HIV/AIDS (Screening)

Researchers Develop HIV Risk Screening Instrument

Published in AIDS Weekly, September 21st, 1998

University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) researchers have developed and tested a questionnaire designed to help health care providers identify patients at risk of contracting HIV and target prevention counseling at patients engaging in risky behavior.

Having such a tool is an important step in making the prevention and treatment of HIV a more common topic of discussion between health care providers and patients, researchers said. It is essential, they said, that health care providers more aggressively act to prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS, which is the third leading cause of death of 25- to 44-year-old men and women.

"Doctors don't ask...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (1998-09-21)

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