title: HIV preventive medicine services and public health interventions: the Bethesda experience.
abstract: A basic Public Health approach to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic has been considered by many to be the most appropriate initial strategy against the spread of this infection. Comprehensive Preventive Medicine services were implemented at Naval Hospital Bethesda, which utilized a sexually transmitted disease (STD) model and included: counseling and education; sexual contact interviews and spouse evaluations; Blood Bank Look Back tracking of donated blood; reporting of notifiable diseases; and screening of transfusion recipients, STD cases, and other at-risk populations. This coordinated approach is highly efficient and capable of evaluating the increasing numbers of HIV-positive individuals.
authors.affiliation: Occupational Health and Preventive Medicine Department, Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: F D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Daniell
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Skelly
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Slifer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McLean
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008889:Military Personnel; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011314:Preventive Health Services; D011634:Public Health; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States