County-Level Correlates of CDC-Funded HIV Testing Events, United States, 2012

• DOI: 10.1007/s10900-015-0028-y
• Publication Date: 2015-04-22T14:32:33Z
• Authors: Samah Hayek; Janet L. Heitgerd; Weston O. Williams; Amy L. Krueger; Patricia M. Dietz
• Keywords: Medically Uninsured; Social Determinants of Health; 1. No poverty; HIV Infections; Hispanic or Latino; United States; 3. Good health; Black or African American; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Socioeconomic Factors; Residence Characteristics; Poverty Areas; Prevalence; Humans; Mass Screening; Public Health; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; 10. No inequality

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.