HIV screening and access to care : exploring barriers and facilitators to expanded HIV testing /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate author / creator:	Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on HIV Screening and Access to Care.
Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 80 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	HIV-positive persons -- Care -- Government policy -- United States. HIV-positive persons -- Counseling of -- United States. HIV infections -- United States. AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Counseling of -- United States. HIV Infections -- diagnosis. HIV Infections -- prevention & control. HIV Infections -- therapy. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- diagnosis. Health Services Accessibility. AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Counseling of. HIV infections. HIV-positive persons -- Care -- Government policy. HIV-positive persons -- Counseling of. United States. United States.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11245257

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Other authors / contributors:	Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice.
ISBN:	9780309156622 0309156629 0309156610 9780309156615
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-55).
Summary:	"More than 200,000 people in the United States living with HIV/AIDS do not know they are infected. The Institute of Medicine's Committee on HIV Screening and Access to Care held a workshop and reviewed literature to explore barriers and facilitators to more widespread HIV testing. This book contains the committee's conclusions."--Publisher's description.
Other form:	Print version: HIV screening and access to care. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2010 9780309156615 0309156610

Table of Contents:

Background
CDC revised HIV testing guidelines
Public workshop and literature review
Laws, health coverage policies, and other policies that impede HIV testing
Methods and policies to increase HIV testing and identification of HIV positive individuals
Impact of opt-out HIV testing
Closing remarks
References
Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Speakers
Appendix C: Workshop Agenda
Appendix D: Workshop Attendees.

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