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HIV Screening of Pregnant Women and Newborns

By: Institute of Medicine,Committee on Prenatal and Newborn Screening for HIV Infection

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HIV Screening of Pregnant Women and Newborns

By: Institute of Medicine,Committee on Prenatal and Newborn Screening for HIV Infection

Proposals for screening pregnant women and newborns for HIV infection have provoked much controversy. This volume analyzes the possible goals of such screening programs and assesses whether these goals can currently be achieved. It also provides guidance to policymakers in developing and implementing sound screening policy.

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0309044286

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9780309044288

Reducing the Odds

Preventing Perinatal Transmission of HIV in the United States

By: National Research Council,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Institute of Medicine,Committee on Perinatal Transmission of HIV

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Preventing Perinatal Transmission of HIV in the United States

By: National Research Council,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Institute of Medicine,Committee on Perinatal Transmission of HIV

Thousands of HIV-positive women give birth every year. Further, because many pregnant women are not tested for HIV and therefore do not receive treatment, the number of children born with HIV is still unacceptably high. What can we do to eliminate this tragic and costly inheritance? In response to a congressional request, this book evaluates the extent to which state efforts have been effective in reducing the perinatal transmission of HIV. The committee recommends that testing HIV be a routine part of prenatal care, and that health care providers notify women that HIV testing is part of the usual array of prenatal tests and that they have an opportunity to refuse the HIV test. This approach could help both reduce the number of pediatric AIDS cases and improve treatment for mothers with AIDS. Reducing the Odds will be of special interest to federal, state, and local health policymakers, prenatal care providers, maternal and child health specialists, public health practitioners, and advocates for HIV/AIDS patients. January

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0309062861

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Preventing Perinatal Transmission of HIV in the United States

By: National Research Council,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Institute of Medicine,Committee on Perinatal Transmission of HIV

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Preventing Perinatal Transmission of HIV in the United States

By: National Research Council,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Institute of Medicine,Committee on Perinatal Transmission of HIV

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Immunization Safety Review

Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine and Autism

By: Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Immunization Safety Review Committee

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Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine and Autism

By: Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Immunization Safety Review Committee

Immunization is widely regarded as one of the most effective and beneficial tools for protecting the public's health. In the United States, immunization programs have resulted in the eradication of smallpox, the elimination of polio, and the control and near elimination of once-common, often debilitating and potentially life-threatening diseases, including measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, and Haemophilus influenza type b. Along with the benefits of widespread immunization, however, have come concerns about the safety of vaccines. No vaccine is perfectly safe or effective, and vaccines may lead to serious adverse effects in some instances. Furthermore, if a serious illness is observed after vaccination, it is often unclear whether that sequence is coincidental or causal, and it can be difficult to determine the true nature of the relationship, if any, between the vaccination and the illness. Ironically, the successes of vaccine coverage in the United States have made it more difficult for the public to weigh the benefits and complications of vaccines because the now-controlled diseases and their often-serious risks are no longer familiar. However, because vaccines are so widely used-and because state laws require that children be vaccinated before entering daycare and school, in part to protect others-it is essential that safety concerns be fully and carefully studied. Immunization Safety Review: Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine and Autism, the first of a series from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Immunization Safety Review Committee, presents an assessment of the evidence regarding a hypothesized causal association between the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism, an assessment of the broader significance for society of the issues surrounding the MMR-autism hypothesis, and the committee's conclusions and recommendations based on those assessments.

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0309074479

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HIV Screening of Pregnant Women and Newborns

By: Institute of Medicine,Committee on Prenatal and Newborn Screening for HIV Infection

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Who Will Keep the Public Healthy?

Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century

By: Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Committee on Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century

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Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century

By: Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Committee on Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century

Bioterrorism, drug-resistant disease, transmission of disease by global travel . . . there's no shortage of challenges facing America's public health officials. Men and women preparing to enter the field require state-of-the-art training to meet these increasing threats to the public health. But are the programs they rely on provide the high caliber professional training they require? Who Will Keep the Public Healthy? provides an overview of the past, present, and future of public health education, assessing its readiness to provide the training and education needed to prepare men and women to face 21st century challenges. Advocating an ecological approach to public health, the Institute of Medicine examines the role of public health schools and degree-granting programs, medical schools, nursing schools, and government agencies, as well as other institutions that foster public health education and leadership. Specific recommendations address the content of public health education, qualifications for faculty, availability of supervised practice, opportunities for cross-disciplinary research and education, cooperation with government agencies, and government funding for education. Eight areas of critical importance to public health education in the 21st century are examined in depth: informatics, genomics, communication, cultural competence, community-based participatory research, global health, policy and law, and public health ethics. The book also includes a discussion of the policy implications of its ecological framework.

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HIV Screening of Pregnant Women and Newborns

HIV Screening of Pregnant Women and Newborns

Reducing the Odds

Reducing the Odds

Reducing the Odds

Reducing the Odds

Immunization Safety Review

Immunization Safety Review

HIV Screening of Pregnant Women and Newborns

HIV Screening of Pregnant Women and Newborns

Who Will Keep the Public Healthy?

Who Will Keep the Public Healthy?

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