CDC-Funded HIV Testing: United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2015

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• Alternative Title:
  CDC-Funded HIV Testing: United States, Puerto Rico, & the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2015
• Personal Author:
  Smith, Jennifer C. ; Wang, Guoshen ; Walker, Tanja ; Gilford, John
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (U.S.). Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Report Content and Organization: The content of this report addresses goals of the 2020 National HIV/AIDS Strategy and the 2011 DHAP Strategic Plan, specifically: Reduce new infections; Increase access to care and improve health outcomes for people living with HIV; and, Reduce HIV-related health disparities and health inequities.
  
  The report also addresses national HIV testing monitoring and evaluation questions for CDC-funded HIV testing programs in 2015, including data presented by jurisdiction and by demographic characteristics. Examples of these monitoring and evaluation questions include: How many CDC-funded test events were conducted in the United States?; How many persons were HIV-positive?; How many persons were newly diagnosed HIV-positive?; What percentage of newly diagnosed HIV-positive persons were linked to HIV medical care?; What percentage of newly diagnosed HIV-positive persons were referred to and interviewed for partner services?; and, What percentage of newly diagnosed HIV-positive persons were referred to HIV prevention services?
  
  This report contains 4 figures and 18 tables, which include the following: CDC-funded HIV test events and total numbers and percentages of HIV-positive test events, previously diagnosed HIV-positive persons, and newly diagnosed HIV-positive persons, and, Continuum of HIV testing and care activities among newly diagnosed HIV-positive persons, including linkage and referral indicators.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  Publication date estimated from document properties. No date on resource.
• Subjects:
  Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Epidemiology Data Interpretation, Statistical Epidemics Epidemiological Monitoring HIV Public Health Surveillance Statistics Tables
• Keywords:
  CDC-Funded HIV Testing DHP_HIV_Reports
• Series:
  CDC-Funded HIV Testing
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  Puerto Rico ; United States Virgin Islands ; United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP)
• Division:
  DHP - Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  84 pdf pages
• Citation:
  Suggested citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC-Funded HIV Testing: United, States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2015.
• Collection(s):
  Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:21ae1900aa36aa70938d6cd3e75c163d3a0342997cd5f51e8c7c89839b29b3154cb87e54784504137cffd976aa3132c7692c860fb4dcfc0aaff08be085a6b937
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/149041/cdc_149041_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.96 MB ]