A collaborative program between a school of public health and a local health department to increase HIV testing of pregnant women

Public Health Reports

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 585-589

  Grimes, Richard M ^a   Courtney, Cathy C ^b   Vindekilde, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b City of Houston Health and Human Services Department   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0035522343     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3549(04)50091-2     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Reduction of maternal-infant transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 with zidovudine treatment
2. Risk of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 transmission through breastfeeding
3. Obstetrical factors and the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 from mother to child: The Women and Infants Transmission Study
4. U.S Public Health Service recommendations for human immunodeficiency virus counseling and voluntary testing for pregnant women
5. Legal considerations in screening pregnant women for human immunodeficiency virus
6. Collaboration between health departments and schools of public health to improve STD/HIV education, testing and counseling
7. For children's sake: New law mandates testing of pregnant patients
8. Training of obstetrical nurses and utilization of the HIV test in pregnancy at a managed care organization