Los Angeles Times: Anne Anastasi; Author Spoke of Cultural, Racial Fairness in Testing
“I don’t have time for this,” psychologist Anne Anastasi reportedly said in 1987, before hanging up the phone on a call from Ronald Reagan’s White House. The call, according to Harold Takooshian, a ...
Anne Anastasi, who influenced generations of psychologists through a classic 1954 text on measuring differences in intelligence, achievement and personality, died May 4 in New York City. She was 92. A ...
This overview describes current information on the types of tests used to detect SARS-CoV-2 infection and their intended uses. This information is intended for use by healthcare providers, public health professionals, and those organizing and implementing testing in non-healthcare settings.
Background Healthcare providers use test results to diagnose disease, determine prognosis, and monitor a patient’s treatment or health status.
You can self-test (or, at-home test) for some infections. Self-testing is when you collect a swab or your own blood from a finger prick and test it with a device that provides results within minutes. There are FDA-approved self-test options for HIV and syphilis.
Talk. Test. Treat. is a campaign that encourages individuals and healthcare providers to take three simple actions – Talk. Test. Treat. – to protect their health, the health of their partner (s), and that of their patients. The campaign reinforces that all STIs are preventable and treatable, and most are curable.
This is a TEST (TEST) is a training and exercise simulation tool designed to foster collaborative emergency preparedness activities. It uses collaborative game theory and adult learning principles to increase engagement and knowledge retention.