HIV Risk Assessment Practices of Primary Care Physicians: A National Study
Abstract
Background: Twenty five years after it was first discovered HIV/AIDS has become a pandemic that continues to take millions of lives each year. During this time, numerous U.S. Federal agencies and professional societies have recommended that physicians assess their patients risk for HIV infection. Despite increased options for HIV treatment, it has been more than a decade since any research on provider compliance with risk assessment practices has been published. Purpose: The primary purpose of this study was to assess the proportion of U.S. physicians who are Always/Often conducting HIV risk assessments. The second purpose of our study was to understand the factors that are associated with physician compliance. Finally, we assessed the proportion of physicians that Always/Often asked eight risk assessment questions for four at-risk patient groups (i.e., men who have sex with men [MSM], injection drug users [IDU], HIV+ and patients with symptom or diagnosis of a sexually transmitted disease [STD]) and continuing adult patients.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2008
- Accession Number
- AD1013519
Entities
People
- Patrick M. High
Organizations
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences