HIV criminalization legal and policy assessment tool : legal, health, and equity considerations related to HIV criminalization, public health surveillance, and data privacy

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  HIV criminalization laws and policies increase stigma, exacerbate disparities, and may discourage HIV testing. Current scientific and medical evidence should inform state laws and practices that criminalize actions by people with HIV. States should consider updating or repealing outdated laws and practices. This HIV Criminalization Legal and Policy tool was developed to assist states’ decisionmakers in assessing their HIV criminalization laws alignment with current scientific and medical evidence, and their intersection with HIV data privacy laws.
  
  The tool enables an objective assessment of a jurisdiction’s laws, regulations, and executive orders that control HIV surveillance and prevention. The tool can also help identify opportunities to strengthen legal and policy protections for people with HIV — protections that are also likely to benefit public health more broadly—by aligning them with evidence-based best practices.
  
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• Subjects:
  Communicable Disease Control Crime Criminal Behavior Criminal Law Disclosure/legislation & Jurisprudence Epidemics Health Policy HIV Infections/prevention & Control Self Disclosure Sexual Behavior
• Document Type:
  Book
• Name as Subject:
  Purpose and How to Use This Assessment Tool -- Introduction and Background -- The Criminalization of Conduct by People with HIV -- The Role of Data: Public Health Surveillance, Privacy, and HIV Criminalization -- Structural Inequities and HIV-Related Health Disparities -- The Effects of HIV Stigma -- Legal Landscape -- State and Local Health Department Policies and Practices -- Assessing the Legal and Policy Landscape -- Health Data Privacy Laws and Policies -- What is the state legal landscape regarding the confidentiality of general health information? -- What is the state legal landscape regarding the confidentiality of public health data? -- What is the state legal landscape regarding the confidentiality of HIV-related data? -- What is the landscape of state and local health department policies, practices, and procedures? -- State Public Health Surveillance and HIV Testing Laws -- What is the state legal landscape with respect to HIV testing? -- What is the state legal landscape with respect to HIV-specific surveillance and reporting? -- What is the state legal landscape with respect to general disease reporting? -- HIV Criminalization Laws -- Does the state criminalize conduct related to HIV? -- What are the characteristics of the HIV criminalization law? -- What else is known about the HIV criminalization law? -- Considerations and Resources for Implementation and Enforcement -- What is the landscape with respect to implementation and enforcement? -- What additional resources are available to support implementation and enforcement? -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: Key Terminology and Abbreviations Appendix II: Additional Resources -- Appendix III: Finding the Law -- Appendix IV: Assessment Questions -- Acknowledgments -- References.
• Pages in Document:
  81 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:27774334e4c38fe73fd2c1ea0cee2933909b9570de12796a8ad4d8879d550965
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/130197/cdc_130197_DS1.pdf
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