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Zang X, Piske M, Humphrey L, Enns B, Sui Y, Marshall BDL, Goedel WC, Feaster DJ, Metsch LR, Sullivan PS, Tookes HE, Nosyk B. Estimating the epidemiological impact of reaching the objectives of the Florida integrated HIV prevention and care plan in Miami-Dade County. Lancet Reg Health Am 2023; 27:100623. [PMID: 37928440 PMCID: PMC10624567 DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2023.100623] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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Background The US Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) initiative aims to reduce national HIV incidence 90% by 2030 and to address the disproportionate burden of HIV among different racial/ethnic populations. Florida's state-wide 2022-2026 Integrated HIV Prevention and Care Plan outlines objectives for reaching EHE goals. In Miami-Dade County, we determined the epidemiological impact of achieving the integrated plan's objectives individually and jointly. Methods We adapted an HIV transmission model calibrated to Miami-Dade County adjusting access to HIV testing, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and antiretroviral treatment to model the effects of each objective between 2022 and 2030. We compared two service scale-up approaches: (a) scale-up proportionally to existing racial/ethnic group access levels, and (b) scale-up according to new diagnoses across racial/ethnic groups (equity-oriented). We estimated reductions in new HIV infections by each objective and approach, compared to the EHE's incidence reduction target. Findings The single most influential strategy was reducing new HIV diagnoses in Hispanic/Latinx men who have sex with men through increased PrEP uptake, resulting in 907/2444 (37.1%) fewer annual new HIV infections in 2030. Achieving all objectives jointly would result in 1537/2444 (62.9%) and 1553/2444 (63.5%) fewer annual new HIV infections with the proportional and equity-oriented approaches, respectively. Interpretation Achieving the goals of Florida's integrated care plan would significantly reduce HIV incidence in Miami-Dade County; however, further efforts are required to achieve EHE targets. Structural changes in service delivery and a focus on effective implementation of available interventions to address racial/ethnic disparities will be crucial to ending the HIV epidemic. Funding This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Drug Abuse grant no. R01-DA041747.
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- Xiao Zang
- Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, A302 Mayo Building, MMC 729, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, 570-1081 Burrard Street, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, V6Z1Y6, Canada
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- Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, 570-1081 Burrard Street, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, V6Z1Y6, Canada
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- Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, 570-1081 Burrard Street, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, V6Z1Y6, Canada
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- Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, 570-1081 Burrard Street, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, V6Z1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Epidemiology, Brown University School of Public Health, 121 South Main Street, Providence, RI, 02912, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Brown University School of Public Health, 121 South Main Street, Providence, RI, 02912, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Leonard M Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, 1120 NW 14th Street, CRB 919, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd, NE Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1611 NW 12th Ave, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, 570-1081 Burrard Street, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, V6Z1Y6, Canada
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Blusson Hall, Room 11300, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada
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Moise IK, Piquero AR. Geographic disparities in violent crime during the COVID-19 lockdown in Miami-Dade County, Florida, 2018-2020. J Exp Criminol 2023; 19:97-106. [PMID: 34155439 PMCID: PMC8210521 DOI: 10.1007/s11292-021-09474-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This study uses two cluster detection techniques to identify clusters of violent crime during the 3 months of the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown in Miami-Dade County compared to that during an equivalent period in 2018 and 2019. METHODS Violent crime data from the Miami-Dade Central Records Bureau were analyzed. The Local Indicators of Spatial Association statistics and a space-time permutation statistic were used to identify clusters of violent crimes and outliers, and Global Moran's I tool was used to assess spatial patterning in violent crime. Neighborhood disadvantage data were obtained from the American Community Survey 5-year estimates linked with arrest locations. RESULTS Violent crime arrests fell by 7.1% in 2020. Arrests were concentrated in predominantly Black disadvantaged neighborhoods in the northern part, and similar results were produced for core clusters by the two cluster techniques with positive global Moran's I for all study years. Although accounting for only 17% of the county population, nearly half of violent crime arrests were for Black or African American. Males comprised most violent crime arrests. CONCLUSIONS Crime prevention and intervention efforts should be focused on both high-risk places and offenders.
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- Imelda K. Moise
- Department of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Miami, 1300 Campo Sano Ave, Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA
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- Department of Sociology, University of Miami, 5202 University Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA
- Criminology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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McAllister JC, Porcelli M, Medina JM, Delorey MJ, Connelly CR, Godsey MS, Panella NA, Dzuris N, Boegler KA, Kenney JL, Kothera L, Vizcaino L, Lenhart AE, Mutebi JP, Vasquez C. Mosquito Control Activities during Local Transmission of Zika Virus, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA, 2016. Emerg Infect Dis 2021; 26:881-890. [PMID: 32310079 PMCID: PMC7181917 DOI: 10.3201/eid2605.191606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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In 2016, four clusters of local mosquitoborne Zika virus transmission were identified in Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA, generating "red zones" (areas into which pregnant women were advised against traveling). The Miami-Dade County Mosquito Control Division initiated intensive control activities, including property inspections, community education, and handheld sprayer applications of larvicides and adulticides. For the first time, the Mosquito Control Division used a combination of areawide ultralow-volume adulticide and low-volume larvicide spraying to effectively control Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the primary Zika virus vector within the county. The number of mosquitoes rapidly decreased, and Zika virus transmission was interrupted within the red zones immediately after the combination of adulticide and larvicide spraying.
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In spite of efforts to dissuade intravenous drug users (IVDUs) from donating or selling blood, some continue to do so. As part of a longitudinal study, 915 IVDUs in South Florida were interviewed concerning their history of donation or sale of blood and tested for antibodies to HIV-1 and HTLV-I/II. Approximately 17 percent had either donated or sold blood during 1985 through 1988; most contributors (80.4 percent) sold to commercial blood services. IVDUs who had donated/sold blood were more likely to be male and not in drug treatment than were those who had not contributed blood. IVDUs not in treatment at the time of interview were more likely than IVDUs in treatment to have sold blood. Of those who had donated/sold blood since 1985, 19.6 percent subsequently tested positive for antibodies to HIV-1 and 5.7 percent were positive for antibodies to HTLV-I/II. Increased effort is required to screen prospective donors and sellers, particularly at commercial blood banks.
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- D D Chitwood
- Department of Oncology, University of Miami, School of Medicine
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