HIV Screening in the Health Care Setting: Status, Barriers, and Potential Solutions

摘要: Thirty years into the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in United States, an estimated 50,000 persons become infected each year: highest rates are black and Hispanic populations men who have sex with men. Testing for HIV has more widespread over time, of testing most affected by HIV. However, approximately 55% adults States never received test. Because individual community benefits treatment HIV, 2006 Centers Disease Control Prevention recommended routine screening infection clinical settings. The adoption this recommendation been gradual owing to a variety issues: lack awareness misconceptions related physicians patients, barriers at facility legislative levels, costs associated testing, conflicting recommendations concerning value screening. Reducing or eliminating these is needed increase implementation settings so that people unrecognized can be identified, linked care, provided improve their health prevent new cases States.