Health care policy. U.S. priorities-HIV prevention

One of the scientific anomalies of the AIDS epidemic is the large difference in infection rates across populations. Given limited resources and segregated epidemics, prevention funding should be directed to population segments with high HIV prevalence and incidence. However, recent surveys of U.S. p...

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Published inScience (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 290; no. 5492; p. 717
Main Authors Catania, J A, Morin, S F, Canchola, J, Pollack, L, Chang, J, Coates, T J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States The American Association for the Advancement of Science 27.10.2000
Subjects
Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control
Female
Health Expenditures
Health Policy
Health Priorities
Health Resources
Heterosexuality - statistics & numerical data
HIV Infections - economics
HIV Infections - epidemiology
HIV Infections - prevention & control
HIV Infections - transmission
Homosexuality, Male - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Incidence
Male
Population Surveillance
Prevalence
Preventive Health Services - economics
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - epidemiology
United States - epidemiology
United States
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Summary:One of the scientific anomalies of the AIDS epidemic is the large difference in infection rates across populations. Given limited resources and segregated epidemics, prevention funding should be directed to population segments with high HIV prevalence and incidence. However, recent surveys of U.S. populations indicate that the allocation of prevention dollars is not consistent with the distribution of HIV in the population.
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ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.290.5492.717