Background Articles on HIV Reporting
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- Early Detection of HIV: Assessing the Legislative Context Stephen Morin, JAIDS, December, 2000
- HIV Reporting in the States, StateServ, March 15, 2000
- New Approaches to HIV Surveillance: Means and Ends, Mira Johri, Edward H. Kaplan, Jeffrey Levi and Alvin Novick, 1998
- Surveillance: Policy Issues, Chris Collins, HIV InSite, 2001
- Guidelines for National HIV Case Surveillance, Including Monitoring for HIV Infection and AIDS, CDC
- Commentary on the CDC Draft Guidelines for HIV/AIDS Case Surveillance, ACLU
- The Maryland Lesson: Conducting Effective HIV Surveillance with Unique Identifiers, ACLU
- HIV Surveillance Policy Alerts of San Francisco AIDS Foundation
- California HIV Surveillance Coalition
California HIV Reporting Guidelines
- Comments on Proposed HIV Disease Surveillance Reporting Regulations, ACLU of Southern California, 5/21/01
- Comments on Proposed HIV Reporting Regulations, Nicolas Sheon, 5/21/01
- Testimony due by Dec. 26, 2001, 5pm (how convenient!)
- Revised Proposed Regulations
Anonymous Testing
- The End of Anonymous Testing in California: A new form used for all state-funded testing collects identifying information from all test clients. Visit the STOP HIV5 website for more information.
- Anonymous or Confidential HIV Counseling and Voluntary Testing in Federally Funded Testing Sites--United States, 1995-1997, MMWR, 1999
- Understanding the Impact of New Treatments on HIV Testing, HJ Kaiser Family Foundation Report
Panels and Research on HIV Surveillance by Nicolas Sheon
- Sacraments of Surveillance: Ethnography of an HIV Test Clinic, Nicolas Sheon's research on HIV surveillance and HIV test counseling.
- Non-name HIV Reporting Bill in California (AB 1663): Debate in Real Audio featuring Stephen Morin, Herminia Palacio, and Cary Savitch, hosted by Nicolas Sheon, 1997.
- HIV Surveillance and Name Reporting: Old Controversies for the "New Era" in AIDS Prevention, Nicolas Sheon interviews Anna Forbes and Lawrence Gostin on name reporting, 1997.
Policy Implications of HIV/AIDS Stigma
- Surveillance, Social Risk, and Symbolism: Framing the Analysis for Research and Policy Scott Burris, JAIDS, December, 2000
- HIV/AIDS Stigma Research compiled and conducted by Greg Hereck
Confidentiality of Medical Records
- Who Knows Your Medical Secrets? Consumer Reports, 2000
- Promoting Health/Protecting Privacy: A Primer, California Health Care Foundation
- Report on the Privacy Policies and Practices of Health Web Sites, California Health Care Foundation
- 'White Paper' on Unique Identifiers, US DHS
Using Unique Idenitifyers for HIV Reporting
- Myths and Facts About HIV Case Reporting by Name v. Unique Identifier, Anna Forbes
- Brief Overview of Some Unique Identifier System Alternatives, Anna Forbes
- An Activist's Guide to Unique Identifiers, Anna Forbes
Criminalization of HIV Transmission
- Criminalisation of HIV transmission: implications for public health in Scotland, BMJ, Nov. 17, 2001
- State Criminal Statutes on HIV Transmission, ACLU, June 2000
- Criminal Transmission and Exposure, Issue Brief from StateServ
- Testing of Violent Sex Offenders, Issue Brief from StateServ