The Experience of Children with Hemophilia and HIV Infection

Abstract:
Some 30% of adolescents identified to have HIV infection also have hemophilia. Important lessons can be learned from the experiences of children and adolescents with hemophilia and HIV infection. Early instances of acquired HIV infection in school-age children with hemophilia provided initial indications of the public's response to schoolchildren with HIV infection, and spurred policy development in school jurisdictions. Also, the hemophilia community expended considerable resources to document lack of transmissibility in casual settings, primarily to quell concerns about attendance of children with HIV infection in schools and day care centers.

Author(s): HALL, Christopher S.

Publication: Journal of School Health (JOSH)


Date Published: 1/1/1994

Pages: 2

Location Code: 9069