sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
COMMENTARY
[SIZE=+2]The Magnitude of Key HIV Prevention Challenges in the United States: Implications for a New National HIV Prevention Plan[/SIZE]
</NOBR><NOBR>David R. Holtgrave, PhD<SUP></SUP></NOBR>, <NOBR>Jean Flatley McGuire, PhD<SUP></SUP></NOBR> and <NOBR>Jesse Milan, Jr, JD<SUP></SUP></NOBR>
[SIZE=-1]David R. Holtgrave is with the Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md. Jean Flatley McGuire is with the Institute on Urban Health Research, Bouv? College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Mass. Jesse Milan Jr is with the Center for Global Health Convergence, Constella Group, LLC, Washington, DC. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to David R. Holtgrave, PhD, Department of Health, Behavior & Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205 (e-mail: dholtgrave@jhsph.edu<SCRIPT type=text/javascript><!-- var u = "dholtgrave", d = "jhsph.edu"; document.getElementById("em0").innerHTML = '<a href="mailto:' + u + '@' + d + '">' + u + '@' + d + '<\/a>'//--></SCRIPT> ).[/SIZE]
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has undertaken<SUP> </SUP>an advisory process to update its national HIV prevention plan.<SUP> </SUP>We offer observations on the magnitude of HIV prevention challenges<SUP> </SUP>in the United States and reflect on how these challenges might<SUP> </SUP>influence the structure of a new HIV prevention plan.<SUP> </SUP>
We recommend a plan structure that (1) is based on fundamental<SUP> </SUP>principles of prevention, (2) enables accountability and mid-course<SUP> </SUP>correction, and (3) if achieved, would result in historic changes<SUP> </SUP>in the US HIV epidemic.<SUP> </SUP>
The recommended plan structure would differentially prioritize<SUP> </SUP>serostatus determination and prevention and care interventions<SUP> </SUP>for people living with HIV while retaining goals directed at<SUP> </SUP>high-risk HIV-negative and general population members.<SUP> </SUP>
http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/97/7/1163?etoc
[SIZE=+2]The Magnitude of Key HIV Prevention Challenges in the United States: Implications for a New National HIV Prevention Plan[/SIZE]
</NOBR><NOBR>David R. Holtgrave, PhD<SUP></SUP></NOBR>, <NOBR>Jean Flatley McGuire, PhD<SUP></SUP></NOBR> and <NOBR>Jesse Milan, Jr, JD<SUP></SUP></NOBR>
[SIZE=-1]David R. Holtgrave is with the Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md. Jean Flatley McGuire is with the Institute on Urban Health Research, Bouv? College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Mass. Jesse Milan Jr is with the Center for Global Health Convergence, Constella Group, LLC, Washington, DC. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to David R. Holtgrave, PhD, Department of Health, Behavior & Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205 (e-mail: dholtgrave@jhsph.edu<SCRIPT type=text/javascript><!-- var u = "dholtgrave", d = "jhsph.edu"; document.getElementById("em0").innerHTML = '<a href="mailto:' + u + '@' + d + '">' + u + '@' + d + '<\/a>'//--></SCRIPT> ).[/SIZE]
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has undertaken<SUP> </SUP>an advisory process to update its national HIV prevention plan.<SUP> </SUP>We offer observations on the magnitude of HIV prevention challenges<SUP> </SUP>in the United States and reflect on how these challenges might<SUP> </SUP>influence the structure of a new HIV prevention plan.<SUP> </SUP>
We recommend a plan structure that (1) is based on fundamental<SUP> </SUP>principles of prevention, (2) enables accountability and mid-course<SUP> </SUP>correction, and (3) if achieved, would result in historic changes<SUP> </SUP>in the US HIV epidemic.<SUP> </SUP>
The recommended plan structure would differentially prioritize<SUP> </SUP>serostatus determination and prevention and care interventions<SUP> </SUP>for people living with HIV while retaining goals directed at<SUP> </SUP>high-risk HIV-negative and general population members.<SUP> </SUP>
http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/97/7/1163?etoc