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Slide 1 
                                        
Title: HIV/AIDS Case Surveillance

HIV/AIDS surveillance is the on-going and systematic collection, analysis, interpretation, dissemination, and evaluation of population-based information about persons infected with HIV or diagnosed with AIDS
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HIV/AIDS Case Surveillance
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Slide 2 

Title: How HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data Are Collected

Passive reporting
-combinations of health care practitioners, hospitals, clinics and laboratories report cases of HIV/AIDS to state and local health departments

Active reporting
-state and local health department surveillance personnel collect information by contacting health care practitioners and reviewing medical records in hospitals and clinics
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How HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data Are Collected
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Slide 3
Title: Core HIV/AIDS Surveillance Information Flow

How HIV/AIDS Surveillance Works
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Core HIV/AIDS Surveillance Information Flow
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Slide 4
Title: What HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data Are Collected 

Demographic characteristics 
 -sex, race/ethnicity, age, and locality

Mode of exposure to HIV

Opportunistic illnesses and virologic and immunologic status

Supplemental information 
 -prescription of antiretroviral and prophylactic therapies 
 -use of medical and substance abuse treatment services  
 -health insurance coverage
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What HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data Are Collected
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Slide 5
Title: Core Surveillance: Reporting the Spectrum of HIV/AIDS Morbidity and Mortality
Slide 5
Core Surveillance: Reporting the Spectrum of HIV/AIDS Morbidity and Mortality
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Slide 6
Title: Confidentiality of HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data

HIV/AIDS surveillance data are protected under State and territory laws that address public health data

CDC requires that HIV/AIDS case data in state and local health departments are maintained in physically secure environments with limited access by authorized personnel

Patient and physician names and personal identifiers may be reported to state and local health departments, but they are not sent to CDC. Data maintained at CDC are protected by a federal Assurance of Confidentiality

CDC does not collect names, social security numbers, addresses or phone numbers of persons with HIV/AIDS
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Confidentiality of HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data
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Slide 7
Title: Evaluation of Surveillance Systems

Surveillance systems are evaluated for: 
 -completeness of case reporting (compared with an independent data source)
 -timeliness of reporting (time between diagnosis and report)
 -completeness and accuracy of data collected 

Evaluation of a surveillance system provides information needed to:
 -improve the system
 -interpret the data collected
 -promote the best use of public resources
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Evaluation of Surveillance Systems
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Slide 8
Title: Representativeness of HIV Surveillance Data

HIV surveillance data only include persons who have been tested, and may not be representative of all HIV-infected persons

It is estimated that at least two-thirds of HIV-infected persons have been confidentially tested and would be included in the HIV surveillance system

HIV surveillance data can be statistically adjusted to provide an accurate profile of the HIV epidemic
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Representativeness of HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data
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Slide 9
Title: Limitations of HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data

HIV surveillance data only include persons who have been tested confidentially

Not all states require HIV surveillance

AIDS surveillance data only represent persons with late-stage HIV disease
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Limitations of HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data
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Slide 10
Title: Uses of HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data

Monitor the incidence and prevalence of HIV infection and AIDS, and HIV-related morbidity and mortality in the population 

Estimate incidence of HIV infection

Identify changes in trends of HIV transmission and identify populations at risk 

Target prevention interventions and evaluate their effectiveness

Allocate funds for social and health services 

Facilitate access to health, social and prevention services, including medical treatment
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Uses of HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data
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Slide 11
Title: Dissemination of HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data

AIDS hotline 800-342-AIDS

Prevention and treatment guidelines 

MMWR

Peer reviewed journals 

Public information data set 

CDC factsheets

Presentations at meetings and conferences

HIV/AIDS Surveillance Reports 

Slide sets

websites:
www.cdc.gov/hiv/surveillance.htm
www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/nchstp.htm 
www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/guidelines.htm 
www.cdc.gov/hiv/software/apids.htm 
www.cdc.gov/hiv/dhap.htm
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Dissemination of HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data
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Last Modified: March 1, 2002
Last Reviewed: March 1, 2002
Content Source:
Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
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