Reducing the Odds: Preventing Perinatal Transmission of HIV in the United States - Hardcover

National Research Council; Board On Children Youth And Families; Institute Of Medicine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0309062861 ISBN 13: 9780309062862

Verlag: NATL ACADEMY PR, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

Thousands of HIV-positive women give birth every year. Further, because many pregnant women are not tested for HIV and therefore do not receive treatment, the number of children born with HIV is still unacceptably high. What can we do to eliminate this tragic and costly inheritance? In response to a congressional request, this book evaluates the extent to which state efforts have been effective in reducing the perinatal transmission of HIV. The committee recommends that testing HIV 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 have an opportunity to refuse the HIV test. This approach could help both reduce the number of pediatric AIDS cases and improve treatment for mothers 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. January

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Michael A. Stoto, Donna A. Almario, and Marie C. McCormick, Editors; Committee on Perinatal Transmission of HIV, Institute of Medicine, and Board on Children, Youth, and Families, National Research Council

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: NATL ACADEMY PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0309062861
• ISBN 13: 9780309062862
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 416
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