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Reducing the Odds: Preventing Perinatal Transmission of HIV in the United States (1999)
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Committee On Perinatal Transmission Of HIV

Marie McCormick, M.D., Sc.D. (Chair), * Professor and Chair,

Department of Maternal and Child Health, Harvard School of Public Health

Ezra Davidson, Jr., M.D. (Vice Chair), * Associate Dean, Primary Care, and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology,

Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science

Fred Battaglia, M.D., * Professor of Pediatrics and of Obstetrics and Gynecology,

Division of Perinatal Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Ronald Brookmeyer, Ph.D., Professor of Biostatistics,

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Deborah Cotton, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Medicine and Public Health; Director,

Office of Clinical Research; and Assistant Provost of the Boston University Medical Center

Susan Cu-Uvin, M.D., Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology,

The Miriam Hospital, Brown University

Nancy Kass, Sc.D., Associate Professor and Director,

Program in Law, Ethics, and Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Patricia King, J.D., * Professor of Law,

Medicine, Ethics, and Public Policy, Georgetown University Law Center

Lorraine Klerman, Dr.P.H., Professor,

Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Katherine Ruiz de Luzuriaga, M.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics,

University of Massachusetts Medical School

Ellen Mangione, M.D., M.P.H., Director,

Disease Control and Environmental Epidemiology Division, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver

Douglas Morgan, M.P.A., ** Assistant Commissioner,

Division of AIDS Prevention and Control, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Trenton

Stephen Thomas, Ph.D., Director,

Institute for Minority Health Research, and

Associate Professor of Community Health,

Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Sten Vermund, M.D., Ph.D., Professor,

Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Institute of Medicine member.

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Resigned April 1998, upon appointment to the Division of Service Systems, HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration.

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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)