Document 0669
 DOCN  M95A0669
 TI    Public health clinics do better than doctors in HIV counseling.
 DT    9510
 SO    AIDS Policy Law. 1995 Apr 7;10(6):9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       AIDS/95700291
 AB    A national study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and
       Prevention (CDC) suggests that public health clinics are doing a better
       job than private physicians in educating Americans about preventing the
       spread of HIV. Random phone calls to 84,039 adults in 49 states and the
       District of Columbia show that nearly twice as many people were
       counseled on HIV prevention in public health clinics compared with
       private doctors. Nationwide, less than 10 percent of adults sought HIV
       testing for diagnostic reasons; and 24 percent tested at least once due
       to some outside requirement. The proportion of people seeking testing
       for diagnostic purposes varied state to state with a low of 4.1 percent
       in Maine and South Dakota to a high of 16.9 percent in theDistrict of
       Columbia. Reasons for testing generally centered around the amount of
       perceived vulnerability, the presence and impact of AIDS prevention
       programs in their states, and the relative age of the state's
       population. The proportion of private sites providing counseling ranged
       from 7.7 percent in Kentucky to77.3 percent in Oklahoma. The proportion
       of people receiving counseling in public sites ranged from 30.8 percent
       in New Jerseyto 93.3 percent in Maine.
 DE    Adult  Community Mental Health Centers/*STANDARDS  *Counseling  HIV
       Infections/DIAGNOSIS/*PSYCHOLOGY  Health Maintenance Organizations
       Hospitals  Human  Physicians  NEWSLETTER ARTICLE

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