UID:
edocfu_9958103118702883
Format:
1 online resource (146 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-21180-6
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9786610211807
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0-309-56509-X
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0-585-15564-X
Content:
Proposals for screening pregnant women and newborns for HIV infection have provoked much controversy. This volume analyzes the possible goals of such screening programs and assesses whether these goals can be achieved. It also provides guidance to policymakers in developing and implementing sound screening policy.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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HIV Screening of Pregnant Women and Newborns -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 DESCRIBING THE EPIDEMIC OF HIV INFECTION AND AIDS AMONG WOMENAND CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES -- EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HIV INFECTION AND AIDS AMONG WOMEN -- EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HIV INFECTION AND AIDS AMONG CHILDREN -- 3 SCREENING FOR HIV INFECTION -- TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A SCREENING TEST AND THE HIV TESTING ALGORITHM -- FORMAT OF A SCREENING PROGRAM -- 4 NEWBORN SCREENING FOR HIV INFECTION -- EARLY THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION FOR ASYMPTOMATIC HIV-INFECTED CHILDREN -- LIMITATIONS IN HIV DIAGNOSTIC TECHNOLOGY FOR INFANTS -- AGGRESSIVE MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF HIV-SEROPOSITIVE INFANTS -- OTHER CONSIDERATIONS FOR NEWBORN HIV SCREENING -- REEVALUATING NEWBORN HIV SCREENING POLICY -- 5 PRENATAL SCREENING FOR HIV INFECTION -- EFFECTS ON VERTICAL HIV TRANSMISSION -- EFFECTS ON HORIZONTAL HIV TRANSMISSION -- INFORMED REPRODUCTIVE DECISION MAKING -- EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF HIV INFECTION AND THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION DURING PREGNANCY -- ADDITIONAL BENEFITS OF PRENATAL HIV SCREENING -- UNIVERSAL VERSUS SELECTIVE PRENATAL HIV SCREENING -- 6 FORMULATING PRENATAL HIV SCREENING POLICY -- ESTABLISHING AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL BASIS FOR PRENATAL SCREENING -- PILOT STUDIES OF NEW SCREENING PROGRAMS -- IMPLEMENTATION OF PRENATAL HIV SCREENING POLICY -- 7 ELEMENTS OF A PRENATAL HIV SCREENING PROGRAM -- EDUCATION AND COUNSELING -- PARTNER INVOLVEMENT -- CONFIDENTIALITY -- PARTNER NOTIFICATION -- SERVICES FOR HIV-INFECTED WOMEN AND CHILDREN -- HEALTH CARE PROVIDER EDUCATION AND TRAINING -- LABORATORY SERVICES -- PROGRAM EVALUATION -- References -- APPENDIX A THE CONFERENCE: PROGRAM AND SUMMARY -- CONFERENCE PROGRAM -- CONFERENCE SUMMARY PRENATAL AND NEWBORN SCREENING FOR HIV INFECTION:OPPORTUNITIES FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT?.
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HIV INFECTION AND AIDS IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT -- HIV Diagnostic Technology -- Medical Management and Treatment of HIV Infection in Children -- Medical Management of HIV-Infected Pregnant Women -- PRINCIPLES AND PITFALLS OF MASS POPULATION SCREENING -- WHO SHOULD BE SCREENED? -- CONSENT AND COUNSELING -- HIV SCREENING POLICY IMPLEMENTATION -- ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS IN SCREENING FOR PERINATAL HIV INFECTION -- Current Costs of Pediatric AIDS Care -- Developing Early Medical Intervention Services for HIV-Infected Children -- Paying for Services for HIV-Infected Children -- EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HIV SCREENING -- Methodological Issues in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Prenatal and Newborn HIV Screening -- A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Prenatal HIV Screening -- Program Design and Evaluation -- THE ADVOCATES' VOICES: THOUGHTS ON PRENATAL AND NEWBORN HIV SCREENING -- HIV SCREENING: ARE HUMAN RIGHTS THREATENED? -- APPENDIX B COST AND PROBABILITY ASSUMPTIONS USED IN COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF PRENATAL HIV SCREENING -- COST ASSUMPTIONS -- PROBABILITY ASSUMPTIONS -- APPENDIX C COST ESTIMATES: EARLY INTERVENTION FOR HIV INFECTION -- PART 1: -- Counseling and Testing -- Medical Surveillance, Prophylaxis, and Treatment -- PART 2: -- APPENDIX D COMMITTEE BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-309-07861-X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-309-04428-6
Language:
English
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