Education
As education is one of the most important means of AIDS prevention, the
WSMA encourages physicians to be an educational resource to assist parents
in educating their children about AIDS and AIDS prevention. The WSMA
recognizes the increasing numbers of AIDS cases occurring in women and
children, and emphasizes the need for stronger prevention and research
efforts, as well as the provision of care and services for children born
to HIV positive mothers. (EC Rpt G, A-91; Res 21, A-88) (Reaffirmed A-23)
The WSMA encourages the adequate education of its members and other
appropriate health care providers on the utility of routine screening of
all patients for risk behaviors for HIV/AIDS and other STDs, on the signs
and symptoms of HIV disease, appropriate standards for the management of
HIV disease and on appropriate messages designed to effect risk reduction
among those with HIV and those not yet infected. The WSMA encourages such
educational offerings to become a standard part of continuing medical
education. (EC Rpt A, A-96) (Reaffirmed A-23)
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Abbreviations for House of Delegates report origination:
EC – Executive Committee; BT – Board of Trustees; CPA – Council on
Professional Affairs; JC – Judicial Council; CHS – Community and Health
Services