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Reducing the odds preventing perinatal transmission of HIV in the United States
Title
Reducing the odds [electronic resource] : preventing perinatal transmission of HIV in the United States / Michael A. Stoto, Donna A. Almario, and Marie C. McCormick, editors ; Committee on Perinatal Transmission of HIV, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine, and Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Institute of Medicine.
ISBN
0585047332 (electronic bk.)
9780585047331 (electronic bk.)
0309062861
9780309062862
0309062861
Published
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 397 p.) : ill.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
Summary
In response to a congressional request, this report evaluates state efforts to reduce perinatal transmission of HIV. The committee recommends that HIV testing be a routine part of prenatal care, and that health care providers notify women that HIV testing is part of the usual array of prenatal tests and that they can refuse the HIV test. This approach could help both reduce the number of pediatric AIDS cases and improve treatment for mother with AIDS.
Reducing the Odds will be of special interest to federal, state, and local health policymakers, prenatal care providers, maternal and child health specialists, public health practitioners, and advocates for HIV/AIDS patients.
Variant and related titles
National Academies Press.
Other formats
Print version: Reducing the odds. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 23, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Public Health Screening Programs
3. Descriptive Epidemiology of the Perinatal Transmission of HIV
4. Natural History, Detection, and Treatment of HIV Infection in Pregnant Women and Newborns
5. Context of Services for Women and Children Affected by HIV/AIDS
6. Implementation and Impact of the Public Health Service Counseling and Testing Guidelines
7. Recommendations
App. A. Committee and Staff Biographies
App. B. Context of Services for Women and Children Affected by HIV/AIDS
App. C. Workshop I Summary
App. D. Workshop II Summary
App. E. New York/New Jersey Site Visit Summary
App. F. Alabama Site Visit Summary
App. G. South Texas Site Visit Summary
App. H. Florida Conference Summary
App. I. HIV Testing and Perinatal Transmission: Thoughts from an HIV-Positive Mother
App. J. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Antibody Testing Among Women 15-44: Results from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth.
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
HIV Infections - prevention and control - United States.
HIV Infections - United States.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - prevention & control - United States.
Disease Transmission, Vertical - prevention & control - United States.
Mass Screening - United States.
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - prevention & control - United States.
Pregnancy Complications, Infections - prevention & control - United States.
Prenatal Diagnosis - United States.
HIV Infections - transmission.
Pregnancy - United States.
Also listed under
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Perinatal Transmission of HIV.
National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Children, Youth, and Families.
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