Background: Mandatory reporting of HIV infection to public health authorities, although now
common, may deter people from undergoing testing. We examined HIV testing frequency in …

Since 1994, the availability of increasingly effective antiretroviral drugs for both the
prevention of perinatal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission and maternal …

© 2003 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors were tested in 2000. 4 In this issue
(see page 679) Gayatri Jayaraman and colleagues24 report that, in Alberta, only 4.7% of …

OBJECTIVES: We determined rates of prenatal HIV testing and investigated barriers to
testing. METHODS: We surveyed 1362 representative parturient women from 7 hospitals in …

Background Despite increasing advocacy for an “opt-out” strategy in routine prenatal HIV
screening programs in Canada, no published studies have examined factors that may affect …

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of a change in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing
policy on HIV testing rates in an urban maternity clinic population. METHODS Since 1995 …

Abstract Background The UK Department of Health recommends that all pregnant women
are offered screening for infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and had …

Abstract The 1995 United States Public Health Service (USPHS) recommendation regarding
HIV testing for pregnant women was revised in 2003 calling for routine HIV testing for …

It is recommended that all pregnant women in the US receive an HIV test as early as
possible during prenatal care to allow HIV-infected women to begin receiving anti-retroviral …

In 1999, Ontario implemented a policy to offer HIV counseling and testing to all pregnant
women and undertook measures to increase HIV testing. We evaluated the effectiveness of …