Reducing the Odds

Michael A. Stoto, Donna A. Almario, and Marie C. McCormick, Editors; Committee on Perinatal Transmission of HIV, Institute of Medicine, and Board on Children, Youth, and Families, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 Public Health Screening Programs; 5 3 Descriptive Epidemiology of the Perinatal Transmission of HIV; 6 4 Natural History, Detection, and Treatment of HIV Infection in Pregnant Women and Newborns; 7 5 Context of Services for Women and Children Affected by HIV/AIDS; 8 6 Implementation and Impact of the Public Health Service Counseling and Testing Guidelines; 9 7 Recommendations; 10 References; 11 Appendixes; 12 A Committee and Staff Biographies; 13 B Context of Services for Women and Children Affected by HIV/AIDS; 14 C Workshop I Summary; 15 D Workshop II Summary; 16 E New York/New Jersey Site Visit Summary; 17 F Alabama Site Visit Summary; 18 G South Texas Site Visit Summary; 19 H Florida Conference Summary; 20 I HIV Testing and Perinatal Transmission: Thoughts from an HIV-Positive Mother; 21 J Human Immunodeficiency Virus Antibody Testing Among Women 15-44: Results from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth; 22 K Details of the Committee's Models and Assumptions; 23 L Passing the Test: New York's Newborn HIV Testing Policy, 1987-1997; 24 M Excerpts from the Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 1996; 25 N 1995 U.S. Public Health Service Recommendations for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Counseling and Testing for Pregnant Women; 26 O Acronyms and Glossary; 27 Index