Which is one of the most important strategies recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for reducing the spread of HIV?
A) Excluding students from school who have symptoms of sexually transmitted infections
B) Routinely screening all adolescents and adults aged 13 to 64
C) Requiring parents to take their adolescent children who have sexually transmitted infections for treatment
D) Keeping detailed records of all new cases of sexually transmitted infections in people aged 15 to 24 years
Ans: B
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Making HIV testing a routine part of healthcare for adolescents and adults 13 to 64 years of age is one of the most important strategies recommended by the CDC for reducing the spread of HIV. Accurate measures of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the 15- to 24-year-old population are difficult to obtain because many affected people have few, if any, identifiable symptoms. Symptomatic adolescents who are suspected of having an STI cannot be excluded from school. Federal law stipulates that adolescents can go directly to a health department–operated STI clinic for diagnosis and treatment of their disease without parental consent.
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