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Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 127
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The purpose of this Enhanced Comprehensive HIV Prevention Plan (ECHPP) is, a) to provide a road map for developing a system of care; b) to present a detailed picture of the local HIV/AIDS epidemic, and; c) to guide decisions about HIV-related services and resources in our area that are consistent with the goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. This plan also outlines goals, objectives, and strategies for delivering the optimal combination of prevention, care and treatment services to maximally reduce new infections. By reviewing needs assessment and other data (evaluation, contract monitoring), the plan will seek to identify existing resources to meet those needs, and barriers to care. It also reflects the community's vision and values about how to best deliver HIV/AIDS care, particularly in light of limited resources.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 127
Book Description
The purpose of this Enhanced Comprehensive HIV Prevention Plan (ECHPP) is, a) to provide a road map for developing a system of care; b) to present a detailed picture of the local HIV/AIDS epidemic, and; c) to guide decisions about HIV-related services and resources in our area that are consistent with the goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. This plan also outlines goals, objectives, and strategies for delivering the optimal combination of prevention, care and treatment services to maximally reduce new infections. By reviewing needs assessment and other data (evaluation, contract monitoring), the plan will seek to identify existing resources to meet those needs, and barriers to care. It also reflects the community's vision and values about how to best deliver HIV/AIDS care, particularly in light of limited resources.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 60
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"On July 13, 2010, the White House released the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). This ambitious plan is the nation's first-ever comprehensive coordinated HIV/AIDS roadmap with clear and measurable targets. It is also a new attempt to set clear priorities and provide leadership for all public and private stakeholders to align their efforts toward a common purpose. The goals of NHAS are to: Reduce new HIV infections; Increase access to care and improve health outcomes for people living with HIV; and Reduce HIV-related health disparities. To address the challenges of the epidemic and maximize the effectiveness of current HIV prevention methods, CDC's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP) pursues a High-Impact Prevention (HIP) approach. This approach uses combinations of scientifically proven, cost-effective, and scalable interventions targeted to populations in geographic areas most affected by the epidemic, and promises to greatly increase the impact of HIV prevention efforts. CDC also acknowledges that strengthening our work in HIV testing, linkage, and care will be essential to achieving the goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. This guidance for HIV planning defines CDC's expectations of health departments and HIV planning groups (HPGs) in implementing HIV prevention planning. The HPG is the official HIV planning body that follows the HIV Planning Guidance to inform the development or update of the health department's Jurisdictional HIV Prevention Plan, which depicts how HIV infection will be reduced in the jurisdiction. HIV planning is a required and essential component of a comprehensive HIV prevention program, as outlined in Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) PS12-1201, Comprehensive HIV Prevention Programs for Health Departments (2012-2016). CDC is committed to supporting HIV planning, including significant community involvement, scientific basis of program decisions, and targeting resources to have the greatest effect on HIV acquisition and transmission."--Page 4-5.
Author: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781499572124 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 46
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This Guidance for HIV Prevention Community Planning defines the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) expectations of health departments and HIV prevention community planning groups (CPGs) in implementing HIV prevention community planning. HIV Prevention Community Planning is one of nine required essential components of a comprehensive HIV prevention program as outlined in Program Announcement #04012 (2004-2008), HIV Prevention Projects, Notice of Availability of Funds.
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Background: Since 1997, annual rates of newly diagnosed HIV infections have been higher in Miami-Dade County than in any other metropolitan statistical area of the United States. A series of strategic plans have been developed and implemented by the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) to reverse the trend. None has succeeded. In 2016, a five-year u201cintegrated planu201d was created to overcome failures of the past. Our aim was to examine the program planning process in Miami, compare it to health promotion planning models described in leading textbooks, and propose modifications in public health practices that might lead to better outcomes for populations at increased risk of HIV infection. Methods: Field research included participant observation at publicly announced strategic planning meetings of FDOH and the Ryan White Partnership, reviews of meeting notes and minutes, and assessments of epidemiological reports, program updates, and other documents distributed electronically or as photocopies. Locally acquired data were aligned with three health promotion planning models: Effectiveness-Based Program Planning (Kettner et al., 1999), PRECEDE-PROCEED (Green & Kreuter, 2005), and Intervention Mapping (Bartholomew et al., 2011), and critically analyzed for consistency. Results: The 2017-2021 FDOH Integrated Plan for HIV Prevention and Care focused almost entirely on adopting all the goals and recommended actions of the 2010 and updated 2015 National HIV/AIDS Strategy. Content was remarkably similar to earlier five-year plans and continued to emphasize HIV testing, treatment as prevention, and u201chigh impactu201d biomedical interventions. u201cCollective Impactu201d was the only theory discussed. The planning process was initiated and controlled by FDOH. It sought u201cbuy inu201d from stakeholders, community-based organizations that relied on FDOH reimbursable contracts for funding, and other constituents. Conclusions: The HIV-prevention planning process in Miami was more autocratic than democratic. It demonstrated very little overlap with systematic theory- and evidence-based planning models taught in academic public health.
Author: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub ISBN: 9781478281337 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 68
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A goal of CDC's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) is to strengthen collaborative work across disease areas and integrate services that are provided by state and local programs* for prevention of HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis (TB). A major barrier to achieving this goal is the lack of standardized data security and confidentiality procedures, which has often been cited as an obstacle for programs seeking to maximize use of data for public health action and provide integrated and comprehensive services. Maintaining confidentiality and security of public health data is a priority across all public health programs. However, policies vary and although disease-specific standards exist for CDC-funded HIV programs, similarly comprehensive CDC standards are lacking for viral hepatitis, STD, and TB prevention programs. Successful implementation of common data protections in state and local health departments with integrated programs suggest implementation of common data security and confidentiality policies is both reasonable and feasible. These programs have benefited from enhanced successful collaborations citing increased completeness of key data elements, collaborative analyses, and gains in program efficiencies as important benefits. Despite the potential benefits, however, policies have not been consistently implemented and the absence of common standards is frequently cited as impeding data sharing and use. Adoption of common practices for securing and protecting data will provide a critical foundation and be increasingly important for ensuring the appropriate sharing and use of data as programs begin to modify policies and increasingly use data for public health action. This document recommends standards for all NCHHSTP programs that, when adopted, will facilitate the secure collection, storage, and use of data while maintaining confidentiality. Designed to support the most desirable practices for enabling secure use of surveillance data for public health action and ensuring implementation of comprehensive evidence-based prevention services, the standards are based on 10 guiding principles that provide the foundation for the collection, storage, and use of these public health data. They address five areas: program policies and responsibilities, data collection and use, data sharing and release, physical security, and electronic data security. Intended for use by state and local health department disease programs to inform the development of policies and procedures, the standards are intentionally broad to allow for differences in public health activities and response across disease programs. The standards, and the guiding principles from which they are derived, are meant to serve as the foundation for more detailed policy development by programs and as a basis for determining if and where improvements are needed. The process includes seven main steps: designating an overall responsible party; performing a standards-based initial assessment of data security and confidentiality protections; developing and maintaining written data security policies and procedures based on assessment findings; developing and implementing training; developing data-sharing plans or agreements as needed; certification of adherence to standards; and performing periodic reviews of policies and procedures. CDC will work with state and local health departments to monitor the implementation of the guidelines and evaluate their impact on securing data, facilitating data use, and increasing program effectiveness.
Author: Givans Kay Ateka Publisher: ISBN: 9780542974304 Category : Educational evaluation Languages : en Pages : 246
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This cross-sectional study was undertaken to evaluate the impact in terms of HIV/STD knowledge and sexual behavior that the City of Houston HIV/STD prevention program in HISD high schools has had on students who have participated in it by comparing them with their peers who have not, based on self reports. The study further evaluated the program cost-effectiveness for averting future HIV infections by computing Cost-Utility Ratios based on reported sexual behavior. Mixed results were obtained, indicating a statistically significant difference in knowledge with the intervention group having scored higher (p-value 0.001) but not for any of the behaviors assessed. The knowledge score outcome's overall p-value after adjusting for each stratifying variable (age, grade, gender and ethnicity) was statistically significant. The Odds Ratio of intervention group participants aged 15 years or more scoring 70% or higher was 1.86 times; that of intervention group female participants was 2.29 times; and that of intervention group Black/African American participants was 2.47 times relative to their comparison group counterparts. The knowledge score results remained statistically significant in the logistic regression model, which controlled for age, grade level, gender and ethnicity. The Odds Ratio in this case was 1.74. Three scenarios based on the difference in the risk of HIV infection between the intervention and comparison group were used for computation of Cost-Utility Ratios: Base, worst and best-case scenario. The best-case scenario yielded cost-effective results for male participants and cost-saving results for female participants when using ethnicity-adjusted HIV prevalence. The scenario remained cost-effective for female participants when using the unadjusted HIV prevalence. The challenge to the program is to devise approaches that can enhance benefits for male participants. If it is a threshold problem implying that male participants require more intensive programs for behavioral change, then programs should first be piloted among boys before being implemented across the board. If it is a reflection of gender differences, then we might have to go back to the drawing board and engage boys in focus group discussions that will help formulate more effective programs. Gender-blind approaches currently in vogue do not seem to be working.
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