HIV prevention through case management for HIV-infected persons--selected sites, United States, 1989-1992

Transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection can be prevented through HIV-prevention case management--a one-on-one client service specifically designed to assist HIV-infected persons in receiving services that will prevent or reduce behaviors that result in further spread of the virus, delay the onset of symptomatic HIV disease, and improve the client's health status. This approach enables HIV-infected persons to enter a stable, ongoing medical-care system and supports prevention goals by providing multiple opportunities to provide risk-reduction information and to reinforce safer behaviors. This report summarizes an assessment of HIV-prevention case-management systems in three community health centers (CHCs) during 1989-1992 and provides information regarding self-reported changes in sexual risk behaviors of HIV-seropositive clients.