Understanding Barriers to Linking High Risk Heterosexual African American Women to Care in the Upper South
Journal Title: HIV/AIDS Research and Treatment – Open Journal - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
As part of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) HIV prevention strategic plan through 2010,1 4 national goals were identified to reduce by half the new HIV infections in the United States. One of the 4 goals is to strengthen the national capacity to monitor the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic to better direct and evaluate prevention efforts. In response to these goals, the CDC awarded funds to state health departments to develop and implement a surveillance system to monitor behaviors that put people at risk for HIV infection in metropolitan statistical areas (MSA) with high incidence of human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). Three target populations making up the majority of HIV/AIDS cases were selected for surveillance including: men who have sex with men, injection drug users and heterosexuals living in high risk areas (defined by poverty and HIV/AIDS incidence). Each year a different population was interviewed and analyzed in a 3 year rotating cycle.
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Jill E. Rowe
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- DOI 10.17140/ HARTOJ-3-e009
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