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1 Introduction
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In the quest for sound, reasonable HIV screening policy for pregnant women and newborns, the committee sought instruction from past experience with mass screening programs (see the discussion Principles and Pitfalls of Mass Population Screening" in the conference summary in AppendK A)
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As part of its assessment, the committee reviewed extant HIV testing recommendations (CDC, 1987a; American Academy of Pediatrics, Task Force on Pediatric AIDS, 1988; American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1988; American Medical Association, 1989) for pregnant women with identified risk factors for infection.
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Chapter 7 lays out the specific components (e.g., education and counseling, partner involvement and notification, services infrastructure for HIV-infected women and children, health care provider education and training, laboratory capacity, and program evaluation) of a prenatal HIV screening program that should be considered before screening is initiated.
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