HIV CT data are used at the local and
national levels for research and program
monitoring and evaluation purposes.
Information on clients is collected by a
service provider for each HIV testing
episode and then sent to the appropriate
health department and checked for
completeness and accuracy. This analysis
includes test-level HIV CT data from
Hispanic and non-Hispanic white adults and
adolescents aged > 13 years receiving CT
services in 37 states, 5 cities, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the
U.S. Virgin Islands* that submitted complete
data.
The following variables were analyzed for
tests conducted in 2005: race/ethnicity,
sex, age, HIV risk, geographic location of
testing, testing site type (clinical,
non-clinical, and unspecified location),
type of test (anonymous vs. confidential),
reported history and result of prior HIV
testing, current HIV test result, receipt of
test result and posttest counseling, and
time to receipt of results and posttest
counseling. For this analysis, previously
undiagnosed HIV infection was defined as a
record for which there was a current
positive test result and no self-reported
history of a previous positive test. The
number of tests among Hispanics was compared
to those of non-Hispanic whites, and
previously undiagnosed HIV infection was
compared among different sub-populations of
Hispanics.
*Includes the following state health
departments: California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia,
Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska,
Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York,
North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia,
Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.; city
health departments: Chicago, District of
Columbia, Houston, Los Angeles,
Philadelphia, and San Francisco; and
dependent area health departments: Puerto
Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.
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