1. Trends in HIV Diagnoses and Testing Among U.S. Adolescents and Young Adults
- Author
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Eboni Belle, Frances J. Walker, H. Irene Hall, and Daxa Shah
- Subjects
Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pediatrics ,Adolescent ,Social Psychology ,Health Behavior ,Psychological intervention ,Ethnic group ,HIV Infections ,Men who have sex with men ,Young Adult ,Age Distribution ,Risk-Taking ,Risk Factors ,Health care ,Ethnicity ,medicine ,Humans ,Healthcare Disparities ,Homosexuality, Male ,Sex Distribution ,Young adult ,Medical diagnosis ,Unsafe Sex ,business.industry ,Public health ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,AIDS Serodiagnosis ,virus diseases ,Health Status Disparities ,United States ,Health psychology ,Sexual Partners ,Infectious Diseases ,Population Surveillance ,Female ,business ,Demography - Abstract
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends routine HIV screening in health care settings. Using national surveillance data, we assessed trends in HIV diagnoses and testing frequency in youth aged 13-24 diagnosed with HIV in 2005-2008. Diagnosis rates increased among black (17.0% per year), Hispanic (13.5%), and white males (8.8%), with increases driven by men who have sex with men (MSM). A higher percentage of white males and MSM had previously been tested than their counterparts. No increases in diagnoses or differences in testing were observed among females. Intensified interventions are needed to reduce HIV infections and racial/ethnic disparities.
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- 2011