Voluntary HIV Testing as Part of Routine Medical Care — Massachusetts, 2002

Voluntary HIV Testing as Part of Routine Medical Care — Massachusetts, 2002

In 2003, CDC released Advancing HIV Prevention: New Strategies for a Changing Epidemic. One of the four strategies of this initiative is to expand routine, voluntary human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing. This report describes the results of a state-funded program in Massachusetts that offered...

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Veröffentlicht in:MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2004-06, Vol.53 (24), p.523-526
Hauptverfasser: Walensky, R.P, Freedberg, K.A, Losina, E, Skolnik, P.R, Hall, J.M, Malatesta, L, Barton, G.E, O'Connor, C.A, McGuire, J.F
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
AIDS
AIDS Serodiagnosis
Antibodies
Delivery of Health Care
Disease control
Emergency Service, Hospital
Epidemiology
Health care
HIV
HIV (Viruses)
HIV Infections - epidemiology
HIV Infections - prevention & control
HIV testing
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Mass Screening
Massachusetts - epidemiology
Medical screening
Notifiable diseases
Patient care
Patients
Preventive medicine
Primary health care
Program Evaluation
Public health
Public Health Administration
Voluntary Programs
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Zusammenfassung:In 2003, CDC released Advancing HIV Prevention: New Strategies for a Changing Epidemic. One of the four strategies of this initiative is to expand routine, voluntary human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing. This report describes the results of a state-funded program in Massachusetts that offered HIV counseling, testing, and referral (HIV CTR) to patients entering one of four hospital-associated urgent care centers. Among the 3,068 patients tested, the program identified an HIV seroprevalence of 2.0%. The findings underscore the effectiveness of routine HIV CTR in HIV case identification.
ISSN:0149-2195
1545-861X