Publications by authors named "Maria Vyshnya Aslam"
Background: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) allocates funds annually to state and local programs in the United States to monitor and prevent sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). In 2014, a funding formula was implemented to allocate prevention funds to jurisdictions according to their STD burden and population size. We estimated the effect of implementing the funding formula in terms of gonorrhea cases averted from 2014 to 2018, a period during which inflation-adjusted CDC STD prevention funding declined.
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- The study aimed to investigate trends in diagnosed HIV infection at delivery in US hospitals from 2006 to 2014, emphasizing the importance of knowing a mother's HIV status before delivery to significantly reduce mother-to-child transmission risks.
- It utilized data from the National Inpatient Sample, identifying women with diagnosed HIV through delivery discharge records, and applied a statistical model to analyze trends and sociodemographic factors.
- Results showed a significant yearly decline (3%) in HIV diagnoses, particularly among women aged 25-34, Medicaid recipients, and various racial groups, while highlighting higher probabilities of HIV diagnosis for black and Hispanic women compared to whites, and for older maternal age groups.*