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Disease Notification/legislation & jurisprudence , Mandatory Reporting , Physicians/legislation & jurisprudence , Adult , Aged , Child , Female , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Male , Middle Aged , New Jersey , Pregnancy , Time FactorsABSTRACT
Forty million persons in the nation aged 15 to 54 years experience a mental disorder. Despite widespread prevalence, an enormous burden of disability, and the staggering cost to society, the mentally ill remain segregated from traditional medicine and largely overlooked by public health. Now is the time for change.
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Mental Disorders , Public Health , Costs and Cost Analysis , Humans , Mental Disorders/diagnosis , Mental Disorders/economics , United StatesSubject(s)
HIV Infections/prevention & control , Health Personnel , Occupational Diseases/prevention & control , Occupational Exposure , Practice Guidelines as Topic , Anti-HIV Agents/adverse effects , Anti-HIV Agents/therapeutic use , Chemoprevention , Drug Monitoring , Follow-Up Studies , HIV Antibodies/analysis , HIV Infections/transmission , HIV Seropositivity , Humans , Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional/prevention & control , Risk Factors , Viral Load , Zidovudine/adverse effects , Zidovudine/therapeutic useABSTRACT
The Public Health Service recently updated its recommendations for chemoprophylaxis after exposure to HIV. These recommendations correlate the use of antiretroviral agents with the risk of infection, which is determined by evaluating the exposure and the potential for transmission from the source patient.
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Antiviral Agents/administration & dosage , HIV Infections/drug therapy , HIV Infections/prevention & control , Health Personnel/standards , Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional/prevention & control , Occupational Exposure , Premedication , Zidovudine/administration & dosage , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. , Humans , Risk Factors , Safety , United States , WorkplaceSubject(s)
Preventive Medicine , Public Health , Humans , Preventive Medicine/education , United StatesABSTRACT
The emergence of variant strains of HIV has triggered the need for active local, national, and global surveillance. Some new strains identified in the US cannot be detected reliably with current test kits--a problem with important implications for blood safety and for diagnosis and prevention of AIDS.
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/epidemiology , Disease Outbreaks , Genetic Variation , Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/genetics , Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/virology , Blood Banks/standards , Blood Donors , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. , Female , Global Health , HIV-1/genetics , HIV-2/genetics , Humans , Male , Population Surveillance , Sentinel Surveillance , United States/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Youth violence is an important public health issue. The magnitude of youth violence in New Jersey is defined along with innovative community projects. The authors present recommendations for health professionals involved in youth violence behavior.
