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    • Community Narcan Training
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    • Fee Schedule and Forms for Environmental Health Services
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    • Food Establishment Licensing: Restaurants, Grocery and Convenience Stores, Bars/Taverns, Food Packagers, Bakeries, Meat Markets and Produce Growers
    • Food Safety for Food Service Employees/Certified Food Protection Manager
    • Group Homes
    • Hazardous / Solid Waste
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    • Microblading
    • Nuisances
    • Public Health & Safety
    • Public Portal for Viewing FDHU Inspections of Licensed Establishments
    • Recycling
    • Schools
    • Septic Systems (Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems)
      • Components of a Septic System
      • Homeowner Resources
      • Sewer Contractor Resources
    • Swimming Pool and Spa Rules and Regulations
    • Tanning Regulations
    • Tattooing, Piercing and Permanent Make-Up/Cosmetic Tattooing
    • Water Analysis
    • What to Do After Being Flooded
  • Family Planning Program and Sexual Health
    • Family Planning Program
      • Family Planning Clinic Appointment Forms
    • HIV/AIDS
    • Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)
  • Immunizations
    • Immunization Information For Adult & Children
    • Immunization Records
    • Vaccine Consent Forms
  • Children (Newborn to 18)
    • Car Seats
      • Car Seat Distribution Program
      • Car Seat Resources
      • Child Car Seat Checks
      • Choosing a Car Seat
      • ND Child Passenger Safety Law
    • Farm Safety 4 Just Kids
    • High Priority Infant (HPI)
    • ND Health Tracks
    • Optimal Pregnancy Outcome Program (OPOP)
      • Baby & Me - Tobacco Free
    • Resources for Parents
    • School Health Nursing
    • Women, Infants, & Children (WIC)
  • WIC and Nutrition
    • Minot Area Team Wellness
      • Moving More Eating Smarter Wellness Award
    • Women, Infants, & Children (WIC)
  • Senior Citizens
    • Adult Health Promotion
  • Women's Health
    • Family Planning Program
      • Family Planning Clinic Appointment Forms
    • Optimal Pregnancy Outcome Program (OPOP)
      • Baby & Me - Tobacco Free
    • Pregnancy Testing
    • Women's Way
    • Women, Infants, & Children (WIC)
  • Tobacco Programs and Resources
    • Local Community Partnerships
    • North Dakota's Smoke-Free Law
    • Quitting Tobacco
      • Baby & Me - Tobacco Free
      • KickStart
      • KICKSTART V - ESCAPE THE VAPE
    • School Tobacco Policy and Resources
    • Special Resources for Pregnant Women
    • Tobacco Industry and Marketing Tactics
    • Tobacco Prevention Resources
    • Tobacco Resources for Medical Providers
    • Youth and Tobacco
  • HIV/AIDS, STDs, and TB
    • HIV/AIDS
    • Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)
    • Tuberculosis (TB)
  • Monthly Newsletters, Education, Resources, and Tips for Healthy Living
    • Education and Resources for Healthy Living
    • Minot Community Resource Guide
    • Newsletter- Your First Step Into Health
    • Resources for Parents
  • Emergency Response
    • Disaster Preparedness at Home
      • Home Emergency Kit Information
    • Emergency Response Preparedness
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HIV/AIDS

HIV

First District Health Unit's Minot office offers free HIV testing for people with certain risk factors.  You must have an appointment for an HIV test.  When you arrive for the appointment, a nurse will visit with you first, and then administer the test. The test is done by collecting a small amount of blood from the finger.  The results are available in about 15 minutes.

A test for HIV detects the presence of antibodies to the HIV virus. This is NOT a test for AIDS. The test does not tell you if you have AIDS; it does show if you have been infected with the virus which can cause AIDS.

A negative test result means that no HIV antibodies have been found in your blood because a) you have not been infected with the virus, or b) you are infected, but your body has not yet produced enough antibodies to result in a positive test. Antibodies may not develop for several weeks. You can still pass the infection on to others. A positive test result means HIV antibodies have been found in your blood. You have been infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. You can pass the virus to other people during vaginal, anal, or oral sex, or while sharing drug needles. If you are pregnant or become pregnant, you could pass the virus on to your baby. 

HIV infection doesn't just happen. You can't catch it like a cold or the flu. You won't get it through everyday contact with infected people at work, school, home or anywhere else. You get HIV by exposure to infected blood, semen, or vaginal fluids from another person. Once is all it takes!

If you answer "yes" to any of the following you should be tested:                  

Have you ever had unprotected sex (anal, vaginal, or oral) with a man or woman who:

  • You know was infected with HIV?
  • Injects or has injected drugs?
  • Shared needles with someone who was infected?
  • Had multiple sex partners?
  • You normally wouldn't have sex with?
  • Have you ever used needles or syringes that were used by anyone before you?
  • Have you ever given or received sex for drugs or money?
  • Did you or any of your partners receive treatment for hemophilia or have a blood transfusion or organ transplant from 1978 through 1985?

You can find more information on the North Dakota Department of Health's HIV/Aids webpage.

 


 


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