Activity

HIV Screening and Access to Care

Type:

Stand Alone Workshop

Topic(s):

Public Health

Board(s):

Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice

Activity Description

The Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) has been charged to develop a National HIV/AIDS Strategy within the upcoming year. In support of this activity, the ONAP requested that the Institute of Medicine convene a committee to conduct a series of three workshops and data gathering activities that will result in a series of three brief reports. The committee will plan and host workshops to explore: 

• the extent to which federal, state, and private health insurance policies pose a barrier to expanded HIV testing, 
• the capacity of the health care system to administer a greater number of HIV tests and to accommodate new HIV diagnoses, and 
• federal and state policies that may inhibit entry into clinical care or the provision of continuous and sustained clinical care. 

The reports will summarize data gathered through the workshops and other limited data gathering activities. The reports will not make recommendations.