HIV Counseling and Testing of CDC-Funded Sites, United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2005

摘要

The purpose of this report is to provide a summary of HIV CT data that can be used to facilitate program monitoring and evaluation at the local, state, and national levels. For example, HIV CT data are routinely analyzed and used to describe HIV testing patterns and changes over time. The report presents CDC-supported HIV CT data from 59 health departments, but primarily focuses on 43 health departments that sent test-level data for all four quarters of 2005. Illinois sent test-level data for only one quarter, so is considered a health department with aggregate-level data for this report. Mississippi did send test-level data for all four quarters of 2005, but is considered a health department with aggregate-level data for this report because of high percentages of missing values for variables used in this report. This report is intended to be used by HIV program managers and policy makers, HIV CT service providers, evaluators, researchers, and others who are interested in the public health implications of HIV prevention program data. Compared to similar previously published CDC reports of HIV CTS data, this report has one main new feature: results for tests that represent persons with newly identified HIV infection (as opposed to persons who are already aware of their HIV infection). Making this distinction is important to help programs reach persons with undiagnosed HIV infection who were previously unaware of their status.