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19 HIV Infection and AIDS
Pages 153-158

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... EDUCATION, TESTING, AND COUNSELING Many witnesses stressed that education and other prevention activities must be tailored to specific target groups: no single approach can reach IV drug users, homosexual/bisexual men, prison inmates, childbearing women, health professionals, minorities, or others at increased risk. Even within these groups, many subgroups exist arid require special attention.
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From page 154...
... (~138,} Although most witnesses did not include mandatory partner notification in the preventive strategies proposed - ue to difficult in obtaining names, the cost of tracing contacts, and possible negative reaction to a mandatory effort (#787~olunta~y identification of partners by HIV-infected individuals was seen as a valid and important objective. SPECIAL POPULATIONS Many witnesses addressed education, testing, and counseling needs in the context of specific target populations at risk.
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From page 155...
... In some testimony, witnesses addressed the need for broad-based education about all sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS. The American School Health Association, for instance, suggests that current federal funding for AIDS education be used for a broader program aimed at all sexually transmitted diseases; that testimony is summarized in Chapter 20.
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From page 156...
... (#609) Other techniques suggested for reaching IV drug users included making HIV prevention education and testing available 156 Healthy People 2000: Citizens Chart the Course routinely in all drug and alcohol treatment clinics, as well as in STD clinics (#591~; providing sterile ~works" to all users (~787~; and encouraging "selforganizations" among IV drug users akin to those among gays (~787~.
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From page 157...
... 6. Lambert B: "One in 61 babies in New York City has AIDS antibodies study sassy New York Times: At, January 13, 19~ TESTIFIERS CITED IN CHAPTER 19 020 Bernstein, Robert; Texas Department of Health 093 Heckmann, Glenn; Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles 095 Hendee, William; American Medical Association 138 215 Turnock, Bernard; Illinois Department of Public Health 252 Jackson, Rudolph; Morehouse School of Medicine 273 DiClemente, Ralph; University of California, San Francisco 286 Evans, Caswell; Los Angeles County Department of Health Services 376 Judson, Franklyn; Denver Public Health Department 437 Joseph, Stephen; New York City Department of Health Mahan, Charles; Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services HIV Infection and AIDS 157
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... J.; Brown University 792 Freeman, Howard; University of California, Los Angeles 803 Clever, Linda Hawes; Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center (San Francisco) 158 Healthy People 2000: Citizens Chart the Course
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