Testing
Voluntary Counseling and Testing has been recommended as an important component of a comprehensive HIV prevention strategy

The following documents discuss testing as HIV prevention: 

Binson, D., Woods, W. J., Pollack, L., & Sheon, N. (2005). Bringing HIV/STI testing programmes to high-risk men. International Journal of STD & AIDS 16(9), 600-604.

Burke, R. C., Septkowitz, K. A., Bernstein, K. T., Karpati, A. M., Myers, J. E., Tsoi, B. W., Begier, E. M. (2007). Why don’t physicians test for HIV? A review of US literature. AIDS 21(12), 1617-1624.

Denison, J. A., O’Reilly, K. R., Schmid, G. P., Kennedy, C. E., Sweat, M. D. (2008). HIV voluntary counseling and testing and behavioral risk reduction in developing countries. A meta-analysis, 1990-2005. AIDS and Behavior 12(3), 363-373.

Gagnon, M. & Holmes, D. (2008). Governing masses: Routine HIV testing as a counteroffensive in the war against HIV/AIDS. Policy, Politics and Nursing Practice 9(4), 264-273.

Hogben, M., McNally, T., McPheeters, M., Hutchinson, A. B., & Task Force on Community Preventative Services. (2007). The effectiveness of HIV partner counseling and referral services in increasing identification of HIV-positive individuals: A systematic review. American Journal of Preventative Medicine 32(Suppl 2), S89-S100.

Holtgrave, D.,& McGuire, J. (2007). Impact of counseling in voluntary counseling and testing programs for persons at risk for living with HIV infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases 45(Suppl 4), S240-S243.

Obermeyer, C. M., & Osborn, M. (2007). The utilization of testing and counseling for HIV: A review of the social and behavioral evidence. Am J Public Health 97(10), 1762-74.

University of California- San Franciso (2005). How is rapid testing used in HIV prevention? Retrieved July 10, 2009, from http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/pubs/FS/rapidtesting.php.

Wainberg, M. A. (2008). HIV transmission should be decriminalized: HIV prevention programs depend on it. Retrovirology 5, 108.

Walensky, R. P., Freedberg, K. A., Weinstein, M. C., Paltiel, A. D. (2007). Cost-effectiveness of HIV testing and treatment in the United States. Clinical Infectious Diseases 45(Suppl 4), S248-S254.

Weinhardt, L. S., Carey, M. P., Johnson, B. T., & Bickhma, N. L. (1999). Effects of HIV counseling and testing on sexual risk behavior: A meta-analytic review of published research, 1985-1997. American Journal of Public Health 89(9), 1397-1405.

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