American journal of preventive medicine
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The Treat pillar of the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U. S. plan calls for comprehensive strategies to enhance linkage to, and engagement in, HIV medical care to improve viral suppression among people with HIV and achieve the goal of 95% viral suppression by 2025. The U. ⋯ The interventions presented in this paper provide additional approaches that state and local jurisdictions can use to reach their local HIV elimination plans' goals and the ambitious Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U. S. Treat pillar targets by 2030.
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Formal volunteering in later life is beneficial for both physical and psychological well-being. However, research points to potential selection bias because older adults with key advantages, such as wealth, are more likely to volunteer and reap its benefits. Accordingly, this study addresses this selection bias by considering the characteristics of volunteers and nonvolunteers using the inverse probability of treatment weighting. It also examines whether volunteering has differential impacts between the highest and lowest wealth quintiles using inverse probability of treatment weighting. ⋯ The study enhances the understanding of formal volunteering and health while suggesting that volunteers with low wealth may benefit more from volunteering in terms of their health. Hindrances to volunteering among the least wealthy, such as financial distress, discrimination, or lack of organizational support, may attenuate the benefits of voluntary activity.
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In the second half of 2019, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana was selected as 1 of the 3 jump-start pilot jurisdictions for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-funded Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. Initiative. An innovative community health worker program was among the strategies developed to reduce the number of new HIV infections. In addition to testing for HIV/sexually transmitted infections in nontraditional settings, community health workers provided integrated services, including linkage for people with HIV, pre-exposure prophylaxis navigation, sterile injection supplies and referrals to syringe services programs, and other social services. ⋯ The community health worker team successfully facilitated access to HIV prevention and treatment for priority populations in East Baton Rouge Parish.
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Among U.S. adolescents, the knowledge that air pollution can impact health is relatively high and varies by the demographics of the respondents and the places they live, but the influence of asthma status is unknown. This study assesses the role of asthma in U.S. adolescents' awareness, perceptions, and behaviors related to air pollution. ⋯ Despite the well-known risk of asthma exacerbations from air pollution exposure, air quality awareness was similar among adolescents with and without asthma. These findings reveal the areas in which air quality awareness and behaviors to reduce exposure can be improved among adolescents with and without asthma.