Women & Children

Title: "Preventing Perinatal Transmission of HIV Infection: A Self-Study Module for Health Care Clinicians "

Author's Name: Elizabeth McFarland, MD & Lucy Bradley-Springer, PhD, RN, ACRN

Author's Affiliations: Dr. McFarland is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver; Dr. Bradley-Springer is Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver

Target Audience: Physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, women's health counselors

Topic: Preventing transmission of HIV to infants

Brief Synopsis/Description: This is a case-based self-study module that covers risk assessment, harm reduction, and HIV testing in women of childbearing age as well as clinical interventions to improve the health of HIV-infected women before and during pregnancy and to decrease the risk of transmission to their infants.

Endorsements: Approved for continuing education credits for physicians and nurses.

Date of Original Publication: 11/30/2000

Last Update: 11/30/2000

Next Planned Update: October 2002

Publisher: Mountain Plains AIDS Education and Training Center

Copyrighted? No

Permission to Reproduce? Yes Distribute? Yes

Type of Material: Book with CE/CME documentation and posttest

Availability: Quantities are becoming limited but still available and a reprint will be considered as needed; also available at http://www.uchsc.edu/sm/aids/

Source: Mountain Plains AIDS Education and Training Center

Cost per copy: Free (there is a $15 charge for individuals requesting CME credits)

Multiple copies: Free, as available

Shipping Cost: No Cost

Ordering Contact:

Odessa Stribling
UCHSC, Campus Box A-089, Denver CO 80220
Telephone: 303-315-2516
Fax: 303-315-2514
E-mail: Odessa.stribling@uchsc.edu

Review Group: Shannon Behning, Elaine Gross, RN, MS, Jill Davies, MD, Don Humphreys, MD, Donna Sweet, MD

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