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A Policy Proposal for Information and Testing

Working Group on HIV Testing of Pregnant Women and Newborns

JAMA. 1990;264(18):2416-2420.

Abstract
As the public health impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in women and children has increased, so has interest in screening pregnant women and newborns for evidence of HIV infection. However, screening of pregnant women and newborns raises profound moral, legal, and policy issues. In this article, we present and defend a detailed 10-point program of policy recommendations for both pregnant women and newborns. We advocate informing all pregnant women and new mothers about the HIV epidemic and the availability of testing.

(JAMA. 1990;264:2416-2420)

Author Affiliations
Members of the Working Group on HIV Testing of Pregnant Women and Newborns are as follows: From the Departments of Health Policy and Management (Ruth R. Faden, PhD, MPH; Gail Geller, ScD; Katherine Acuff, JD, MPH) and Epidemiology (Alfred Saah, MD, MPH), The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md; Departments of Obstetrics/Gynecology (Timothy Johnson, MD; John Repke, MD) and Pediatrics (Nancy Hutton, MD; John Modlin, MD; Lawrence S. Wissow, MD, MPH), The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md; Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC (Anita Allen, PhD; Judith Areen, JD; Patricia King, JD); and the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Washington, DC (Madison Powers, JD, DPhil; Nancy Kass, ScD; LeRoy Walters, PhD; Ruth R. Faden, PhD, MPH).

Footnotes
The opinions expressed herein are solely those of Working Group members and do not necessarily reflect the policies or positions of their respective institutions.

Reprint requests to Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Hygiene and Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, 624 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205 (Ruth R. Faden, PhD, MPH).

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