Open AccessAssessing Targeted Screening and Low Rates of HIV Testing
Author(s) -
Leigh Kennedy,
Fred M. Gordin,
Virginia L. Kan
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2009.182790
Subject(s) - medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , environmental health , family medicine
We assessed rates of HIV testing based on targeting patients with identified risk factors at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, DC (VAMC-DC), where written informed consent along with pretest and posttest counseling had, until recently, been required by federal law.