title: A systems approach to improve human immunodeficiency virus screening in sexually active youth in urban academic ambulatory settings.
abstract: The 2006 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention human immunodeficiency virus testing guidelines, coupled with a quality improvement intervention, can increase the number of human immunodeficiency virus tests performed in sexually active youth aged 12 to 21 years. Such focused interventions may be helpful to promote recommended guidelines and can be an innovative approach to screen adolescents in urban primary care settings.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. rarring3@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arrington-Sanders
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ellen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D002648:Child; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult