Hunt A

Department of Pediatrics Las Vegas, University of Nevada School of Medicine, NV 89154, USA

Publications

• Original Article   
  Why are Children Still Being Infected with HIV? Impact of an Integrated Public Health and Clinical Practice Intervention on Mother‑to‑Child HIV Transmission in Las Vegas, Nevada, 2007–2012
  Author(s): Ezeanolue EE*, Pharr JR, Hunt A, Patel D and Jackson D
  
  Background: During a 9 months period, September 2005 through June 2006, Nevada documented six cases of pediatric HIV acquired through motherâÂÃ?Â?ÂÃ?Â?toâÂÃ?Â?ÂÃ?Â?child transmission. Subsequently, a communityâÂÃ?Â?ÂÃ?Â?based approach to the care of women and children living with or exposed to HIV was implemented. Subjects and Methods: A detailed review of motherâÂÃ?Â?ÂÃ?Â?infant pairs where HIV transmission occurred was performed to identify missed opportunities for prevention of motherâÂÃ?Â?ÂÃ?Â?toâÂÃ?Â?ÂÃ?Â?child HIV transmission. An intervention program was developed and implemented using the sixâÂÃ?Â?ÂÃ?Â?step process. Data were collected prospectively over a 6 years period (2007–2012) and were evaluated for six core outcomes measures: (1) adequacy o.. Read More»