Hello everyone,
First of all, I would like to thank everyone for their comments to my last post. The question of the week was really interesting because I had to think about the situation as if it had happened to me and I was the center of it. If the school made a policy where they revealed that a student has been tested HIV positive and had unprotected sex, that would be the biggest violation of HIPAA laws. Also, it would bring embarrasment and humiliation to that student.
There is a research foundation called 'Perinatal HIV Research Unit' that serves as one of the largest AIDS research centers in Africa. Established over ten years ago, it continues to try and find methods of prevention and cure for perinatal transmission of HIV. It has a center for women aged 14-19 to provide free health care and social counseling regarding HIV. They have educational programs to understand the risk to HIV and hopefully reduce the prevalence and trasmission of HIV among these women.
Did You Know.......
The state of Florida's statute concerning HIV testing for pregnant women now includes testing not just for HIV but also for other STDs such as syphilis, gonorrhea at the first visit and the other towards the final weeks 28-32. They can refuse any or all of the tests but they have a sign a documentation for that. According to the Florida Department of Health, about 95 percent of HIV cases in children are acquired perinatal. There has been constant education for women on HIV and pregnancy which has led to perinatal transmission of HIV to below 2 percent.
Have a great week!
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Disease_ctrl/aids/Perinatal
http://www.hivsa.com/
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Please title your blogs, Isha.
ReplyDeleteSo how are you being impacted by this class? How am I suppose to see growth in this class if you don't write about it?
It wouldn't only bring embarrassment to the student but to the school as they would face a law suit that would close the school. I don't personally believe that the student health center should have students working there. What is in those records could so easily be disclosed without thinking. Just go to a hospital and ride the elevators and see how much information you hear. Of course if you ride it wearing a white lab coat you will hear more than if you were wearing just outside clothes. It is amazing what people will talk about when they think only health professionals are around.
The law states that health care professionals can only talk about someone's HIV status in the process of treatment. Meaning you can't talk about the patient with another health care provider unless you are asking them for help with their treatment.
Hey Isha,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that the question of the week was very interesting and it made me think about my own feelings if it was to happen to me.
I like your "Did You Know" information; it is really comforting to know that there is some kind of protection to our future generations from being infected, because this disease can infect my child or your child or anyone else's child in the future.