The HIV Pandemic Prevention Efforts Can Inform the COVID-19 Pandemic Response in the United States

In this article, we highlight six specific prevention strategies implemented in the HIV response that could enhance the COVID-19 response in the United States: 1 Address rumors and misconceptions; 2 Help people determine their level of risk to take appropriate precautions; 3 Implement prevention str...

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Published inAmerican journal of public health (1971) Vol. 111; no. 4; pp. 564 - 567
Main Authors Carrasco, Maria A, Atkins, Kaitlyn, Young, Ruth, Rosen, Joseph G, Grieb, Suzanne M, Wong, Vincent J, Fleming, Paul J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Public Health Association 01.04.2021
Subjects
Accident prevention
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
Algorithms
Channels
Communication
Contact tracing
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 - transmission
COVID-19 Testing
Disease Transmission, Infectious - prevention & control
Employers
Geography
HIV
HIV Infections - epidemiology
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Information sources
Mass media
News media
Opinions, Ideas, & Practice
Pandemics
Pandemics - prevention & control
Peers
Prevention
Public health
Public Health Practice
Religious leaders
Risk Factors
Risk levels
Rumors
Social networks
Social scientists
United States - epidemiology
United States
United States > US
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Summary:In this article, we highlight six specific prevention strategies implemented in the HIV response that could enhance the COVID-19 response in the United States: 1 Address rumors and misconceptions; 2 Help people determine their level of risk to take appropriate precautions; 3 Implement prevention strategies that are targeted to vulnerable groups (i.e., key populations); 4 Develop and disseminate clear, adaptive messages through multiple trusted communication channels; 5 Implement widespread testing as a powerful prevention tool; and 6 Engage behavioral scientists to help lead our response.
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All authors contributed equally to this article.
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Note. The views in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the USAID, the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or the US government.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2021.306158