29 results match your criteria: "Center for Collaborative HIV Research in Practice and Policy[Affiliation]"

Background: Bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continue to increase in the United States. Despite evidence of the effectiveness of doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (Doxy-PEP) to prevent STIs, little is known about providers' attitudes and willingness to implement Doxy-PEP.

Methods: An online questionnaire was sent to 575 clinical providers in New York State in September 2022.

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Administrative data may provide incomplete understanding of pandemic disease impact. Medical record review-based assessments of COVID-19-related causes of death were conducted among people with diagnosed HIV in New York State, which identified more COVID-19-related causes of death than Vital Statistics, thereby offering a deeper understanding of the pandemic's impact on this population.

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Epidemiology of Chlamydia trachomatis and Repeat Positivity Following Detection in New York State.

J Public Health Manag Pract

July 2024

AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York (Mrs Currenti, Bomma, and Miranda, and Drs O'Grady, Gurram, and Hart-Malloy); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Albany, New York (Drs O'Grady and Hart-Malloy); Center for Collaborative HIV Research in Practice and Policy, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Albany, New York (Dr Hart-Malloy); and Bureau of Surveillance and Data Systems, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York (Dr Gurram).

Background: In New York State, excluding New York City, chlamydia remains a persistent health concern. Our aim was to characterize chlamydia epidemiology and identify groups at higher risk of repeat positivity to inform targeted public health interventions.

Methods: We analyzed demographic and clinical data of laboratory-confirmed chlamydia cases in New York State from 2015 to 2019.

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Are persons living with diagnosed HIV capable of mounting a strong inflammatory response to the new coronavirus?

Int J STD AIDS

November 2023

Center for Collaborative HIV Research in Practice and Policy, University at Albany School of Public Health, State University of New York, Rensselaer, NY, USA.

Background: The impact of COVID-19 on persons living with diagnosed HIV (PLWDH) remains incompletely understood. It's unclear whether an impaired immune system offers protection against mounting cytokine storm.

Methods: Retrospective matched cohort study of COVID-19 hospitalized individuals in New York State (NYS).

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COVID-19 Vaccination and Hospitalization Among Persons Living With Diagnosed HIV in New York State.

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr

June 2023

Center for Program Development, Implementation, Research and Evaluation, AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY.

Background: Persons living with diagnosed HIV (PLWDH) have higher COVID-19 diagnoses rates and poorer COVID-19-related outcomes than persons living without diagnosed HIV. The intersection of COVID-19 vaccination status and likelihood of severe COVID-19 outcomes has not been fully investigated for PLWDH.

Setting: New York State (NYS).

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Background: Monitoring progress toward population health equity goals requires developing robust disparity indicators. However, surveillance data gaps that result in undercounting racial and ethnic minority groups might influence the observed disparity measures.

Objective: This study aimed to assess the impact of missing race and ethnicity data in surveillance systems on disparity measures.

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Women experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) are at increased risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection but have limited uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). We systematically reviewed the existing evidence for the association between IPV and PrEP use, and barriers to accessing PrEP among women with a history of IPV in the United States. A keyword search of PubMed, CINAHL, ScienceDirect, and Web of Science for relevant articles within the United States from 2012 to 2022 yielded 133 articles, of which 15 were ultimately included in the analysis.

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Development of a usability checklist for public health dashboards to identify violations of usability principles.

J Am Med Inform Assoc

October 2022

Center for Policy Research, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, Albany, New York, USA.

Objective: To develop a usability checklist for public health dashboards.

Materials And Methods: This study systematically evaluated all publicly available dashboards for sexually transmitted infections on state health department websites in the United States (N = 13). A set of 11 principles derived from the information visualization literature were used to identify usability problems that violate critical usability principles: spatial organization, information coding, consistency, removal of extraneous ink, recognition rather than recall, minimal action, dataset reduction, flexibility to user experience, understandability of contents, scientific integrity, and readability.

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Persons who inject drugs (PWID) have been experiencing a higher burden of new hepatitis C (HCV) due to the opioid epidemic. The greatest increases in injection have been in rural communities. However, less is known about the prevalence of HCV or its risk factors in rural compared to non-rural communities.

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Acceptability of supervised injection facilities among persons who inject drugs in upstate New York.

Harm Reduct J

July 2022

Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, University at Albany, 1 University Place, Rensselaer, NY, 12144, USA.

Background: Supervised injection facilities (SIFs) provide spaces where persons who inject drugs (PWID) can inject under medical supervision and access harm reduction services. Though SIFs are not currently sanctioned in most of the US, such facilities are being considered for approval in several Upstate New York communities. No data exist from PWID in Upstate New York, and little from outside major US urban centers, on willingness to use SIFs and associated factors.

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Integrating Health Equity and Efficiency Principles in Distribution Systems: Lessons From Mailing COVID-19 Tests.

J Public Health Manag Pract

May 2022

Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy and Center for Collaborative HIV Research in Practice and Policy, University at Albany, Albany, New York.

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Background: Persons living with diagnosed HIV (PLWDH) are at increased risk for severe illness due to COVID-19. The degree to which this due to HIV infection, comorbidities, or other factors remains unclear.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective matched cohort study of individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 in New York State between March and June 2020, during the first wave of the pandemic, to compare outcomes among 853 PLWDH and 1,621 persons without diagnosed HIV (controls).

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Racial and ethnic disparities in HIV diagnoses among heterosexually active persons in the United States nationally and by state, 2018.

PLoS One

November 2021

Center for Collaborative HIV Research in Practice and Policy, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Albany, New York, United States of America.

Background: Despite declining HIV infection rates, persistent racial and ethnic disparities remain. Appropriate calculations of diagnosis rates by HIV transmission category, race and ethnicity, and geography are needed to monitor progress towards reducing systematic disparities in health outcomes. We estimated the number of heterosexually active adults (HAAs) by sex and state to calculate appropriate HIV diagnosis rates and disparity measures within subnational regions.

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Only 63% of people living with HIV in the United States are achieving viral suppression. Structural and social barriers limit adherence to antiretroviral therapy which furthers the HIV epidemic while increasing health care costs. This study calculated the cost and cost-effectiveness of a contingency management intervention with cash incentives.

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Resilience-Focused HIV Care to Promote Psychological Well-Being During COVID-19 and Other Catastrophes.

Front Public Health

September 2021

Community Health and Implementation Research Program, RTI International, Durham, NC, United States.

The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected people with HIV due to disruptions in prevention and care services, economic impacts, and social isolation. These stressors have contributed to worse physical health, HIV treatment outcomes, and psychological wellness. Psychological sequelae associated with COVID-19 threaten the overall well-being of people with HIV and efforts to end the HIV epidemic.

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This cross-sectional study compares in-person school reopening decisions by student sociodemographic characteristics among elementary schools in New York State.

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A Tale of Many New York Cities.

J Infect Dis

July 2021

Center for Collaborative HIV Research in Practice and Policy, University at Albany School of Public Health, State University of New York, Rensselaer, New York, USA.

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Maintaining a Focus on Health Equity During the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout.

J Public Health Manag Pract

April 2021

Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy (Dr Martin), Center for Collaborative HIV Research in Practice and Policy (Drs Martin, Birkhead, and Holtgrave), and School of Public Health (Drs Birkhead and Holtgrave), University at Albany, Albany, New York.

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COVID-19 Outcomes Among Persons Living With or Without Diagnosed HIV Infection in New York State.

JAMA Netw Open

February 2021

Center for Collaborative HIV Research in Practice and Policy, University at Albany School of Public Health, State University of New York, Rensselaer.

Importance: New York State has been an epicenter for both the US coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and HIV/AIDS epidemics. Persons living with diagnosed HIV may be more prone to COVID-19 infection and severe outcomes, yet few studies have assessed this possibility at a population level.

Objective: To evaluate the association between HIV diagnosis and COVID-19 diagnosis, hospitalization, and in-hospital death in New York State.

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Objectives: In 2014, the governor of New York announced the Ending the Epidemic (ETE) plan to reduce annual new HIV infections from 3000 to 750, achieve a first-ever decrease in HIV prevalence, and reduce AIDS progression by the end of 2020. The state health department undertook participatory simulation modeling to develop a baseline for comparing epidemic trends and feedback on ETE strategies.

Methods: A dynamic compartmental model projected the individual and combined effects of 3 ETE initiatives: enhanced linkage to and retention in HIV treatment, increased preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among men who have sex with men, and expanded housing assistance.

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In 2014, New York State became the first jurisdiction to launch a statewide initiative to end AIDS by reducing the number of persons living with HIV for the first time since effective HIV treatment became available. The Ending the Epidemic (ETE) initiative encompasses (1) identifying and linking undiagnosed persons with HIV to care, (2) retaining persons with HIV in care, and (3) facilitating access to preexposure prophylaxis for persons at risk for acquiring HIV. We used a framework for public health program implementation to describe key characteristics of the ETE initiative, present progress toward 13 ETE target metrics, and identify areas in need of increased programming.

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