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icularly hard hit are the city's Black and Hispanic populations, which account for 81 percent of new HIV diagnoses, as reported this past September by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

Dr. Cohen-Brown explains to providers the laws about HIV testing, what occurs in pre-counseling, and the types of tests available. Dentists can’t do HIV testing (New York State has strict requirements about providing counseling with testing), but can refer patients to clinics, hospitals and agencies such as the Brooklyn AIDS Task Force that perform confidential or anonymous testing, especially the Rapid HIV Test, which delivers negative results in 20 minutes.

Just as importantly, she informs her audiences on how to bring up the subject of HIV/AIDS testing -- where to refer patients, how to help them access those places, what needs to be done and what to expect.

And since success in steering patients to HIV testing may hinge on the ability to remain nonjudgmental, she also gives her audiences examples from her former oral pathology practice on how to approach patients in a way that won’t make them panic. “The more comfortable you are, the more comfortable they’ll be," she says. "You have to know which questions will elicit answers. As long as I’m not judgmental, the patient will be comfortable.”

Dr. Cohen-Brown, whose advanced studies in oral and maxillofacial pathology led her from dental practice into teaching, works with the AIDS Institute, the New York State Department of Health and the Department of Corrections, lecturing on mandated cleanliness standards, equipment maintenance, exposure prevention, infection control, post-exposure medication and how the HIV Rapid Testing kit works.

In addition to all her teaching and the workshops she conducts, Dr. Cohen-Brown recently was featured in the Audio Conference on Oral Health and Pregnancy, which went out to community health workers at 80 sites through
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