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The Asthma Crisis in Low-Income Communities of Color: Using the Law as a Tool...

Thu, Oct 22nd 2009, 12:42 GMT

This article demonstrates the vital role that legal advocacy can play in improving the public health of low-income and minority communities. Using the example of asthma, which disproportionately affects low-income communities, African Americans, and ...

Ryan White Legal Services in Palm Beach County: An Overview, David J. Begley,...

Thu, Oct 22nd 2009, 06:48 GMT

This document provides an overview of Ryan White CARE Act funded legal services in Palm Beach County, Florida, and discusses the important linkage between legal services and medical care for people living with HIV. By helping people with HIV maintain ...

From Principle to Practice: Moving from Human Rights to Legal Rights to Ensur...

Thu, Oct 22nd 2009, 05:53 GMT

This article supports the argument that legal services to enforce existing human rights protections are vital to improving child health and well-being and examines collaborations between medical clinics and legal advocates in the United States as a ...

MedLaw Project: Legal Aid Program Improves Health Outcomes for Children, Fami...

Wed, Oct 21st 2009, 13:20 GMT

This article highlights the connection between access to legal services and improved health outcomes, and the benefits of collaborations between the medical and legal communities in order to meet the full range of individuals' health care needs. ...

The Legal Aid Safety Net: A Report on the Legal Needs of Low-Income Illinoisa...

Wed, Oct 21st 2009, 13:17 GMT

This report provides some support for advocates seeking to demonstrate the connection between access to legal services and address to essential services necessary to maintain health. It documents the need for legal assistance among low-income ...

The Health of Homeless Adults in New York City, New York City Departments of ...

Wed, Oct 21st 2009, 05:29 GMT

This report discusses relationships between homelessness and health and puts them in context by studying the health of the homeless population in New York City. As the report notes, having physical illness and deteriorating mental health can ...

Directions in HIV Service Delivery and Care: A Policy Brief: Reducing Barrier...

Wed, Oct 21st 2009, 05:27 GMT

This policy brief publishes the findings of studies undertaken by the federal HIV/AIDS Bureau to understand the factors that affect access to care and ability to remain in care for poor, low-income, and traditionally underserved populations. In ...

2009-2010 HIV/AIDS Health Care Policy Brief and Recommendations, Southern AID...

Wed, Oct 21st 2009, 05:21 GMT

This policy brief was issued to address the need for health care reform that comprehensively addresses the public need of those living with HIV/AIDS, particularly in the Southern United States. As the brief discusses, HIV/AIDS disproportionately ...

Public Health Legal Services: A New Vision, David I. Schulman, Ellen Lawton, ...

Tue, Oct 20th 2009, 12:48 GMT

The authors of this paper propose a concept they call "Public Health Legal Services," which "encompasses those legal services provided by private sector attorneys to low-income persons the outcomes of which when evaluated in the aggregate ...

Southern States Manifesto: Update 2008 HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Dise...

Mon, Oct 19th 2009, 12:16 GMT

This report is an update of the 2002 Southern States Manifesto, which described the disproportionate impact of the HIV epidemic on communities in the Southern states as well as the challenges those in the South face in working to address the HIV ...

HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM), Centers for Disease...

Mon, Oct 19th 2009, 09:23 GMT

These slides provide detailed charts and graphs demonstrating HIV rates and trends among men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States through 2007. Charts are included demonstrating the estimated numbers and percentages of AIDS cases among MSM ...

HIV Infection Among Young Black Men Who Have Sex with MenJackson, Mississipp...

Mon, Oct 19th 2009, 08:50 GMT

This article provides the results of a survey of risk behavior and HIV testing behavior among young African-American men who have sex with men (MSM) in the Jackson, Mississippi area who received HIV diagnoses between 2006 and 2008. In the United ...

Impact of Counseling in Voluntary Counseling and Testing Programs for Persons...

Tue, Oct 6th 2009, 12:36 GMT

In light of the 2006 CDC guidelines that encourage less counseling before and after HIV testing, this article's authors reviewed the evidence regarding voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) to determine the value of pre-and post-test HIV counseling ...

Anonymous v. New York State Department of Health, State Board of Professional...

Mon, Oct 5th 2009, 04:56 GMT

A physician whose practice focuses on the care and treatment of people with HIV was the subject of a professional misconduct investigation initiated by the New York State Board of Professional Medical Conduct. The law in New York allows the Board to ...

Emergency Message 97-171, Continuing Disability Review (CDR) Screen-Outs, Soc...

Tue, Sep 29th 2009, 11:47 GMT

EM-97-171 is an Emergency Message that the Social Security Administration (SSA) issued and distributed as a "One Time Emergency Instruction." The goal was to "screen out" certain cases from Continuing Disability Review (CDR) assessments. These cases ...

Prosecutions for HIV Exposure in the United States, 20082009, The Center for...

Tue, Sep 29th 2009, 05:06 GMT

This list, although not exhaustive, provides a braod snapshot of the spate of prosecutions for HIV exposure in the United States over a nearly two-year period. Every prosecution listed here involves conduct that is either consensual (sex) or poses no ...

Mitchell v. Fortis Insurance Co., No. 26718 (S.C. Sept. 14, 2009)

Thu, Sep 17th 2009, 10:41 GMT

The Supreme Court of South Carolina upheld a decision in favor of a man whose health insurance had been rescinded on account of his HIV infection. The court considered several issues on appeal, but focused primarily on whether the award of $15 million ...

State v. Eversole, N.E.2d , 2009 WL 1264295 (Ohio Ct. App. 2009)

Tue, Sep 15th 2009, 08:35 GMT

In violation of an Ohio HIV notification law, Jonathon Eversole tested positive for HIV and engaged in a sexual relationship with another person without first disclosing his HIV status. Eversole pled guilty and was sentenced to two years in prison. ...

Smallwood v. State, 680 A.2d 512 (Md. 1996)

Thu, Sep 10th 2009, 08:32 GMT

In a case with horrific facts, the Maryland Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, reversed an HIV-positive rapist's attempted murder convictions, concluding that his HIV-positive status alone was insufficient to infer an intent to kill. ...

Response to the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Concept Paper on Foreign Ai...

Thu, Sep 3rd 2009, 10:34 GMT

The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee recently issued a concept paper on foreign aid reform. The paper asserts that existing U.S. foreign assistance laws are outdated and inadequate for responding to 21st century global ...

Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in HI...

Thu, Sep 3rd 2009, 06:34 GMT

These guidelines provide recommendations for preventing and treating opportunistic infections (OIs) among adults and adolescents living with HIV. They are intended for use by health care workers, patients, and policy makers. The guidelines are ...

Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections Among...

Tue, Sep 1st 2009, 09:25 GMT

These guidelines provide recommendations for health care workers for preventing, diagnosing and treating opportunistic infections (OIs) among children who are either living with or have been exposed to HIV, and who have not yet completed puberty. The ...

Guidance on Provider-Initiated HIV Testing and Counselling in Health Facili...

Mon, Aug 31st 2009, 15:50 GMT

Although the WHO endorses opt-out HIV testing, this guidance on provider-initiated testing in health care settings demonstrates that “opt-out” testing can have many different meanings. Unlike the CDC’s 2006 guidelines, the WHO ...

Sex Rights and the Law in a World with AIDS, Meeting Report and Recommendatio...

Mon, Aug 31st 2009, 09:23 GMT

This report represents conclusions reached at a 2009 conference sponsored by the International Center for Research on Women, aids2031, the United Nations Development Program, the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, and the Ford Foundation. The ...

Martinez v. Astrue, Settlement Agreement

Mon, Aug 31st 2009, 09:12 GMT

This settlement agreement settles a federal class action case challenging the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) application of the “fugitive felon” statute, the provisions of which prohibit the payment of certain public ...