County-Level Correlates of CDC-Funded HIV Testing Events, United States, 2012.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Hayek, Samah; Heitgerd, Janet, ; Williams, Weston; Krueger, Amy; Dietz, Patricia
- Source
- Journal of Community Health; Oct2015, Vol. 40 Issue 5, p1031-1036, 6p, 2 Charts, 1 Map
- Subject
- Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (U.S.)
Black people
Hispanic Americans
Diagnosis of HIV infections
HIV prevention
HIV infection epidemiology
Confidence intervals
Ethnic groups
Medical screening
Metropolitan areas
Multivariate analysis
Poverty
Public health surveillance
Race
Rural conditions
Mathematical variables
Logistic regression analysis
Socioeconomic factors
Disease prevalence
Data analysis software
Descriptive statistics
United States
- Language
- ISSN
- 00945145
HIV prevalence and socio-demographic data were analyzed to assess the alignment of CDC-funded HIV testing activity in 2012 with its high-impact prevention approach. CDC-funded HIV-testing was conducted in counties with high HIV prevalence and in places potentially more affected by HIV as measured by urbanicity, percent black, percent poverty, and percent uninsured. The percent Hispanic/Latino was associated with a lower probability of HIV testing activity. Higher percentages of black and Hispanic/Latino in the population was positively associated with new HIV diagnoses. Analyzing county-level data confirmed the appropriateness of CDC-funded HIV testing activities under a high-impact prevention approach but also suggested areas for possible improvement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]