Collaboration for the integration of HIV prevention at Title X family planning service delivery sites.
Since 2001, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Family Planning (OFP), in collaboration with the Minority AIDS Initiative, has provided supplemental grant funds to Title X-funded family planning service delivery sites to expand the availability of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention services. This work has resulted in three major outcomes: (1) increased institutional capacity for the delivery of HIV-prevention services at Title X family planning service delivery sites, (2) the successful implementation of HIV-prevention services at these sites, and (3) the identification of HIV-positive individuals who were referred to care services. These efforts resulted in a total of 539,667 unduplicated individuals being tested for HIV. These tests resulted in the identification of 1,692 HIV-positive individuals who otherwise may not have been tested for HIV. More than 85% of the HIV-positive cases were detected among clients who self-identified as members of racial/ethnic minority groups. The integration of HIV-prevention services is a feasible and effective strategy for detecting HIV infection among women, including women in racial/ethnic minority groups.
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Nhan T
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Office of Family Planning, Office of Population Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1101 Wootton Pkwy., Ste. 700, Rockville, MD 21852, USA.
Hallerdin
Jule M
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Flowers-Maple
Charon
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Moskosky
Susan B
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D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014492:United States Public Health Service / Q000191:economics; D055815:Young Adult
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