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Nault DR, Mitsuya T, Purcell DW, Munhall KG. Perturbing the consistency of auditory feedback in speech. Front Hum Neurosci 2022; 16:905365. [PMID: 36092651 PMCID: PMC9453207 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.905365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Sensory information, including auditory feedback, is used by talkers to maintain fluent speech articulation. Current models of speech motor control posit that speakers continually adjust their motor commands based on discrepancies between the sensory predictions made by a forward model and the sensory consequences of their speech movements. Here, in two within-subject design experiments, we used a real-time formant manipulation system to explore how reliant speech articulation is on the accuracy or predictability of auditory feedback information. This involved introducing random formant perturbations during vowel production that varied systematically in their spatial location in formant space (Experiment 1) and temporal consistency (Experiment 2). Our results indicate that, on average, speakers’ responses to auditory feedback manipulations varied based on the relevance and degree of the error that was introduced in the various feedback conditions. In Experiment 1, speakers’ average production was not reliably influenced by random perturbations that were introduced every utterance to the first (F1) and second (F2) formants in various locations of formant space that had an overall average of 0 Hz. However, when perturbations were applied that had a mean of +100 Hz in F1 and −125 Hz in F2, speakers demonstrated reliable compensatory responses that reflected the average magnitude of the applied perturbations. In Experiment 2, speakers did not significantly compensate for perturbations of varying magnitudes that were held constant for one and three trials at a time. Speakers’ average productions did, however, significantly deviate from a control condition when perturbations were held constant for six trials. Within the context of these conditions, our findings provide evidence that the control of speech movements is, at least in part, dependent upon the reliability and stability of the sensory information that it receives over time.
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- Daniel R. Nault
- Department of Psychology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
- *Correspondence: Daniel R. Nault,
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- School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Western University, London, ON, Canada
- National Centre for Audiology, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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- School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Western University, London, ON, Canada
- National Centre for Audiology, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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Purcell DW, Namkung Lee A, Dempsey A, Gordon C. Enhanced Federal Collaborations in Implementation Science and Research of HIV Prevention and Treatment. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2022; 90:S17-S22. [PMID: 35703751 DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000002961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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ABSTRACT Over the past decade, national initiatives in the United States (U.S.) have focused HIV prevention and care programs and research to optimize the delivery of HIV prevention and treatment through implementation research. Although existing biomedical and behavioral prevention tools could end HIV in the U.S., the implementation of these tools has been uneven because of many factors, including organizational capacity, insufficient uptake by key populations, lack of success with prioritizing by geography or population growth, and inadequate scaling. To address these challenges, the federal government has funded programs, research, and evaluation projects aimed at improving health outcomes among people with HIV and people vulnerable to HIV acquisition. Increasingly, several special federal efforts are being conducted under the umbrella of "implementation science and research" that are essential components to scaling up evidence-based HIV prevention and treatment interventions in the U.S. This paper describes federal collaborations that have supported this increased focus on implementation from the perspective of 3 agencies in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and the Health Resources and Services Administration. These federal collaborations have resulted in improved communication and coordination of efforts in the shaping and alignment of priorities in research and service delivery, increased implementation research conducted in real-world community and clinical settings and provided a feedback loop to expedite action in response to emerging evidence from such projects.
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- David W Purcell
- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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- Division of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
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- Health Resources and Services Administration, HIV/AIDS Bureau; and
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- Division of AIDS Research, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health
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Coughler C, Quinn de Launay KL, Purcell DW, Oram Cardy J, Beal DS. Pediatric Responses to Fundamental and Formant Frequency Altered Auditory Feedback: A Scoping Review. Front Hum Neurosci 2022; 16:858863. [PMID: 35664350 PMCID: PMC9157279 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.858863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Purpose The ability to hear ourselves speak has been shown to play an important role in the development and maintenance of fluent and coherent speech. Despite this, little is known about the developing speech motor control system throughout childhood, in particular if and how vocal and articulatory control may differ throughout development. A scoping review was undertaken to identify and describe the full range of studies investigating responses to frequency altered auditory feedback in pediatric populations and their contributions to our understanding of the development of auditory feedback control and sensorimotor learning in childhood and adolescence. Method Relevant studies were identified through a comprehensive search strategy of six academic databases for studies that included (a) real-time perturbation of frequency in auditory input, (b) an analysis of immediate effects on speech, and (c) participants aged 18 years or younger. Results Twenty-three articles met inclusion criteria. Across studies, there was a wide variety of designs, outcomes and measures used. Manipulations included fundamental frequency (9 studies), formant frequency (12), frequency centroid of fricatives (1), and both fundamental and formant frequencies (1). Study designs included contrasts across childhood, between children and adults, and between typical, pediatric clinical and adult populations. Measures primarily explored acoustic properties of speech responses (latency, magnitude, and variability). Some studies additionally examined the association of these acoustic responses with clinical measures (e.g., stuttering severity and reading ability), and neural measures using electrophysiology and magnetic resonance imaging. Conclusion Findings indicated that children above 4 years generally compensated in the opposite direction of the manipulation, however, in several cases not as effectively as adults. Overall, results varied greatly due to the broad range of manipulations and designs used, making generalization challenging. Differences found between age groups in the features of the compensatory vocal responses, latency of responses, vocal variability and perceptual abilities, suggest that maturational changes may be occurring in the speech motor control system, affecting the extent to which auditory feedback is used to modify internal sensorimotor representations. Varied findings suggest vocal control develops prior to articulatory control. Future studies with multiple outcome measures, manipulations, and more expansive age ranges are needed to elucidate findings.
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- Caitlin Coughler
- Graduate Program in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
- *Correspondence: Caitlin Coughler,
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- Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
- National Centre for Audiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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- School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
- National Centre for Audiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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- Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Jacobson EU, Hicks KA, Carrico J, Purcell DW, Green TA, Mermin JH, Farnham PG. Optimizing HIV Prevention Efforts to Achieve EHE Incidence Targets. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2022; 89:374-380. [PMID: 35202046 PMCID: PMC8887784 DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000002885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND A goal of the US Department of Health and Human Services' Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) in the United States initiative is to reduce the annual number of incident HIV infections in the United States by 75% within 5 years and by 90% within 10 years. We developed a resource allocation analysis to understand how these goals might be met. METHODS We estimated the current annual societal funding [$2.8 billion (B)/yr] for 14 interventions to prevent HIV and facilitate treatment of infected persons. These interventions included HIV testing for different transmission groups, HIV care continuum interventions, pre-exposure prophylaxis, and syringe services programs. We developed scenarios optimizing or reallocating this funding to minimize new infections, and we analyzed the impact of additional EHE funding over the period 2021-2030. RESULTS With constant current annual societal funding of $2.8 B/yr for 10 years starting in 2021, we estimated the annual incidence of 36,000 new cases in 2030. When we added annual EHE funding of $500 million (M)/yr for 2021-2022, $1.5 B/yr for 2023-2025, and $2.5 B/yr for 2026-2030, the annual incidence of infections decreased to 7600 cases (no optimization), 2900 cases (optimization beginning in 2026), and 2200 cases (optimization beginning in 2023) in 2030. CONCLUSIONS Even without optimization, significant increases in resources could lead to an 80% decrease in the annual HIV incidence in 10 years. However, to reach both EHE targets, optimization of prevention funding early in the EHE period is necessary. Implementing these efficient allocations would require flexibility of funding across agencies, which might be difficult to achieve.
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- Evin U. Jacobson
- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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Coughler C, Hamel EM, Cardy JO, Archibald LMD, Purcell DW. Compensation to Altered Auditory Feedback in Children With Developmental Language Disorder and Typical Development. J Speech Lang Hear Res 2021; 64:2363-2376. [PMID: 33769836 DOI: 10.1044/2020_jslhr-20-00374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Purpose Developmental language disorder (DLD), an unexplained problem using and understanding spoken language, has been hypothesized to have an underlying auditory processing component. Auditory feedback plays a key role in speech motor control. The current study examined whether auditory feedback is used to regulate speech production in a similar way by children with DLD and their typically developing (TD) peers. Method Participants aged 6-11 years completed tasks measuring hearing, language, first formant (F1) discrimination thresholds, partial vowel space, and responses to altered auditory feedback with F1 perturbation. Results Children with DLD tended to compensate more than TD children for the positive F1 manipulation and compensated less than TD children in the negative shift condition. Conclusion Our findings suggest that children with DLD make atypical use of auditory feedback.
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- Caitlin Coughler
- Graduate Program in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
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- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
- Doctor of Medicine Program, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
- National Centre for Audiology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
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- School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
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- School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
- National Centre for Audiology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
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- David W Purcell
- David W. Purcell is retired from the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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Easwar V, Scollie S, Lasarev M, Urichuk M, Aiken SJ, Purcell DW. Characteristics of Speech-Evoked Envelope Following Responses in Infancy. Trends Hear 2021; 25:23312165211004331. [PMID: 34251887 PMCID: PMC8278440 DOI: 10.1177/23312165211004331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2021] [Revised: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Envelope following responses (EFRs) may be a useful tool for evaluating the audibility of speech sounds in infants. The present study aimed to evaluate the characteristics of speech-evoked EFRs in infants with normal hearing, relative to adults, and identify age-dependent changes in EFR characteristics during infancy. In 42 infants and 21 young adults, EFRs were elicited by the first (F1) and the second and higher formants (F2+) of the vowels /u/, /a/, and /i/, dominant in low and mid frequencies, respectively, and by amplitude-modulated fricatives /s/ and /∫/, dominant in high frequencies. In a subset of 20 infants, the in-ear stimulus level was adjusted to match that of an average adult ear (65 dB sound pressure level [SPL]). We found that (a) adult-infant differences in EFR amplitude, signal-to-noise ratio, and intertrial phase coherence were larger and spread across the frequency range when in-ear stimulus level was adjusted in infants, (b) adult-infant differences in EFR characteristics were the largest for low-frequency stimuli, (c) infants demonstrated adult-like phase coherence when they received a higher (i.e., unadjusted) stimulus level, and (d) EFR phase coherence and signal-to-noise ratio changed with age in the first year of life for a few F2+ vowel stimuli in a level-specific manner. Together, our findings reveal that development-related changes in EFRs during infancy likely vary by stimulus frequency, with low-frequency stimuli demonstrating the largest adult-infant differences. Consistent with previous research, our findings emphasize the significant role of stimulus level calibration methods while investigating developmental trends in EFRs.
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- Vijayalakshmi Easwar
- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States
- Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States
- National Centre for Audiology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- National Centre for Audiology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
- School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
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- School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
- Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- National Centre for Audiology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
- School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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Sansom SL, Hicks KA, Carrico J, Jacobson EU, Shrestha RK, Green TA, Purcell DW. Optimal Allocation of Societal HIV Prevention Resources to Reduce HIV Incidence in the United States. Am J Public Health 2020; 111:150-158. [PMID: 33211582 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2020.305965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Objectives. To optimize combined public and private spending on HIV prevention to achieve maximum reductions in incidence.Methods. We used a national HIV model to estimate new infections from 2018 to 2027 in the United States. We estimated current spending on HIV screening, interventions that move persons with diagnosed HIV along the HIV care continuum, pre-exposure prophylaxis, and syringe services programs. We compared the current funding allocation with 2 optimal scenarios: (1) a limited-reach scenario with expanded efforts to serve eligible persons and (2) an ideal, unlimited-reach scenario in which all eligible persons could be served.Results. A continuation of the current allocation projects 331 000 new HIV cases over the next 10 years. The limited-reach scenario reduces that number by 69%, and the unlimited reach scenario by 94%. The most efficient funding allocations resulted in prompt diagnosis and sustained viral suppression through improved screening of high-risk persons and treatment adherence support for those infected.Conclusions. Optimal allocations of public and private funds for HIV prevention can achieve substantial reductions in new infections. Achieving reductions of more than 90% under current funding will require that virtually all infected receive sustained treatment.
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- Stephanie L Sansom
- Stephanie L. Sansom, Evin U. Jacobson, Ram K. Shrestha, Timothy A. Green, and David W. Purcell are with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA. Katherine A. Hicks and Justin Carrico are with RTI Health Solutions, Raleigh, NC
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- Stephanie L. Sansom, Evin U. Jacobson, Ram K. Shrestha, Timothy A. Green, and David W. Purcell are with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA. Katherine A. Hicks and Justin Carrico are with RTI Health Solutions, Raleigh, NC
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- Stephanie L. Sansom, Evin U. Jacobson, Ram K. Shrestha, Timothy A. Green, and David W. Purcell are with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA. Katherine A. Hicks and Justin Carrico are with RTI Health Solutions, Raleigh, NC
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- Stephanie L. Sansom, Evin U. Jacobson, Ram K. Shrestha, Timothy A. Green, and David W. Purcell are with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA. Katherine A. Hicks and Justin Carrico are with RTI Health Solutions, Raleigh, NC
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- Stephanie L. Sansom, Evin U. Jacobson, Ram K. Shrestha, Timothy A. Green, and David W. Purcell are with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA. Katherine A. Hicks and Justin Carrico are with RTI Health Solutions, Raleigh, NC
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- Stephanie L. Sansom, Evin U. Jacobson, Ram K. Shrestha, Timothy A. Green, and David W. Purcell are with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA. Katherine A. Hicks and Justin Carrico are with RTI Health Solutions, Raleigh, NC
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- Stephanie L. Sansom, Evin U. Jacobson, Ram K. Shrestha, Timothy A. Green, and David W. Purcell are with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA. Katherine A. Hicks and Justin Carrico are with RTI Health Solutions, Raleigh, NC
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Burton DC, Burris S, Mermin JH, Purcell DW, Zeigler SC, Bull-Otterson L, Dean HD. Policy and Public Health : Reducing the Burden of Infectious Diseases. Public Health Rep 2020; 135:5S-9S. [PMID: 32735202 DOI: 10.1177/0033354920932641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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- Deron C Burton
- 1242 National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- 6558 Center for Public Health Law Research, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- 1242 National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- 1242 National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- 1242 National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- 1242 National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- 1242 Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Dimitrijevic A, John SM, Van Roon P, Purcell DW, Adamonis J, Ostroff J, Nedzelski JM, Picton TW. Estimating the Audiogram Using Multiple Auditory Steady-State Responses. J Am Acad Audiol 2020. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1715964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Multiple auditory steady-state responses were evoked by eight tonal stimuli (four per ear), with each stimulus simultaneously modulated in both amplitude and frequency. The modulation frequencies varied from 80 to 95 Hz and the carrier frequencies were 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz. For air conduction, the differences between physiologic thresholds for these mixed-modulation (MM) stimuli and behavioral thresholds for pure tones in 31 adult subjects with a sensorineural hearing impairment and 14 adult subjects with normal hearing were 14 ± 11, 5 ± 9, 5 ± 9, and 9 ± 10 dB (correlation coefficients .85, .94, .95, and .95) for the 500-, 1000-, 2000-, and 4000-Hz carrier frequencies, respectively. Similar results were obtained in subjects with simulated conductive hearing losses. Responses to stimuli presented through a forehead bone conductor showed physiologic-behavioral threshold differences of 22 ± 8, 14 ± 5, 5 ± 8, and 5 ± 10 dB for the 500-, 1000-, 2000-, and 4000-Hz carrier frequencies, respectively. These responses were attenuated by white noise presented concurrently through the bone conductor.
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John MS, Purcell DW, Dimitrijevic A, Picton TW. Advantages and Caveats When Recording Steady-State Responses to Multiple Simultaneous Stimuli. J Am Acad Audiol 2020. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1715968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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This article considers the efficiency of evoked potential audiometry using steady-state responses evoked by multiple simultaneous stimuli with carrier frequencies at 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz. The general principles of signal-to-noise enhancement through averaging provide a basis for determining the time required to estimate thresholds. The advantage of the multiple-stimulus technique over a single-stimulus approach is less than the ratio of the number of stimuli presented. When testing two ears simultaneously, the advantage is typically that the multiple-stimulus technique is two to three times faster. One factor that increases the time of the multiple-response recording is the relatively small size of responses at 500 and 4000 Hz. Increasing the intensities of the 500- and 4000-Hz stimuli by 10 or 20 dB can enhance their responses without significantly changing the other responses. Using multiple simultaneous stimuli causes small changes in the responses compared with when the responses are evoked by single stimuli. The clearest of these interactions is the attenuation of the responses to low-frequency stimuli in the presence of higher-frequency stimuli. Although these interactions are interesting physiologically, their small size means that they do not lessen the advantages of the multiple-stimulus approach.
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Krueger AL, Van Handel M, Dietz PM, Williams WO, Satcher Johnson A, Klein PW, Cohen S, Mandsager P, Cheever LW, Rhodes P, Purcell DW. Factors Associated with State Variation in Mortality Among Persons Living with Diagnosed HIV Infection. J Community Health 2020; 44:963-973. [PMID: 30949964 DOI: 10.1007/s10900-019-00655-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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In the United States, the all-cause mortality rate among persons living with diagnosed HIV infection (PLWH) is almost twice as high as among the general population. We aimed to identify amendable factors that state public health programs can influence to reduce mortality among PLWH. Using generalized estimating equations (GEE), we estimated age-group-specific models (24-34, 35-54, ≥ 55 years) to assess the association between state-level mortality rates among PLWH during 2010-2014 (National HIV Surveillance System) and amendable factors (percentage of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) clients with viral suppression, percentage of residents with healthcare coverage, state-enacted anti-discrimination laws index) while controlling for sociodemographic nonamendable factors. Controlling for nonamendable factors, states with 5% higher viral suppression among RWHAP clients had a 3-5% lower mortality rates across all age groups [adjusted Risk Ratio (aRR): 0.95, 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 0.92-0.99 for 24-34 years, aRR: 0.97, 95%CI: 0.94-0.99 for 35-54 years, aRR: 0.96, 95%CI: 0.94-0.99 for ≥ 55 years]; states with 5% higher health care coverage had 4-11% lower mortality rate among older age groups (aRR: 0.96, 95%CI: 0.93-0.99 for 34-54 years; aRR: 0.89, 95%CI: 0.81-0.97 for ≥ 55 years); and having laws that address one additional area of anti-discrimination was associated with a 2-3% lower mortality rate among older age groups (aRR: 0.98, 95%CI: 0.95-1.00 for 34-54 years; aRR: 0.97, 95%CI: 0.94-0.99 for ≥ 55 years). The mortality rate among PLWH was lower in states with higher levels of residents with healthcare coverage, anti-discrimination laws, and viral suppression among RWHAP clients. States can influence these factors through programs and policies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Amy L Krueger
- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop US8-2, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA.
- School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, 33014, Tampere, Finland.
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop US8-2, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop US8-2, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop US8-2, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
- Public Health Analytic Consulting Services, Inc., 917 Craftsman Street, Hillsborough, NC, 27278, USA
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop US8-2, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
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- HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD, 20857, USA
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- HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD, 20857, USA
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- HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD, 20857, USA
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- HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD, 20857, USA
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop US8-2, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop US8-2, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
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The medial olivocochlear reflex (MOCR) has been implicated in several auditory processes. The putative role of the MOCR in improving speech perception in noise is particularly relevant for children who complain of listening difficulties (LiD). The hypothesis that the MOCR may be impaired in individuals with LiD or auditory processing disorder has led to several investigations but without consensus. In two related studies, we compared the MOCR functioning of children with LiD and typically developing (TD) children in the same age range (7-17 years). In Study 1, we investigated ipsilateral, contralateral, and bilateral MOCR using forward-masked click-evoked otoacoustic emissions (CEOAEs; n = 17 TD, 17 LiD). In Study 2, we employed three OAE types: CEOAEs (n = 16 TD, 21 LiD), stimulus frequency OAEs (n = 21 TD, 30 LiD), and distortion product OAEs (n = 17 TD, 22 LiD) in a contralateral noise paradigm. Results from both studies suggest that the MOCR functioning is not significantly different between the two groups. Some likely reasons for differences in findings among published studies could stem from the lack of strict data quality measures (e.g., high signal-to-noise ratio, control for the middle ear muscle reflex) that were enforced in the present study. The inherent variability of the MOCR, the subpar reliability of current MOCR methods, and the heterogeneity in auditory processing deficits that underlie auditory processing disorder make detecting clinically relevant differences in MOCR function impractical using current methods.
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- Sriram Boothalingam
- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.,Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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- School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Western University, London, ON, Canada.,National Centre for Audiology, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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- School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Western University, London, ON, Canada.,National Centre for Audiology, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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- School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Western University, London, ON, Canada.,National Centre for Audiology, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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MacGowan RJ, Chavez PR, Borkowf CB, Owen SM, Purcell DW, Mermin JH, Sullivan PS. Effect of Internet-Distributed HIV Self-tests on HIV Diagnosis and Behavioral Outcomes in Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med 2020; 180:117-125. [PMID: 31738378 PMCID: PMC6865312 DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.5222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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IMPORTANCE Undiagnosed HIV infection results in delayed access to treatment and increased transmission. Self-tests for HIV may increase awareness of infection among men who have sex with men (MSM). OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of providing HIV self-tests on frequency of testing, diagnoses of HIV infection, and sexual risk behaviors. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This 12-month longitudinal, 2-group randomized clinical trial recruited MSM through online banner advertisements from March through August 2015. Those recruited were at least 18 years of age, reported engaging in anal sex with men in the past year, never tested positive for HIV, and were US residents with mailing addresses. Participants completed quarterly online surveys. Telephone call notes and laboratory test results were included in the analysis, which was completed from August 2017 through December 2018. INTERVENTIONS All participants had access to online web-based HIV testing resources and telephone counseling on request. Participants were randomized in a 1:1 ratio to the control group or a self-testing (ST) group, which received 4 HIV self-tests after completing the baseline survey with the option to replenish self-tests after completing quarterly surveys. At study completion, all participants were offered 2 self-tests and 1 dried blood spot collection kit. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Primary outcomes were HIV testing frequency (tested ≥3 times during the trial) and number of newly identified HIV infections among participants in both groups and social network members who used the study HIV self-tests. Secondary outcomes included sex behaviors (eg, anal sex, serosorting). RESULTS Of 2665 participants, the mean (SD) age was 30 (9.6) years, 1540 (57.8%) were white, and 443 (16.6%) had never tested for HIV before enrollment. Retention rates at each time point were more than 54%, and 1991 (74.7%) participants initiated 1 or more follow-up surveys. More ST participants reported testing 3 or more times during the trial than control participants (777 of 1014 [76.6%] vs 215 of 977 [22.0%]; P < .01). The cumulative number of newly identified infections during the trial was twice as high in the ST participants as the control participants (25 of 1325 [1.9%] vs 11 of 1340 [0.8%]; P = .02), with the largest difference in HIV infections identified in the first 3 months (12 of 1325 [0.9%] vs 2 of 1340 [0.1%]; P < .01). The ST participants reported 34 newly identified infections among social network members who used the self-tests. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Distribution of HIV self-tests provides a worthwhile mechanism to increase awareness of HIV infection and prevent transmission among MSM. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02067039.
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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Sullivan PS, Purcell DW, Grey JA, Bernstein KT, Gift TL, Wimbly TA, Hall E, Rosenberg ES. Patterns of Racial/Ethnic Disparities and Prevalence in HIV and Syphilis Diagnoses Among Men Who Have Sex With Men, 2016: A Novel Data Visualization. Am J Public Health 2019; 108:S266-S273. [PMID: 30383430 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2018.304762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To describe disparities in HIV infection and syphilis among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in US states through ratio-based measures and graphical depictions of disparities. METHODS We used state-level surveillance data of reported HIV and syphilis cases in 2015 and 2016, and estimates of MSM population sizes to estimate HIV and syphilis prevalence by race/ethnicity and rate ratios (RRs) and to visually display patterns of disparity and prevalence among US states. RESULTS State-specific rates of new HIV diagnoses were higher for Black than for White MSM (RR range = 2.35 [Rhode Island] to 10.12 [Wisconsin]) and for Hispanic than for White MSM (RR range = 1.50 [Tennessee] to 5.78 [Pennsylvania]). Rates of syphilis diagnoses were higher for Black than for White MSM in 42 of 44 states (state RR range = 0.89 [Hawaii] to 17.11 [Alaska]). Scatterplots of HIV diagnosis rates by race showed heterogeneity in epidemic scenarios, even in states with similar ratio-based disparity measures. CONCLUSIONS There is a widely disparate impact of HIV and syphilis among Black and Hispanic MSM compared with White MSM. Between-state variation suggests that states should tailor and focus their prevention responses to best address state data.
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- Patrick S Sullivan
- Patrick S. Sullivan, Taylor A. Wimbly, and Eric Hall are with the Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. David W. Purcell is with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta. Jeremy A. Grey, Kyle T. Bernstein, and Thomas L. Gift are with the Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta. Eli S. Rosenberg is with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University at Albany School of Public Health, State University of New York, Albany
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- Patrick S. Sullivan, Taylor A. Wimbly, and Eric Hall are with the Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. David W. Purcell is with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta. Jeremy A. Grey, Kyle T. Bernstein, and Thomas L. Gift are with the Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta. Eli S. Rosenberg is with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University at Albany School of Public Health, State University of New York, Albany
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- Patrick S. Sullivan, Taylor A. Wimbly, and Eric Hall are with the Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. David W. Purcell is with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta. Jeremy A. Grey, Kyle T. Bernstein, and Thomas L. Gift are with the Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta. Eli S. Rosenberg is with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University at Albany School of Public Health, State University of New York, Albany
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- Patrick S. Sullivan, Taylor A. Wimbly, and Eric Hall are with the Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. David W. Purcell is with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta. Jeremy A. Grey, Kyle T. Bernstein, and Thomas L. Gift are with the Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta. Eli S. Rosenberg is with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University at Albany School of Public Health, State University of New York, Albany
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- Patrick S. Sullivan, Taylor A. Wimbly, and Eric Hall are with the Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. David W. Purcell is with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta. Jeremy A. Grey, Kyle T. Bernstein, and Thomas L. Gift are with the Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta. Eli S. Rosenberg is with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University at Albany School of Public Health, State University of New York, Albany
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- Patrick S. Sullivan, Taylor A. Wimbly, and Eric Hall are with the Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. David W. Purcell is with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta. Jeremy A. Grey, Kyle T. Bernstein, and Thomas L. Gift are with the Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta. Eli S. Rosenberg is with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University at Albany School of Public Health, State University of New York, Albany
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- Patrick S. Sullivan, Taylor A. Wimbly, and Eric Hall are with the Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. David W. Purcell is with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta. Jeremy A. Grey, Kyle T. Bernstein, and Thomas L. Gift are with the Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta. Eli S. Rosenberg is with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University at Albany School of Public Health, State University of New York, Albany
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- Patrick S. Sullivan, Taylor A. Wimbly, and Eric Hall are with the Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. David W. Purcell is with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta. Jeremy A. Grey, Kyle T. Bernstein, and Thomas L. Gift are with the Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta. Eli S. Rosenberg is with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University at Albany School of Public Health, State University of New York, Albany
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Collins CB, Baack BN, Tomlinson H, Lyles C, Cleveland JC, Purcell DW, Ortiz-Ricard A, Mermin J. Selecting Evidence-Based HIV Prevention Behavioral Interventions for HIV-Negative Persons for National Dissemination. AIDS Behav 2019; 23:2226-2237. [PMID: 30798460 DOI: 10.1007/s10461-019-02433-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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This paper describes the development of a formula to determine which evidence-based behavioral interventions (EBIs) targeting HIV-negative persons would be cost-saving in comparison to the lifetime cost of HIV treatment and the process by which this formula was used to prioritize those with greatest potential impact for continued dissemination. We developed a prevention benefit index (PBI) to rank risk-reduction EBIs for HIV-negative persons based on their estimated cost for achieving the behavior change per one would-be incident infection of HIV. Inputs for calculating the PBI included the mean estimated cost-per-client served, EBI effect size for the behavior change, and the HIV incidence per 100,000 persons in the target population. EBIs for which the PBI was ≤ $402,000, the estimated lifetime cost of HIV care, were considered cost-saving. We were able to calculate a PBI for 35 EBI and target population combinations. Ten EBIs were cost-saving having a PBI below $402,000. One EBI did not move forward for dissemination due to high start-up dissemination costs. DHAP now supports the dissemination of 9 unique EBIs targeting 13 populations of HIV-negative persons. The application of a process, such as the PBI, may assist other health-field policymakers when making decisions about how to select and fund implementation of EBIs.
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- Charles B Collins
- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Mailstop E-40, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA, 30333, USA.
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Mailstop E-40, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA, 30333, USA
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Mailstop E-40, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA, 30333, USA
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Mailstop E-40, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA, 30333, USA
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Mailstop E-40, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA, 30333, USA
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Mailstop E-40, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA, 30333, USA
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Mailstop E-40, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA, 30333, USA
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- National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 30333, USA
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Samandari T, Harris N, Cleveland JC, Purcell DW, McCray E. Antiretroviral Drugs as the Linchpin for Prevention of HIV Infections in the United States. Am J Public Health 2019; 107:1577-1579. [PMID: 28902548 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2017.304011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- Taraz Samandari
- All of the authors are with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- All of the authors are with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- All of the authors are with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- All of the authors are with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- All of the authors are with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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Purcell DW, Flores SA, Koenig LJ, Cleveland JC, Mermin J. Enhancing HIV Prevention and Care Through CAPUS and Other Demonstration Projects Aimed at Achieving National HIV/AIDS Strategy Goals, 2010-2018. Public Health Rep 2019; 133:6S-9S. [PMID: 30457954 DOI: 10.1177/0033354918800024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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- David W Purcell
- 1 Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- 1 Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- 1 Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- 1 Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- 2 National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Li Z, Purcell DW, Sansom SL, Hayes D, Hall HI. Vital Signs: HIV Transmission Along the Continuum of Care - United States, 2016. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019; 68:267-272. [PMID: 30897075 PMCID: PMC6478059 DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6811e1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Background In 2016, an estimated 1.1 million persons had human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in the United States; 38,700 were new infections. Knowledge of HIV infection status, behavior change, and antiretroviral therapy (ART) all prevent HIV transmission. Persons who achieve and maintain viral suppression (achieved by most persons within 6 months of starting ART) can live long, healthy lives and pose effectively no risk of HIV transmission to their sexual partners. Methods A model was used to estimate transmission rates in 2016 along the HIV continuum of care. Data for sexual and needle-sharing behaviors were obtained from National HIV Behavioral Surveillance. Estimated HIV prevalence, incidence, receipt of care, and viral suppression were obtained from National HIV Surveillance System data. Results Overall, the HIV transmission rate was 3.5 per 100 person-years in 2016. Along the HIV continuum of care, the transmission rates from persons who were 1) acutely infected and unaware of their infection, 2) non-acutely infected and unaware, 3) aware of HIV infection but not in care, 4) receiving HIV care but not virally suppressed, and 5) taking ART and virally suppressed were 16.1, 8.4, 6.6, 6.1, and 0 per 100 person-years, respectively. The percentages of all transmissions generated by each group were 4.0%, 33.6%, 42.6%, 19.8%, and 0%, respectively. Conclusion Approximately 80% of new HIV transmissions are from persons who do not know they have HIV infection or are not receiving regular care. Going forward, increasing the percentage of persons with HIV infection who have achieved viral suppression and do not transmit HIV will be critical for ending the HIV epidemic in the United States.
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- Zihao Li
- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC
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Easwar V, Banyard A, Aiken SJ, Purcell DW. Phase‐locked responses to the vowel envelope vary in scalp‐recorded amplitude due to across‐frequency response interactions. Eur J Neurosci 2018; 48:3126-3145. [DOI: 10.1111/ejn.14161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2018] [Revised: 08/22/2018] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Vijayalakshmi Easwar
- Communication Sciences & Disorders and Waisman CenterUniversity of Wisconsin Madison Wisconsin
- National Center for AudiologyWestern University London Ontario Canada
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- Communication Sciences and DisordersWestern University London Ontario Canada
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- School of Human Communication DisordersDalhousie University Halifax Nova Scotia Canada
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- National Center for AudiologyWestern University London Ontario Canada
- Communication Sciences and DisordersWestern University London Ontario Canada
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Jones J, Grey JA, Purcell DW, Bernstein KT, Sullivan PS, Rosenberg ES. Estimating Prevalent Diagnoses and Rates of New Diagnoses of HIV at the State Level by Age Group Among Men who Have Sex With Men in the United States. Open Forum Infect Dis 2018; 5:ofy124. [PMID: 30652108 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofy124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Accepted: 05/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background Men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States experience a disproportionate rate of diagnosis of HIV. Surveillance data demonstrate age-based disparities among MSM, with higher rates of diagnosis among MSM age ≤34 years nationally. Population size estimates within age group at the state level have not been available to determine rates for each state. We estimated the size of the MSM population in 5 age groups in each state and estimated the rate of prevalent HIV diagnoses in 2013 and new HIV diagnoses in 2014. Methods We used data from the General Social Survey, American Community Survey, and previously published estimates from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to estimate the population of MSM in 5 age groups at the state level. We combined these estimates with surveillance data to estimate age-stratified rates of prevalent diagnoses in 2013 and new diagnoses in 2014 in each state. We estimated standardized prevalence and diagnosis ratios comparing the Northeast, South, and West regions with the Midwest. Results Rates of prevalent diagnoses increased with increasing age, and rates of new diagnoses were highest among younger age groups. In the United States, the new diagnosis rate among those age 18-24 years in 2014 was 1.4 per 100 MSM without a diagnosis. The highest diagnosis rates were observed among men age ≤34 years in the South. Conclusions Age-stratified estimates of HIV prevalence and new diagnosis rates at the state level can inform public health prevention strategies and resource allocation.
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- Jeb Jones
- Department of Epidemiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University at Albany, Albany, New York
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Yaylali E, Farnham PG, Cohen S, Purcell DW, Hauck H, Sansom SL. Optimal allocation of HIV prevention funds for state health departments. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0197421. [PMID: 29768489 PMCID: PMC5955542 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2017] [Accepted: 05/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To estimate the optimal allocation of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) HIV prevention funds for health departments in 52 jurisdictions, incorporating Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funds, to improve outcomes along the HIV care continuum and prevent infections. METHODS Using surveillance data from 2010 to 2012 and budgetary data from 2012, we divided the 52 health departments into 5 groups varying by number of persons living with diagnosed HIV (PLWDH), median annual CDC HIV prevention budget, and median annual HRSA expenditures supporting linkage to care, retention in care, and adherence to antiretroviral therapy. Using an optimization and a Bernoulli process model, we solved for the optimal CDC prevention budget allocation for each health department group. The optimal allocation distributed the funds across prevention interventions and populations at risk for HIV to prevent the greatest number of new HIV cases annually. RESULTS Both the HIV prevention interventions funded by the optimal allocation of CDC HIV prevention funds and the proportions of the budget allocated were similar across health department groups, particularly those representing the large majority of PLWDH. Consistently funded interventions included testing, partner services and linkage to care and interventions for men who have sex with men (MSM). Sensitivity analyses showed that the optimal allocation shifted when there were differences in transmission category proportions and progress along the HIV care continuum. CONCLUSION The robustness of the results suggests that most health departments can use these analyses to guide the investment of CDC HIV prevention funds into strategies to prevent the most new cases of HIV.
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- Emine Yaylali
- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), Atlanta, GA, United States of America
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), Atlanta, GA, United States of America
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- HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, MD, United States of America
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), Atlanta, GA, United States of America
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- HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, MD, United States of America
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), Atlanta, GA, United States of America
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Rosenberg ES, Purcell DW, Grey JA, Hankin-Wei A, Hall E, Sullivan PS. Rates of prevalent and new HIV diagnoses by race and ethnicity among men who have sex with men, U.S. states, 2013-2014. Ann Epidemiol 2018; 28:865-873. [PMID: 29753640 DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2018.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2017] [Revised: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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PURPOSE Men who have sex with men (MSM) bear a disproportionate burden of new and existing HIV infections in the United States, with black and Hispanic MSM facing the highest rates. A lack of data on MSM population sizes has precluded the understanding of state-level variations in these rates. METHODS Using a recently developed model for estimating state-level population sizes of MSM by race that synthesizes data from the American Community Survey and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, in conjunction with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-based HIV diagnosis data, we estimated rates of living with an HIV diagnosis (2013) and new diagnosis among MSM (2014) by state and race. RESULTS Nationally, state-level median prevalence of living with an HIV diagnosis was 10.6%. White MSM had lower prevalence in all but five states; black MSM were higher in all but three. Hispanic MSM had highest concentrations in Northeast and Mississippi Delta states. Patterns were similar for new diagnoses rates. CONCLUSIONS Results suggest that racial disparities in HIV infection among MSM are more prominent than geographic ones. Interventions should be differentially tailored to areas of high proportionate and absolute burden. Continued efforts to understand and address racial differences in HIV infection are needed.
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- Eli S Rosenberg
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University at Albany School of Public Health, State University of New York, Rensselaer
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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McCree DH, Purcell DW, Cleveland JC, Brooks JT. Increasing Availability of Prevention to Communities Disproportionately Affected by HIV. Am J Public Health 2017; 107:1027-1028. [PMID: 28590875 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2017.303764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- Donna Hubbard McCree
- Donna Hubbard McCree, David W. Purcell, Janet C. Cleveland, and John T. Brooks are with the Office of the Director, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Donna Hubbard McCree, David W. Purcell, Janet C. Cleveland, and John T. Brooks are with the Office of the Director, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Donna Hubbard McCree, David W. Purcell, Janet C. Cleveland, and John T. Brooks are with the Office of the Director, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Donna Hubbard McCree, David W. Purcell, Janet C. Cleveland, and John T. Brooks are with the Office of the Director, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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Mitsuya T, Munhall KG, Purcell DW. Modulation of auditory-motor learning in response to formant perturbation as a function of delayed auditory feedback. J Acoust Soc Am 2017; 141:2758. [PMID: 28464659 PMCID: PMC5552393 DOI: 10.1121/1.4981139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The interaction of language production and perception has been substantiated by empirical studies where speakers compensate their speech articulation in response to the manipulated sound of their voice heard in real-time as auditory feedback. A recent study by Max and Maffett [(2015). Neurosci. Lett. 591, 25-29] reported an absence of compensation (i.e., auditory-motor learning) for frequency-shifted formants when auditory feedback was delayed by 100 ms. In the present study, the effect of auditory feedback delay was studied when only the first formant was manipulated while delaying auditory feedback systematically. In experiment 1, a small yet significant compensation was observed even with 100 ms of auditory delay unlike the past report. This result suggests that the tolerance of feedback delay depends on different types of auditory errors being processed. In experiment 2, it was revealed that the amount of formant compensation had an inverse linear relationship with the amount of auditory delay. One of the speculated mechanisms to account for these results is that as auditory delay increases, undelayed (and unperturbed) somatosensory feedback is given more preference for accuracy control of vowel formants.
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- Takashi Mitsuya
- Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, 1417 N.E. 42nd Street, Seattle, Washington 98105-6246, USA
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- Department of Psychology, 62 Arch Street, Humphrey Hall, Room 232, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- National Centre for Audiology, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Elborn College, Western University, London Ontario N6G 1H1, Canada
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Greenberg AE, Gordon CM, Purcell DW. Promotion of Research on the HIV Continuum of Care in the United States: The CFAR HIV Continuum of Care/ECHPP Working Group. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2017; 74 Suppl 2:S75-S80. [PMID: 28079716 PMCID: PMC5336363 DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000001243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Alan E. Greenberg
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC
- District of Columbia Center for AIDS Research, Washington, DC
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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Mitsuya T, Purcell DW. Occlusion effect on compensatory formant production and voice amplitude in response to real-time perturbation. J Acoust Soc Am 2016; 140:4017. [PMID: 28040002 DOI: 10.1121/1.4968539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The importance of auditory feedback for controlling speech articulation has been substantiated by the use of the real-time auditory perturbation paradigm. With this paradigm, speakers receive their own manipulated voice signal in real-time while they produce a simple speech segment. In response, they spontaneously compensate for the manipulation. In the case of vowel formant control, various studies have reported behavioral and neural mechanisms of how auditory feedback is processed for compensatory behavior. However, due to technical limitations such as avoiding an electromagnetic artifact or metal transducers near a scanner, some studies require foam tip insert earphones. These earphones occlude the ear canal, and may cause more energy of the unmanipulated first formant to reach the cochlea through bone conduction and thus confound the effect of formant manipulation. Moreover, amplification of lower frequencies due to occluded ear canals may influence speakers' voice amplitude. The current study examined whether using circumaural headphones and insert earphones would elicit different compensatory speech production when speakers' first formant was manipulated in real-time. The results of the current study showed that different headphones did not elicit different compensatory formant production. Voice amplitude results were varied across different vowels examined; however, voice amplitude tended to decrease with the introduction of F1 perturbation.
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- Takashi Mitsuya
- National Centre for Audiology, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Western University, Elborn College, Room 1207, London, Ontario, N6G 1H1, Canada
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- National Centre for Audiology, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Western University, Elborn College, Room 2262D, London, Ontario, N6G 1H1, Canada
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Shrestha RK, Sansom SL, Purcell DW. Assessing HIV acquisition risks among men who have sex with men in the United States of America. Rev Panam Salud Publica 2016; 40:474-478. [PMID: 28718498 PMCID: PMC5718615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2016] [Accepted: 10/12/2016] [Indexed: 06/07/2023] Open
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Men who have sex with men (MSM) can reduce their risk of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by using various prevention strategies and by understanding the effectiveness of each option over the short- and long-term. Strategies examined were: circumcision; insertive anal sex only; consistent, 100% self-reported condom use; and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). PrEP efficacy was based on three levels of adherence. The cumulative HIV acquisition risk among MSM over periods of 1 year and 10 years were estimated with and without single and combinations of prevention strategies. A Bernoulli process model was used to estimate risk. In the base case with no prevention strategies, the 1-year risk of HIV acquisition among MSM was 8.8%. In contrast, the 1-year risk associated with circumcision alone was 6.9%; with insertive sex only, 5.5%; with 100% self-reported condom use, 2.7%; and with average, high, and very high PrEP adherence, 5.1%, 2.5%, and 0.7%, respectively. The 10-year risk of HIV acquisition among MSM with no prevention strategy was 60.3%. In contrast, that associated with circumcision alone was 51.1%; with insertive sex only, 43.1%; with 100% self-reported condom use, 24.0%; and with average, high, and very high PrEP adherence, 40.5%, 22.2%, and 7.2%, respectively. While MSM face substantial risk of HIV, there are now a number of prevention strategies that reduce risk. Very high adherence to PrEP alone or with other strategies appears to be the most powerful tool for HIV prevention.
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- Ram K Shrestha
- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Koenig LJ, Purcell DW, Zaza S, Mermin J. Koenig et al. Respond. Am J Public Health 2016; 106:e3. [DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2016.303340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- Linda J. Koenig
- Linda J. Koenig and David W. Purcell are with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA. Stephanie Zaza is with the Division of Adolescent and School Health, CDC, Atlanta. Jonathan Mermin is with the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, CDC, Atlanta
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- Linda J. Koenig and David W. Purcell are with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA. Stephanie Zaza is with the Division of Adolescent and School Health, CDC, Atlanta. Jonathan Mermin is with the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, CDC, Atlanta
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- Linda J. Koenig and David W. Purcell are with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA. Stephanie Zaza is with the Division of Adolescent and School Health, CDC, Atlanta. Jonathan Mermin is with the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, CDC, Atlanta
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- Linda J. Koenig and David W. Purcell are with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA. Stephanie Zaza is with the Division of Adolescent and School Health, CDC, Atlanta. Jonathan Mermin is with the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, CDC, Atlanta
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- David W Purcell
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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Fisher HH, Hoyte T, Flores SA, Purcell DW, Dunbar E, Stratford D. Evaluation Framework for HIV Prevention and Care Activities in the Enhanced Comprehensive HIV Prevention Planning Project, 2010-2013. Public Health Rep 2016; 131:67-75. [PMID: 26843672 DOI: 10.1177/003335491613100113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The Enhanced Comprehensive HIV Prevention Planning (ECHPP) project was a demonstration project implemented by 12 U.S. health departments (2010-2013) to enhance HIV program planning in cities with high AIDS prevalence, in support of National HIV/AIDS Strategy goals. Grantees were required to improve their planning and implementation of HIV prevention and care programs to increase their impact on local HIV epidemics. A multilevel evaluation using multiple data sources, spanning multiple years (2008-2015), will be conducted to assess the effect of ECHPP on client outcomes (e.g., HIV risk behaviors) and impact indicators (e.g., new HIV diagnoses). METHODS We designed an evaluation approach that includes a broad assessment of program planning and implementation, a detailed examination of HIV prevention and care activities across funding sources, and an analysis of environmental and contextual factors that may affect services. A data triangulation approach was incorporated to integrate findings across all indicators and data sources to determine the extent to which ECHPP contributed to trends in indicators. RESULTS To date, data have been collected for 2008-2009 (pre-ECHPP implementation) and 2010-2013 (ECHPP period). Initial analysis of process data indicate the ECHPP grantees increased their provision of HIV testing, condom distribution, and partner services programs and expanded their delivery of prevention programs for people diagnosed with HIV. CONCLUSION The ECHPP evaluation (2008-2015) will assess whether ECHPP programmatic activities in 12 areas with high AIDS prevalence contributed to changes in client outcomes, and whether these changes were associated with changes in longer-term, community-level impact.
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- Holly H Fisher
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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Flores SA, Purcell DW, Fisher HH, Belcher L, Carey JW, Courtenay-Quirk C, Dunbar E, Eke AN, Galindo CA, Glassman M, Margolis AD, Neumann MS, Prather C, Stratford D, Taylor RD, Mermin J. Shifting Resources and Focus to Meet the Goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy: The Enhanced Comprehensive HIV Prevention Planning Project, 2010-2013. Public Health Rep 2016; 131:52-8. [PMID: 26843670 DOI: 10.1177/003335491613100111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In September 2010, CDC launched the Enhanced Comprehensive HIV Prevention Planning (ECHPP) project to shift HIV-related activities to meet goals of the 2010 National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). Twelve health departments in cities with high AIDS burden participated. These 12 grantees submitted plans detailing jurisdiction-level goals, strategies, and objectives for HIV prevention and care activities. We reviewed plans to identify themes in the planning process and initial implementation. Planning themes included data integration, broad engagement of partners, and resource allocation modeling. Implementation themes included organizational change, building partnerships, enhancing data use, developing protocols and policies, and providing training and technical assistance for new and expanded activities. Pilot programs also allowed grantees to assess the feasibility of large-scale implementation. These findings indicate that health departments in areas hardest hit by HIV are shifting their HIV prevention and care programs to increase local impact. Examples from ECHPP will be of interest to other health departments as they work toward meeting the NHAS goals.
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- Stephen A Flores
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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Fisher HH, Hoyte T, Purcell DW, Van Handel M, Williams W, Krueger A, Dietz P, Stratford D, Heitgerd J, Dunbar E, Wan C, Linley LA, Flores SA. Health Department HIV Prevention Programs That Support the National HIV/AIDS Strategy: The Enhanced Comprehensive HIV Prevention Planning Project, 2010-2013. Public Health Rep 2016; 131:185-94. [PMID: 26843685 DOI: 10.1177/003335491613100126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The Enhanced Comprehensive HIV Prevention Planning project was the first initiative of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to address the goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). Health departments in 12 U.S. cities with a high prevalence of AIDS conducted comprehensive program planning and implemented cost-effective, scalable HIV prevention interventions that targeted high-risk populations. We examined trends in health department HIV prevention programs in these cities during the project. METHODS We analyzed the number of people who received partner services, condoms distributed, and people tested for HIV, as well as funding allocations for selected HIV prevention programs by year and by site from October 2010 through September 2013. We assessed trends in the proportional change in services and allocations during the project period using generalized estimating equations. We also conducted thematic coding of program activities that targeted people living with HIV infection (PLWH). RESULTS We found significant increases in funding allocations for HIV testing and condom distribution. All HIV partner services indicators, condom distribution, and HIV testing of African American and Hispanic/Latino populations significantly increased. HIV tests associated with a new diagnosis increased significantly among those self-identifying as Hispanic/Latino but significantly decreased among African Americans. For programs targeting PLWH, health department activities included implementing new program models, improving local data use, and building local capacity to enhance linkage to HIV medical care, retention in care, and treatment adherence. CONCLUSIONS Overall, these findings indicate that health departments in areas with a high burden of AIDS successfully shifted their HIV prevention resources to scale up important HIV programs and make progress toward NHAS goals.
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- Holly H Fisher
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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Purcell DW, Hall HI, Bernstein KL, Gift TL, McCray E, Mermin J. The Importance of Population Denominators for High-Impact Public Health for Marginalized Populations. JMIR Public Health Surveill 2016; 2:e26. [PMID: 27244773 PMCID: PMC4887656 DOI: 10.2196/publichealth.5883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2016] [Revised: 05/13/2016] [Accepted: 05/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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- David W Purcell
- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States.
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Grey JA, Bernstein KT, Sullivan PS, Purcell DW, Chesson HW, Gift TL, Rosenberg ES. Estimating the Population Sizes of Men Who Have Sex With Men in US States and Counties Using Data From the American Community Survey. JMIR Public Health Surveill 2016; 2:e14. [PMID: 27227149 PMCID: PMC4873305 DOI: 10.2196/publichealth.5365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2015] [Revised: 12/15/2015] [Accepted: 01/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Background In the United States, male-to-male sexual transmission accounts for the greatest number of new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diagnoses and a substantial number of sexually transmitted infections (STI) annually. However, the prevalence and annual incidence of HIV and other STIs among men who have sex with men (MSM) cannot be estimated in local contexts because demographic data on sexual behavior, particularly same-sex behavior, are not routinely collected by large-scale surveys that allow analysis at state, county, or finer levels, such as the US decennial census or the American Community Survey (ACS). Therefore, techniques for indirectly estimating population sizes of MSM are necessary to supply denominators for rates at various geographic levels. Objective Our objectives were to indirectly estimate MSM population sizes at the county level to incorporate recent data estimates and to aggregate county-level estimates to states and core-based statistical areas (CBSAs). Methods We used data from the ACS to calculate a weight for each county in the United States based on its relative proportion of households that were headed by a male who lived with a male partner, compared with the overall proportion among counties at the same level of urbanicity (ie, large central metropolitan county, large fringe metropolitan county, medium/small metropolitan county, or nonmetropolitan county). We then used this weight to adjust the urbanicity-stratified percentage of adult men who had sex with a man in the past year, according to estimates derived from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), for each county. We multiplied the weighted percentages by the number of adult men in each county to estimate its number of MSM, summing county-level estimates to create state- and CBSA-level estimates. Finally, we scaled our estimated MSM population sizes to a meta-analytic estimate of the percentage of US MSM in the past 5 years (3.9%). Results We found that the percentage of MSM among adult men ranged from 1.5% (Wyoming) to 6.0% (Rhode Island) among states. Over one-quarter of MSM in the United States resided in 1 of 13 counties. Among counties with over 300,000 residents, the five highest county-level percentages of MSM were San Francisco County, California at 18.5% (66,586/359,566); New York County, New York at 13.8% (87,556/635,847); Denver County, Colorado at 10.5% (25,465/243,002); Multnomah County, Oregon at 9.9% (28,949/292,450); and Suffolk County, Massachusetts at 9.1% (26,338/289,634). Although California (n=792,750) and Los Angeles County (n=251,521) had the largest MSM populations of states and counties, respectively, the New York City-Newark-Jersey City CBSA had the most MSM of all CBSAs (n=397,399). Conclusions We used a new method to generate small-area estimates of MSM populations, incorporating prior work, recent data, and urbanicity-specific parameters. We also used an imputation approach to estimate MSM in rural areas, where same-sex sexual behavior may be underreported. Our approach yielded estimates of MSM population sizes within states, counties, and metropolitan areas in the United States, which provide denominators for calculation of HIV and STI prevalence and incidence at those geographic levels.
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- Jeremy A Grey
- Department of Epidemiology Rollins School of Public Health Emory University Atlanta, GA United States
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- Division of STD Prevention National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, GA United States
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- Department of Epidemiology Rollins School of Public Health Emory University Atlanta, GA United States
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, GA United States
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- Division of STD Prevention National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, GA United States
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- Division of STD Prevention National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, GA United States
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- Department of Epidemiology Rollins School of Public Health Emory University Atlanta, GA United States
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HIV is having a significant impact on young people, among whom the rate of new diagnoses is high and health disparities are more pronounced. Incidence is increasing among young gay and bisexual men, and, among Black males, the largest percentage of new infections occur among those aged between 13 and 24 years. Youths are least likely to experience the health and prevention benefits of treatment. Nearly half of young people with HIV are not diagnosed; among those diagnosed, nearly a quarter are not linked to care, and three quarters are not virally suppressed. Addressing this burden will require renewed efforts to implement effective prevention strategies across multiple sectors, including educational, social, policy, and health care systems that influence prevention knowledge, service use, and treatment options for youths.
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- Linda J Koenig
- Linda J. Koenig and David W. Purcell are with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Deborah Hoyer is with the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD. Stephanie Zaza is with the Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Jonathan Mermin is with the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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- Linda J. Koenig and David W. Purcell are with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Deborah Hoyer is with the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD. Stephanie Zaza is with the Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Jonathan Mermin is with the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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- Linda J. Koenig and David W. Purcell are with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Deborah Hoyer is with the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD. Stephanie Zaza is with the Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Jonathan Mermin is with the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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- Linda J. Koenig and David W. Purcell are with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Deborah Hoyer is with the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD. Stephanie Zaza is with the Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Jonathan Mermin is with the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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- Linda J. Koenig and David W. Purcell are with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Deborah Hoyer is with the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD. Stephanie Zaza is with the Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Jonathan Mermin is with the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Past studies have shown that speakers spontaneously adjust their speech acoustics in response to their auditory feedback perturbed in real time. In the case of formant perturbation, the majority of studies have examined speaker's compensatory production using the English vowel /ɛ/ as in the word "head." Consistent behavioral observations have been reported, and there is lively discussion as to how the production system integrates auditory versus somatosensory feedback to control vowel production. However, different vowels have different oral sensation and proprioceptive information due to differences in the degree of lingual contact or jaw openness. This may in turn influence the ways in which speakers compensate for auditory feedback. The aim of the current study was to examine speakers' compensatory behavior with six English monophthongs. Specifically, the current study tested to see if "closed vowels" would show less compensatory production than "open vowels" because closed vowels' strong lingual sensation may richly specify production via somatosensory feedback. Results showed that, indeed, speakers exhibited less compensatory production with the closed vowels. Thus sensorimotor control of vowels is not fixed across all vowels; instead it exerts different influences across different vowels.
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- Takashi Mitsuya
- School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, National Centre for Audiology, Western University, Elborn College, Room 1207, London, Ontario N6G 1H1, Canada
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Ørsteds Plads, Building 352, Room 116, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Psychology, Queen's University, Humphrey Hall, 62 Arch Street, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, National Centre for Audiology, Western University, Elborn College, Room 2262D, London, Ontario N6G 1H1, Canada
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Boothalingam S, Purcell DW. Erratum: Influence of the stimulus presentation rate on medial olivocochlear system assays [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 137(2), 724-732 (2015)]. J Acoust Soc Am 2015; 137:2987. [PMID: 25994729 DOI: 10.1121/1.4919325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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- Sriram Boothalingam
- National Centre for Audiology, Western University, London, Ontario N6G 1H1, Canada
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- National Centre for Audiology, Western University, London, Ontario N6G 1H1, Canada
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Mizuno Y, Purcell DW, Knowlton AR, Wilkinson JD, Gourevitch MN, Knight KR. Syndemic vulnerability, sexual and injection risk behaviors, and HIV continuum of care outcomes in HIV-positive injection drug users. AIDS Behav 2015; 19:684-93. [PMID: 25249392 DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0890-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Limited investigations have been conducted on syndemics and HIV continuum of care outcomes. Using baseline data from a multi-site, randomized controlled study of HIV-positive injection drug users (n = 1,052), we examined whether psychosocial factors co-occurred, and whether these factors were additively associated with behavioral and HIV continuum of care outcomes. Experiencing one type of psychosocial problem was significantly (p < 0.05) associated with an increased odds of experiencing another type of problem. Persons with 3 or more psychosocial problems were significantly more likely to report sexual and injection risk behaviors and were less likely to be adherent to HIV medications. Persons with 4 or more problems were less likely to be virally suppressed. Reporting any problems was associated with not currently taking HIV medications. Our findings highlight the association of syndemics not only with risk behaviors, but also with outcomes related to the continuum of care for HIV-positive persons.
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- Yuko Mizuno
- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE Mail Stop E37, Atlanta, GA, 30333, USA,
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Click evoked otoacoustic emissions (CEOAEs) are commonly used both in research and clinics to assay the medial olivocochlear system (MOC). Clicks presented at rates >50 Hz in the contralateral ear have previously been reported to evoke contralateral MOC activity. However, in typical MOC assays, clicks are presented in the ipsilateral ear in conjunction with MOC elicitor (noise) in the contralateral ear. The effect of click rates in such an arrangement is currently unknown. A forward masking paradigm was used to emulate typical MOC assays to elucidate the influence of ipsilateral click presentation rates on MOC inhibition of CEOAEs in 28 normal hearing adults. Influence of five click rates (20.83, 25, 31.25, 41.67, and 62.5 Hz) presented at 55 dB peSPL was tested. Results indicate that click rates as low as 31.25 Hz significantly enhance contralateral MOC inhibition, possibly through the activation of ipsilateral and binaural MOC neurons with potential contributions from the middle ear muscle reflex. Therefore, click rates ≤25 Hz are recommended for use in MOC assays, at least for 55 dB peSPL click level.
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- Sriram Boothalingam
- National Centre for Audiology, Western University, London, Ontario N6G 1H1, Canada
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- National Centre for Audiology, Western University, London, Ontario N6G 1H1, Canada
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Grossman CI, Purcell DW, Rotheram-Borus MJ, Veniegas R. Opportunities for HIV combination prevention to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 68:237-46. [PMID: 23688091 DOI: 10.1037/a0032711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Despite advances in HIV prevention and care, African Americans and Latino Americans remain at much higher risk of acquiring HIV, are more likely to be unaware of their HIV-positive status, are less likely to be linked to and retained in care, and are less likely to have suppressed viral load than are Whites. The first National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) has reducing these disparities as one of its three goals by encouraging the implementation of combination high-impact HIV intervention strategies. Federal agencies have expanded their collaborations in order to decrease HIV-related disparities through better implementation of data-driven decision making; integration and consolidation of the continuum of HIV care; and the reorganization of relationships among public health agencies, researchers, community-based organizations, and HIV advocates. Combination prevention, the integration of evidence-based and impactful behavioral, biomedical, and structural intervention strategies to reduce HIV incidence, provides the tools to address the HIV epidemic. Unfortunately, health disparities exist at every step along the HIV testing-to-care continuum. This provides an opportunity and a challenge to everyone involved in HIV prevention and care to understand and address health disparities as an integral part of ending the HIV epidemic in the United States. To further reduce health disparities, successful implementation of NHAS and combination prevention strategies will require multidisciplinary teams, including psychologists with diverse cultural backgrounds and experiences, to successfully engage groups at highest risk for HIV and those already infected with HIV. In order to utilize the comprehensive care continuum, psychologists and behavioral scientists have a role to play in reconceptualizing the continuum of care, conducting research to address health disparities, and creating community mobilization strategies.
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- Cynthia I Grossman
- Division of AIDS Research, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Charania MR, Marshall KJ, Lyles CM, Crepaz N, Kay LS, Koenig LJ, Weidle PJ, Purcell DW. Identification of evidence-based interventions for promoting HIV medication adherence: findings from a systematic review of U.S.-based studies, 1996-2011. AIDS Behav 2014; 18:646-60. [PMID: 24043269 DOI: 10.1007/s10461-013-0594-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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A systematic review was conducted to identify evidence-based interventions (EBIs) for increasing HIV medication adherence behavior or decreasing HIV viral load among persons living with HIV (PLWH). We conducted automated searches of electronic databases (i.e., MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL) and manual searches of journals, reference lists, and listservs. Interventions were eligible for the review if they were U.S.-based, published between 1996 and 2011, intended to improve HIV medication adherence behaviors of PLWH, evaluated the intervention using a comparison group, and reported outcome data on adherence behaviors or HIV viral load. Each intervention was evaluated on the quality of study design, implementation, analysis, and strength of findings. Of the 65 eligible interventions, 10 are EBIs. The remaining 55 interventions failed to meet the efficacy criteria primarily due to null findings, small sample sizes, or low retention rates. Research gaps and future directions for development of adherence EBIs are discussed.
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Mizuno Y, Zhu J, Crepaz N, Beer L, Purcell DW, Johnson CH, Valverde EE, Skarbinski J. Receipt of HIV/STD prevention counseling by HIV-infected adults receiving medical care in the United States. AIDS 2014; 28:407-15. [PMID: 24056066 DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000000057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Guidelines recommend risk-reduction counseling by HIV providers to all HIV-infected persons. Among HIV-infected adults receiving medical care in the United States, we estimated prevalence of exposure to three types of HIV/sexually transmitted disease (STD) risk-reduction interventions and described the characteristics of persons who received these interventions. DESIGN Data were from the Medical Monitoring Project (MMP), a supplemental HIV surveillance system designed to produce nationally representative estimates of behavioral and clinical characteristics of HIV-infected adults receiving medical care in the United States. METHODS Descriptive analyses were conducted to estimate the exposure to each type of HIV/STD risk-reduction intervention. Bivariate and multivariable analyses were conducted to assess associations between the selected correlates with each exposure variable. RESULTS About 44% of participants reported a one-on-one conversation with a healthcare provider about HIV/STD prevention, 30% with a prevention program worker, 16% reported participation in a small group risk-reduction intervention, and 52% reported receiving at least one of the three interventions in the past 12 months. Minority race/ethnicity, low income, and risky sexual behavior consistently predicted greater intervention exposure. However, 39% of persons who reported risky sex did not receive any HIV/STD risk-reduction interventions. CONCLUSIONS HIV-infected persons in care with fewer resources or those who engaged in risk behaviors were more likely to receive HIV/STD risk-reduction interventions. However, less than half of HIV-infected persons in care received HIV/STD prevention counseling from their provider, an intervention that has been shown to be effective and is supported by guidelines.
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Purcell DW, Mizuno Y, Smith DK, Grabbe K, Courtenay-Quick C, Tomlinson H, Mermin J. Incorporating couples-based approaches into HIV prevention for gay and bisexual men: opportunities and challenges. Arch Sex Behav 2014; 43:35-46. [PMID: 24233328 PMCID: PMC5221480 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-013-0205-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Thirty years after the beginning of the HIV epidemic, gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (collectively called MSM) bear a disproportionate burden of HIV in the United States and continue to acquire a distressingly high number and proportion of new infections. Historically, HIV prevention for MSM has been focused on individual-level behavior change, rarely intervening with MSM as part of a couple. Yet, an estimated 33–67% of HIV infections among MSM are acquired from primary sexual partners, suggesting that work with MSM as couples could be an important contributor to prevention. Given the emergence of high impact combination HIV prevention, it is timely to consider how work with the broad variety of male couples can improve both personal and community health. Couples HIV testing and counseling for MSM is an important advance for identifying men who are unaware that they are HIV-positive, identifying HIV-discordant couples, and supporting men who want to learn their HIV status with their partner. Once men know their HIV status, new advances in biomedical prevention, which can dramatically reduce risk of HIV transmission or acquisition, allow men to make prevention decisions that can protect themselves and their partners. This paper highlights the present-day challenges and benefits of using a couples-based approach with MSM in the era of combination prevention to increase knowledge of HIV status, increase identification of HIV discordant couples to improve targeting prevention services,and support mutual disclosure of HIV status.
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Higa DH, Crepaz N, Marshall KJ, Kay L, Vosburgh HW, Spikes P, Lyles CM, Purcell DW. A systematic review to identify challenges of demonstrating efficacy of HIV behavioral interventions for gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM). AIDS Behav 2013; 17:1231-44. [PMID: 23397183 DOI: 10.1007/s10461-013-0418-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) are disproportionately affected by HIV but few MSM-specific evidence-based interventions (EBIs) have been identified for this vulnerable group. We conducted a systematic review to identify reasons for the small number of EBIs for MSM. We also compared study, intervention and sample characteristics of EBIs versus non-EBIs to better understand the challenges of demonstrating efficacy evidence. Thirty-three MSM-specific studies were evaluated: Nine (27 %) were considered EBIs while 24 (73 %) were non-EBIs. Non-EBIs had multiple methodological limitations; the most common was not finding a significant positive effect. Compared to EBIs, non-EBIs were less likely to use peer intervention deliverers, include sexual communication in their interventions, and intervene at the community level. Incorporating characteristics associated with EBIs may strengthen behavioral interventions for MSM. More EBIs are needed for substance-using MSM, MSM of color, MSM residing in the south and MSM in couples.
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- Darrel H Higa
- Prevention Research Branch, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
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Purcell DW, Johnson CH, Lansky A, Prejean J, Stein R, Denning P, Gau1 Z, Weinstock H, Su J, Crepaz N. Estimating the population size of men who have sex with men in the United States to obtain HIV and syphilis rates. Open AIDS J 2012; 6:98-107. [PMID: 23049658 PMCID: PMC3462414 DOI: 10.2174/1874613601206010098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 298] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2011] [Revised: 08/18/2011] [Accepted: 09/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND CDC has not previously calculated disease rates for men who have sex with men (MSM) because there is no single comprehensive source of data on population size. To inform prevention planning, CDC developed a national population size estimate for MSM to calculate disease metrics for HIV and syphilis. METHODS We conducted a systematic literature search and identified seven surveys that provided data on same-sex behavior in nationally representative samples. Data were pooled by three recall periods and combined using meta-analytic procedures. We applied the proportion of men reporting same-sex behavior in the past 5 years to U.S. census data to produce a population size estimate. We then calculated three disease metrics using CDC HIV and STD surveillance data and rate ratios comparing MSM to other men and to women. RESULTS Estimates of the proportion of men who engaged in same-sex behavior differed by recall period: past year = 2.9% (95%CI, 2.6-3.2); past five years = 3.9% (3.5-4.4); ever = 6.9% (5.1-8.6). Rates on all 3 disease metrics were much higher among MSM than among either other men or women (38 to 109 times as high). CONCLUSIONS Estimating the population size for MSM allowed us to calculate rates for disease metrics and to develop rate ratios showing dramatically higher rates among MSM than among other men or women. These data greatly improve our understanding of the disproportionate impact of these diseases among MSM in the U.S. and help with prevention planning.
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- David W Purcell
- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Center for
Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Center for
Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Center for
Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Center for
Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Center for
Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Center for
Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Center for
Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Center for
Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Divison of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Center for
Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Rizza SA, MacGowan RJ, Purcell DW, Branson BM, Temesgen Z. HIV screening in the health care setting: status, barriers, and potential solutions. Mayo Clin Proc 2012; 87:915-24. [PMID: 22958996 PMCID: PMC3538498 DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2012.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2012] [Revised: 06/27/2012] [Accepted: 06/29/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Thirty years into the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in the United States, an estimated 50,000 persons become infected each year: highest rates are in black and Hispanic populations and in men who have sex with men. Testing for HIV has become more widespread over time, with the highest rates of HIV testing in populations most affected by HIV. However, approximately 55% of adults in the United States have never received an HIV test. Because of the individual and community benefits of treatment for HIV, in 2006 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended routine screening for HIV infection in clinical settings. The adoption of this recommendation has been gradual owing to a variety of issues: lack of awareness and misconceptions related to HIV screening by physicians and patients, barriers at the facility and legislative levels, costs associated with testing, and conflicting recommendations concerning the value of routine screening. Reducing or eliminating these barriers is needed to increase the implementation of routine screening in clinical settings so that more people with unrecognized infection can be identified, linked to care, and provided treatment to improve their health and prevent new cases of HIV infection in the United States.
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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Easwar V, Glista D, Purcell DW, Scollie SD. The effect of stimulus choice on cortical auditory evoked potentials (CAEP): consideration of speech segment positioning within naturally produced speech. Int J Audiol 2012; 51:926-31. [PMID: 22916693 DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2012.711913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Cortical auditory evoked potentials (CAEPs) can be elicited to stimuli generated from different parts of speech. The aim of this study was to compare the phoneme /ʃ/ from word medial and word initial positions and its influence on the CAEP. DESIGN Stimuli from word medial positions were found to have shorter rise times compared to the same phonemes from word initial positions. A repeated measures design was carried out with CAEPs elicited using /ʃ/ from a word initial and a word medial position. STUDY SAMPLE Sixteen individuals with audiometric thresholds within normal limits participated in the study. RESULTS Stimuli /ʃ/ from a word medial position elicited CAEPs with significantly larger amplitudes and shorter latencies compared to /ʃ/ from a word initial position (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Findings from this study, incorporating naturally produced speech sounds, suggest the need to consider spectral and temporal variations when choosing stimuli to optimize the amplitude and latency characteristics of the CAEP. Overall, findings illustrate good test-retest reliability of CAEP measures using speech stimuli with clinical equipment.
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- Vijayalakshmi Easwar
- National Centre for Audiology and Program in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (Hearing Sciences), Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
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Vosburgh HW, Mansergh G, Sullivan PS, Purcell DW. A review of the literature on event-level substance use and sexual risk behavior among men who have sex with men. AIDS Behav 2012; 16:1394-410. [PMID: 22323004 DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-0131-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 248] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In the United States, there continues to be high incidence of HIV infection among men who have sex with men (MSM), who represent 57% of new infections in 2009. While many studies report associations between non-injection substance use and sexual risk behavior among MSM, overall results are mixed. Summarizing these studies is difficult because researchers have used a variety of assessment periods for substance use and sexual behavior. We review the scientific literature on event-level measures, which assess substance use and sexual risk behavior immediately before or during a sexual encounter and provide the most precise link between these two behaviors. From January 2009 through March 2010, we searched four databases: Ovid (MEDLINE and PsycINFO), Web of Knowledge, and Sociofile. Across studies, results varied by substance with little within substance consistency or a lack of research except for two notable exceptions: methamphetamine and binge alcohol use. The findings underscore the importance of providing HIV risk-reduction interventions for substance-using MSM.
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- H Waverly Vosburgh
- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
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Herbst JH, Glassman M, Carey JW, Painter TM, Gelaude DJ, Fasula AM, Raiford JL, Freeman AE, Harshbarger C, Viall AH, Purcell DW. Operational research to improve HIV prevention in the United States. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2012; 59:530-6. [PMID: 22217681 PMCID: PMC4676559 DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e3182479077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States continues despite several recent noteworthy advances in HIV prevention. Contemporary approaches to HIV prevention involve implementing combinations of biomedical, behavioral, and structural interventions in novel ways to achieve high levels of impact on the epidemic. Methods are needed to develop optimal combinations of approaches for improving efficiency, effectiveness, and scalability. This article argues that operational research offers promise as a valuable tool for addressing these issues. We define operational research relative to domestic HIV prevention, identify and illustrate how operational research can improve HIV prevention, and pose a series of questions to guide future operational research. Operational research can help achieve national HIV prevention goals of reducing new infections, improving access to care and optimization of health outcomes of people living with HIV, and reducing HIV-related health disparities.
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- Jeffrey H Herbst
- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP), National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
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