Program and policy interventions for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in New York State

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 492-504

  Birkhead, Guthrie S ^a,b   Klein, Susan J ^a   Warren, Barbara L ^a   Candelas, Alma R ^a   O'Connell, Daniel A ^a   Scully, Mona A ^a   Cotroneo, Richard A ^a   Cruz, Humberto ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; perinatal transmission; planning; policy; prevention; public health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; COUNSELING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MASS SCREENING; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; NEW YORK; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 78049474956     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181ee9b11     Document Type: Article

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