ArticleCMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne2003
Mandatory reporting of HIV infection and opt-out prenatal screening for HIV infection: effect on testing rates.
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- The effect of name-based reporting and partner notification on HIV testing in New York State.American journal of public health · 2008Article
- Testing for HIV infection in pregnancy.Paediatrics & child health · 2008Article
- Routine offer of antenatal HIV testing ("opt-out" approach) to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV in urban Zimbabwe.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2007Article
- Prenatal Screening for HIV in Nova Scotia: Survey of Postpartum Women and Audit of Current Prenatal Screening Practices.The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2006Article
- Voluntary HIV counseling and testing of pregnant women--an assessment of compliance with Michigan public health statutes.MedGenMed : Medscape general medicine · 2004Article
- Opt in or opt out: what is optimal for prenatal screening for HIV infection?CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2003Review
- The feasibility of using an 'opt-out' approach to achieve universal HIV testing of tuberculosis patients in Alberta.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publiqueArticle
- High HIV-TB co-infection rates in marginalized populations: evidence from Alberta in support of screening TB patients for HIV.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publiqueArticle
- Potential factors that may affect acceptance of routine prenatal HIV testing.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publiqueArticle
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Abstract
backgroundMandatory reporting of HIV infection to public health authorities, although now common, may deter people from undergoing testing. We examined HIV testing frequency in Alberta before and after mandatory reporting was implemented. We also examined the effect on testing rates among pregnant women when Alberta adopted an opt-out approach to prenatal HIV screening.
methodsUsing data from the Provincial Laboratory for Public Health, we determined the number of HIV tests done between Jan. 1, 1993, and Dec. 31, 2000, for males and females in Alberta. We used data from the Canadian Blood Services laboratories to obtain the number of tests conducted as part of the opt-out prenatal HIV testing program. Reporting of HIV infection became mandatory on May 1, 1998, and opt-out prenatal HIV testing was introduced on Sept. 1, 1998.
resultsAmong males, the average annual percent increase in the number of HIV tests was 4.0% for the period before mandatory testing, as compared with 4.3% for the period after mandatory reporting was implemented; the difference in yearly trend was significant (p < 0.001). Among females, the average annual percent increase in the number of HIV tests was 9.2% for the period before mandatory reporting. In the month immediately following the adoption of opt-out prenatal HIV testing, the rate increased by 28%. Between 1999 and 2000, the average annual percent increase in the number of HIV tests among females was 1.4%.
interpretationThe introduction of mandatory reporting of HIV infection did not appear to have a deterrent effect on rates of HIV testing. The implementation of an opt-out prenatal HIV testing policy resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of females being tested for HIV infection.
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