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Table 1. Initial Assessment—History—Present and Past
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Social History
• Race and ethnicity
• Gender and sexual identity
• Health-related behaviors: tobacco, alcohol, and drug use
• Patient birthplace, residence and travel history
• History of receipt of blood products, organ transplant, or semen donation
• Employment history
• Pets, diet and exercise;
• Establish mode(s) of infection:
▶ Sexual contacts (men, women, both), types of activity, condom use
▶ History of injection drug use, shared needles/syringes.
▶ History of transfusion or receipt of blood products, especially 1975-1985.
Artificial insemination by an unidentified donor
• Review specific sexual practices, including exposure sites
• Marital/relationship status, partner's health and HIV status and his or her access
to health care, including HIV testing, and disclosure of HIV status to partner(s)
• Social support and participation in support groups
• For minors review legal guardianship
