Author: Committee on Perinatal Transmission of HIVInstitu
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: hiv, united, states, transmission, perinatal, odds, preventing, reducing
Number of Pages: 397
Published: 1999-02-15
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0309062861
ISBN-13: 9780309062862

Thousands of HIV-positive women give birth every year to HIV-positive infants. What can we do to eliminate this tragic and costly inheritance? This study evaluates the extent to which state efforts have been effective in reducing the perinatal transmission of HIV. The committee recommends that testing for HIV be a routine part of prenatal care and that health care providers notify women that HIV testing is part of the usual array of prenatal tests and that they have an opportunity to refuse.

Author: Committee on Injury Prevention and ControlInstitu
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: prevention, treatment, advancing, injury, burden, reducing
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 1998-12-21
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0309065666
ISBN-13: 9780309065665

Despite great strides in injury prevention over the decades, injuries result in 150,000 deaths, 2.6 million hospitalizations, and 36 million visits to the emergency room each year. This book describes the cost and magnitude of the injury problem in America and looks critically at the current response by the public and private sectors, including data and surveillance needs, research priorities, trauma care systems development, infrastructure support and training, firearms safety, and coordination among federal agencies.