Document 0693
 DOCN  M95A0693
 TI    Framework for counseling pregnant women presented. 
 DT    9510
 SO    AIDS Alert. 1995 Apr;10(4):57-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       AIDS/95700228
 AB    At a recent conference, the Health Resources and Services Administration
       (HRSA) presented guidelines on how health care providers can implement
       guidelines for counseling and testing of all pregnant women. At the
       February, 1995, national meeting in Washington, D.C. on women and HIV,
       sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, HRSA officials told
       providers: all settings that provide care to pregnant women should
       provide voluntary HIV counseling and testing on site; follow-up care for
       all people with HIV should be provided at counseling and testing sites
       or by referral; all pregnant women with HIV should be given information
       on the benefits and potential risks of zidovudine (AZT, Retrovir); AZT
       should be made available either on site or by referral; follow-up care
       should be included; caregivers must be sensitive to the high level of
       distrust and fear that many racial/ethnic-minority people have toward
       health care providers and experimental protocols; training should be
       provided for health care workers in HIV counseling and testing, and
       diagnosis and management of HIV in women. HRSA will provide technical
       assistance, training materials, and other resources to assist providers
       with implementation of the counseling and testing guidelines.
 DE    *Counseling  Female  Guidelines  HIV Infections/*DIAGNOSIS  Health
       Services  Human  Pregnancy  *Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
       *Women's Health  NEWSLETTER ARTICLE

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