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Medical Special Needs: Infectious Diseases


Description

In this session, Dr. Jennifer Chambers from The Adoption and Foster Care Clinic offers a practical overview of common infectious diseases that prospective adoptive parents may need to know about when considering adoption referrals and potential matches. Dr. Chambers covers HIV, Hepatitis B and C, and congenital syphilis. Designed for prospective adoptive parents, this training addresses current treatment options, transmission risks, long-term health outlooks, and considerations around stigma and confidentiality.


Jennifer Chambers, MD, MPH&TM – Medical Director, The Adoption and Foster Care Clinic 


Course length: 16 minutes
Certificate type: This course offers an attendance certificate.

Recorded 7/21/25


PLEASE NOTE - This course does not provide continuing education credits.

Content
  • Medical Special Needs: Infectious Diseases - Recorded
  • Medical Special Needs: Infectious Diseases - Evaluation
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: Forever
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