Pediatric primary care providers in Philadelphia: An assessment of HIV testing and prevention education practices, barriers to care delivery, and HIV awareness
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Objectives. To determine the extent of HIV prevention education and HIV testing delivered to adolescents (ages 13-21); to determine clinician-identified barriers to their own delivery of HIV care to adolescents; and to determine clinicians' awareness of HIV standards of care, rapid testing technology, and common HIV transmission modes. Design. A voluntary, confidential, self-report questionnaire was distributed to a convenience sample of 134 pediatric primary care providers (PCPs). Sample design utilized provider contact information from eight Internet-based health care
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