Prevention Plan & HIV Testing: What Works?, Slide Show, Dr. David Holtgrave, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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• Testing

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Training Materials, Slides, Pamphlets  

Description

This slide presentation, from a November, 2006 CDC-sponsored health professional convening on expanding options for HIV testing and care, reviews evidence arguing that from an economic perspective, a multi-component, multi-level, evidence-based comprehensive national HIV prevention plan for the United States is urgently need. Holtgrave reasons that such a plan must address not only individual risk behaviors but also structural issues such as homelessness, poverty, social capital and income equality. Moreover, testing efforts must be linked to quality HIV care for people newly identified as HIV positive. His review of the evidence demonstrates that targeted HIVcounseling and testing has substantially more public health benefits than opt-out testing, at the same cost. Dr. David Holgrave is Professor and Chair, Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

 

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Published

2006-November-21