Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Screening for Incarcerated Pregnant Women
Resch S, Altice FL, Paltiel AD. Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Screening for Incarcerated Pregnant Women. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2005, 38: 163-173. PMID: 15671801, DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000146598.40301.e6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric HIV casesPregnant womenIncarcerated pregnant womenAntiretroviral therapyHIV casesPediatric HIV infectionChild HIV transmissionHIV voluntary counselingHigh-risk populationRate of infectionDecision analytic modelHealth care expendituresHIV screeningHIV infectionVoluntary counselingHIV statusNewborn testingHIV transmissionHIV preventionPrison entrantsNew infectionsHIVTreatment resourcesNewborn screeningCorrectional facilitiesAttitudes toward and beliefs about prenatal HIV testing policies and mandatory HIV testing of newborns among drug users.
Fielder O, Altice FL. Attitudes toward and beliefs about prenatal HIV testing policies and mandatory HIV testing of newborns among drug users. AIDS & Public Policy Journal 2005, 20: 74-91. PMID: 17624031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV testingLongitudinal cohort studyMandatory HIV testingPregnant womenDrug usersCohort studyMandatory testingCertain races/ethnicitiesPerinatal HIV testingPrior HIV testingHigh-risk womenHIV testing policiesHealthcare systemActive drug usersMajority of subjectsFocus groupsStructured interviewsRace/ethnicityRespondent-driven samplingHIV statusBaby's healthAdverse outcomesPrenatal careSuboptimal careHealth beliefs