| hiv prevalence in a midwestern emergency department. | to determine the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) seropositivity of patients 15 years of age and older in our emergency department. | 1991 | 1996821 |
| human immunodeficiency virus in minnesota. 1988 statewide hiv risk-reduction and disease-prevention plan. | | 1988 | 3405169 |
| hiv antibody testing: the gap between policy and practice. | in response to recent laws regulating human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) antibody testing practices in all federal hospitals, our university-affiliated veterans affairs hospital instituted several interventions designed to increase appropriate testing. specific hospital policy requiring restriction of testing to high-risk individuals, provision of pre- and posttest counseling, and documentation of written consent was instituted. in addition, an education campaign to inform physicians of hospital ... | 1994 | 8021815 |
| recommendations for chemoprophylaxis after occupational exposure to human immunodeficiency virus: a public health agency perspective. | public health agencies across the country uniformly retain three core functions, as identified in a 1988 institute of medicine report: assessment, assurance, and planning and policy development. the conduct of these functions will influence the ways the public health service recommendations for postexposure prophylaxis are implemented locally. state, territorial, and local health departments play a key role in the monitoring and prevention of occupationally acquired human immunodeficiency virus ... | 1997 | 9845507 |
| the minnesota multiphasic personality inventory-2 across the human immunodeficiency virus spectrum. | the minnesota multiphasic personality inventory-2 (mmpi-2) was used to assess individuals' patterns of psychological symptoms across the spectrum of hiv illness. two hundred and twenty-five participants in the present sample were administered the mmpi-2, 61 were hiv-seronegative controls, 61 were asymptomatic, 36 were symptomatic, and 67 met criteria for aids. symptomatic hiv-seropositive patients scored higher on the hypochondriasis, conversion-hysteria, and depression scales. these differences ... | 2002 | 11911231 |