Race/Ethnic Disparities in HIV Testing and Knowledge about Treatment for HIV/AIDS: United States, 2001

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-33

  Ebrahim, Shahul H ^a   Anderson, John E ^a   Weidle, Paul ^a   Purcell, David W ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BLOOD DONOR; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842429588     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/108729104322740893     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Nakashima AK, Fleming PL. HIV/AIDS Surveillance in the United States, 1981-2001. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2003;32:S68-85.
2. Valdisseri RO, Holtgrave DR, West GR. Promoting early HIV diagnosis and entry into care. AIDS 1999; 13:2317-2330.
3. Rothenberg R, Woelfel M, Stoneburner R, et al. Survival with human acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS): Experience with 5833 cases in New York City. N Engl J Med 1987;317:1297-302.
4. Wood E, Hogg RS, Yip B, Harrigan PR, O'Shaughnessy MV, Montaner JSG. Is there a baseline CD4 cell count that precludes a survivavl response to modern antiretroviral therapy? AIDS 2003;17:711-720.
5. Shapiro MF, Sally MC, McCaffrey DF, et al. Variation in the care of HIV infected adults in the United States. JAMA 1999;281:2305-2315.
6. Johnson DF, Sorvillo FJ, Wohl AR, et al. Frequent failed early HIV detection in a high prevalence area: implications for prevention. AIDS Patient Care STDs 2003;17:277-282.
7. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HIV prevention strategic plan through 2005. Atlanta GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, January 2001.
8. Kellerman SE, Lehman JS, Lansky A, et al. HIV testing within at risk populations in the United States and the reasons for seeking or avoiding HIV testing. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2002;31:202-210.
9. Stall R, Hoff C, Coates TJ, Paul J, Philipps KA, Ekstrand M. Decisions to get HIV tested and to accept antiretroviral therapies among gay/bisexual men; implications for secondary prevention efforts. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 1996 1996;11:151-160.
10. Anderson JE, Carey JW, Taveras S. HIV testing among the general US population and persons at increased risk: Information from national surveys, 1987-1996. Am J Public Health 2000;90:1089-1095.
11. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. State estimates and methodology used in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Online document at: www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/brfss Accessed on December 20, 2002.
12. United States Census Bureau. Population estimates. Population Division, US Census Bureau, Washington D.C. Online document at: www.census.gov/populations/nation/summary/np-t4-b.txt Accessed on December 20, 2002.
13. Herlitz CA, Steel JL. Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Awareness and beliefs about infectivity and the influence on sexual behavior in the general population of Sweden. Eur J Publ Health 2001; 11:251-256.
14. Inungu JN. Potential barriers to seeking human immunodeficiency virus testing among adults in the United States: Data from the 1998 National Health Interview survey. AIDS Patient Care STDs 2002;16:293-299.
15. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People 2010: Understanding and Improving Health and Objectives for Improving Health, 2nd ed. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, November 2000.
16. Palacio H, Kahn JG, Richards TA, Morin SF. Effect of race and/or ethnicity in use of antiretrovirals and prophylaxis for opportunistic infection: a review of literature. Pub Health Rep 2002;117:233-251.
17. Epstein AM, Taylor WC, Seage GR, Effects of patients' socioeconomic status and physicians' training and practice on patient doctor communication. Am J Med 1985;78:101-106.
18. Fishbein M, Ajzen I. Understanding Attitudes and Predicting Social Behavior. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1980.
19. Alexander G, Kogan MD, Nabukera S. Racial disparities in prenatal care in the United States: Are disparities decreasing? Am J Pub Health 2002;92: 1970-1975.