HIV Risk

(Following Excerpt from US Preventive Services Task Force for page " Counseling to Prevent HIV Infection and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases ")

All adolescent and adult patients should be advised about risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and counseled appropriately about effective measures to reduce the risk of infection (see Clinical Intervention). Counseling should be tailored to the individual risk factors, needs, and abilities of each patient. This recommendation is based on the proven efficacy of risk reduction, although the effectiveness of clinician counseling in the primary care setting is uncertain. Individuals at risk for specific STDs should be offered testing in accordance with recommendations on screening for syphilis, gonorrhea, hepatitis B virus infection, HIV infection, and chlamydial infection (see Chapters 24, 26-29). Injection drug users should be advised about measures to reduce their risk and referred to appropriate treatment facilities (see Chapter 53).

Campus Resources :

• University Hospital
• Studies in progress

For more instant information on this topic please see links below :

• NJDHSS - Division of AIDS Prevention and Control - Guidelines for the Medical Management of HIV/AIDS March 2001
• US Preventive Services Task Force for page " Counseling to Prevent HIV Infection and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases "
• CDC for National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention - Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention