AIDS & Public Policy Journal 12, no. 4 (Winter 1997): 138
R.O. Valdiserri et al.
In January 1994, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) mandated that health departments that received federal funds for the prevention of transmission of HIV to undertake a new approach in planning programs to prevent the transmission of HIV and setting priorities for these programs: HIV Prevention Commu
AIDS & Public Policy Journal 12, no. 4 (Winter 1997): 122-37
R.J. Buchanan
The purpose of this article is to present the approaches that state and local health departments have developed and implemented in each of the 50 states and Washington, D.C., to combat TB. Given the financial pressures confronting health departments in their efforts to control TB, this research also presents how public
AIDS & Public Policy Journal 12, no. 4 (Winter 1997): 105-121
L.O. Gostin and D.W. Webber
The AIDS Litigation Project III is a comprehensive survey of the more than 550 cases reported in the federal and state courts in the United States between 1991 and 1997. Part 1 discusses the duties of government and individuals in the HIV epidemic, while Part 2 discusses the rights of individuals. The AIDS epidemic has
AIDS & Public Policy Journal 12, no. 3 (Fall 1997): 136-43
S. Waldorf
Dr. Waldorf, with her late husband, economist William H. Waldorf, World Bank/UNDP consultant, has worked and taught in Africa and Asia since the 1970s. . . . She spent 1990-1993 at a small arrondissement (subdistrict) hospital in Mbe, Cameroon , where she identified (and confirmed) the first two AIDS cases in the distr
AIDS & Public Policy Journal 12, no. 3 (Fall 1997): 128-35
D.A. Cohen, T.A. Farley, and S. Bugg
The Global Program on AIDS (GPA) lists the distribution and social marketing of condoms as key components of any national program to prevent sexually transmitted diseases and HIV. (Social marketing uses marketing and advertising techniques to promote the use of healthy behaviors.) The GPA cites two key elements that sh
AIDS & Public Policy Journal 12, no. 3 (Fall 1997): 112-27
R. Conviser, D. Kerrigan, and S. Thompson
Since 1993, there has been an explosive growth in the adoption of managed care by state Medicaid programs. By early 1993, just two states--Arizona and Oregon--had been granted the necessary waivers under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act to institute statewide Medicaid managed-care programs. Such waivers are requ
AIDS & Public Policy Journal 12, no. 3 (Fall 1997): 105-11
R.J. Buchanan
The objective of this article is to identify how the states are allocating Title II funds. In addition, the article presents both the number of people receiving Title II benefits in each state as well as assessments of which Title II services or programs meet the care needs of people with HIV most effectively.
AIDS & Public Policy Journal 12, no. 2 (Summer 1997): 89-101
R. Hines et al.
People living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) often confront barriers to receiving services. Advocacy is one mechanism for addressing these barriers. Advocacy is broadly defined as assistance or representation provided to enable and HIV-infected or HIV-affected pers
AIDS & Public Policy Journal 12, no. 2 (Summer 1997): 79-88
B. Lichtenstein
The social-progressive tradition of New Zealand healthcare is explored in this article by comparing the government s responses to HIV/AIDS to policies in the syphilis, influenza, and poliomyelitis epidemics.
AIDS & Public Policy Journal 12, no. 2 (Summer 1997): 66-78
S. Burris
This article is concerned with social policy as embodied in law--social policy that has been shaped in large part in response to the threat of discrimination and breach of privacy. The United States has heavily invested in and relied upon law to overcome resistance regarding HIV testing. Despite that reliance, today we
AIDS & Public Policy Journal 12, no. 2 (Summer 1997): 57-65
R.J. Buchanan
The objective of this article is to identify how the states are using Title II funds to implement health insurance continuation programs. The article identifies states that have implemented health insurance continuation programs with Title II funds and discusses the health insurance options offered and medical and fina
AIDS & Public Policy Journal 12, no. 1 (Spring 1997): 46-54
A.B. Williams et al.
Can the right of HIV-positive women to informed consent for participation in clinical trials be preserved when trials offer health and social services that are otherwise unavailable? Are HIV-positive women appropriately concerned about the risks of participating in clinical trials? The staff of the GRACE (Gynecologic R
AIDS & Public Policy Journal 12, no. 1 (Spring 1997): 31-45
R. Marx et al.
HIV-prevention efforts in California began early in the AIDS epidemic. In 1983 the state awarded $432,000 to 15 agencies for HIV education and prevention (HIV E&P) activities. By 1988, funding reached $16.3 million for 158 state contracts with agencies. In recent years the state budget crisis has restricted funds f
AIDS & Public Policy Journal 12, no. 1 (Spring 1997): 21-30
J.G. Kahn and K.C. Haynes Sanstad
HIV-prevention interventions can work. Multiple studies report that a wide range of interventions reduce individuals behavior that puts them at high risk of contracting HIV. In certain populations, change in individuals behavior has contributed to decreases in HIV incidence of as much as 75 percent. This appears to jus
AIDS & Public Policy Journal 12, no. 1 (Spring 1997): 3-20
R.J. Buchanan
The objective of this article is to identify how the states are using Title II funds to implement home and community-based care (HCBC) programs. The article identifies the states that have implemented HCBC programs with Title II funds, the HCBC services offered, medical and financial eligibility criteria, and coordinat
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