financial situation and future planning.