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Pregnancy is an Ideal Time for HIV-Prevention, Study Finds
An HIV-prevention program targeted at women receiving prenatal care appears to be an effective way of reducing risks for HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unplanned future pregnancies, a new study has found.
Researchers led by Trace Kershaw and Jeannette Ickovics, faculty at the Yale School of Public Health and the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS at Yale University, examined the effects of group prenatal care that included an HIV-prevention component (known as CenteringPregnancy Plus) to determine if reductions in STIs, repeat pregnancy and sexual risk behavior could be documented among young women at highest risk.
Continue, excerpted from Yale School of Public Health, September 2009
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