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HIFY Publications
Workshops
About our publications
Our Provider Guides
Our Survival Guides
Our Pamphlets
Zines and other Publications
"WORDZ" Workshops This workshop series utilizes the power of writing and self-expression to engage youth in discussion and activities about health. We currently do two topics: Body Image and Healthy Relationships! In addition to writing, participants will also learn some zine-making basics, and at the end of the series, the group will have their very own zine, and the tools necessary for future projects. Contact Maliyah at (415) 274-1970 ext 15 for more info. |
HIFY produces innovative publications for both youth and the adults who work with them. Our survival guides are comprehensive health information books. For those who work with youth, our popular provider's guides combine extensive Bay Area referral listings and practical information.
Unfortunately, our zines (Spill, Vital Signs, Reality) have been discontinued. However, if you work with a group of youth, please consider scheduling our NEW Zine-Making workshop series!
download a workshop description
download a workshop request form
How to get our publications:
A couple of our publications are available online at AK Press:
A Young Woman's Survival Guide
Alameda County Adolescent Provider's Guide
HIFY publications can be ordered by downloading the order form below, filling it out and mailing it along with your payment to:
Publications Orders
Health Initiatives for Youth
235 Montgomery Street, Suite 430
San Francisco, CA 94104
Folks are more than welcome to drop by at the address above during our business hours to pick up publications. Our hours are generally around 10am-5pm Mon-Fri.
In our Adolescent Provider's Guides we pair an extensive resource directory to local adolescent and young adult services with information on topics important to people who work with youth, such as Medi-Cal, mandatory reporting guidelines, and how to navigate the juvenile justice system. We currently have the 2003-2004 edition for San Francisco County (FREE!!!) as well as our 2006/2007 Alameda County Adolescent Provider's Guide!!!
Walk Like a Warrior: A Young Man's Survival Guide is a comprehensive reality-based publication written by and for young men. This book explores what it means to be a man, how this affects the choices young men make, and their unique needs regarding their health and well-being.
Unfortunately, we have run out of copies of Walk Like a Warrior. We are looking for some funding to reprint the book, so keep checking back for updates.
Back by popular demand, this updated version of The Young Woman's Survival Guide (peep the saucy new cover!) is back in stock and available for purchase! You can order it online at AK Press (recommended), or by mailing in the Publications Order Form with your payment. Keep checking back for an updated list of retailers!
HIFY's current series of pamphlets covers 5 topics in both English and Spanish:
- Know What You Do: Substance Use
- Sabe Lo Que Haces: Consumo De Sustancias
- Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs): What you need to Know
- Infecciones de Transmisión Sexual (ITSS): Lo Que Necesitas Saber
- What's in it for Me? Young Men's Health Exams
- Por Qué Me Conveniene? Citas Médicas Para Muchachos
- What's in it for Me? Young Women's Health Exams
- Por Qué Me Conveniene? Citas Médicas Para Muchachas
- HIV/AIDS: Just the Facts
- El VIH y SIDA: Solo Los Hechos
Our pamphlets are primarily for our workshops and trainings, but you can also find them wherever we table or do outreach. Unfortunately, we don't take orders for our pamphlets, however, you can come into the office and pick a few up! (Depending on availability)
Pretty Girls
Our current zine in production, Pretty Girls reclaims what the word pretty suggests and includes all spectrums of beauty. Pretty Girls is about freedom of expression, empowerment, self-love, strength, celebration, and joy. Pretty girls offers information that will help young women make healthy decisions about their lives and bodies. Pretty Girls celebrates each other’s uniqueness and encourages young women to feel good about who they are.
Vital Signs is written by and for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning youth and their allies. This zine features voices from the community, while providing relevant health information and resources often missing from school textbooks. Vital Signs was discontinued in 2003.
read selections from Vital Signs
Spill is our general youth health zine, tackling a range of health topics through themes such as control, taboos, and rites of passage. Spill was discontinued in 2003.
From 1993 to 2000, we published Reality, a zine by and for HIV+ youth. Building a comunity of those living with HIV, young people came together through its pages to share stories and information, to comfort and inspire each other.
read selections from the Reality archives
In 1998, HIFY published the first ever Thrive Guide, a survival manual for young people newly diagnosed as HIV+. While the treatment information should no longer stand on its own, much of the emotional territory it covers remains starkly relevant.
Bridges, our provider newsletter, was produced from 1995 to 2003. This newsletter blended research-based best practices with provider interviews and highlights of the latest research. Back issues cover HIV, cutting, faith-based sexuality education, mental health for immigrant youth, transgender and intersex youth, positive sexuality, and youth empowerment.