Saturday, September 7, 2024
9/7/2024
PS24-0047 Project Abstract Summary District of Columbia Department of Health The purpose of the District of Columbia Department of Health (DC Health) HIV, AIDS, Hepatitis, STD and TB Administration (HAHSTA) integrated HIV surveillance and prevention program is to prevent new HIV infections and improve health outcomes among individuals living with HIV through the implementation of individual and population-based comprehensive testing, behavioral, biomedical, care linkage, treatment adherence, and support services informed by timely surveillance and programmatic data. DC Health intends to reduce transmission and prevent new infections of HIV and STDs and enhance interventional surveillance to increase response capacity and access to behavioral, structural and/or biomedical interventions for persons living with HIV and persons at risk of HIV, including testing in health care and community settings, Data-to-Care activities, biomedical risk reduction interventions, harm reduction, condom distribution and social marketing. The main process outcomes will be: 1) improved data completeness, timeliness, and quality; 2) increased utilization of data to inform program and policy development activities; 3) enhanced utilization of data for public health action; and 4) expanded accessibility to behavioral, biomedical, treatment, and support services designed to meet the needs of those at-risk or living with HIV. The overall impact of achieving these capacity and process related outcomes will be a more robust public health system for monitoring service utilization patterns and clinical outcomes among individuals at-risk or living with HIV in the District, as well as a more responsive system for addressing identified needs. Long-term clinical and health outcomes associated with the proposed effort include the following: 1) increased number of individuals aware of their HIV status; 2) increased viral load suppression among individuals living with HIV; 3) reduced HIV transmission; and 4) reduced HIV-related health disparities.
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