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Reducing the Odds: Preventing Perinatal Transmission of HIV in the United States (1999)
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. "A Committee and Staff Biographies." Reducing the Odds: Preventing Perinatal Transmission of HIV in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1999.

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Health Effects of Herbicides Used in Vietnam; HIV and the Blood Supply: An Analysis of Crisis Decision making; Healthy Communities: New Directions for the Future of Public Health; and Improving Health in the Community: A Role for Performance Monitoring. Dr. Stoto received an A.B. in statistics from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in statistics and demography from Harvard University, and was formerly an associate professor of public policy at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is an adjunct associate professor of biostatistics at the Harvard School of Public Health and, at the completion of the perinatal transmission project, will become professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatisics at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services.

Donna A. Almario, B.A., is the project and research assistant on the perinatal transmission of HIV study. Ms. Almario joined the Division of Health Promotion and Disease prevention in October 1997. Prior to joining the Institute of Medicine, she worked as a research assistant studying breast cancer at Georgetown University Medical Center's Lombardi Cancer Center. Ms. Almario graduated from Vassar College with a biopsychology degree in May 1996.

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Front Matter (R1-R16)
Executive Summary (1-14)
1 Introduction (15-20)
2 Public Health Screening Programs (21-35)
3 Descriptive Epidemiology of the Perinatal Transmission of HIV (36-44)
4 Natural History, Detection, and Treatment of HIV Infection in Pregnant Women and Newborns (45-53)
5 Context of Services for Women and Children Affected by HIV/AIDS (54-67)
6 Implementation and Impact of the Public Health Service Counseling and Testing Guidelines (68-108)
7 Recommendations (109-133)
References (134-144)
Appendixes (145-146)
A Committee and Staff Biographies (147-154)
B Context of Services for Women and Children Affected by HIV/AIDS (155-189)
C Workshop I Summary (190-202)
D Workshop II Summary (203-235)
E New York/New Jersey Site Visit Summary (236-251)
F Alabama Site Visit Summary (252-259)
G South Texas Site Visit Summary (260-270)
H Florida Conference Summary (271-274)
I HIV Testing and Perinatal Transmission: Thoughts from an HIV-Positive Mother (275-285)
J Human Immunodeficiency Virus Antibody Testing Among Women 15-44: Results from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth (286-303)
K Details of the Committee's Models and Assumptions (304-312)
L Passing the Test: New York's Newborn HIV Testing Policy, 1987-1997 (313-340)
M Excerpts from the Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 1996 (341-346)
N 1995 U.S. Public Health Service Recommendations for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Counseling and Testing for Pregnant Women (347-371)
O Acronyms and Glossary (372-376)
Index (377-397)