Background Communicable diseases pose a severe threat to public health and economic
growth. The traditional methods that are used for public health surveillance, however …

HIV self‐testing is a relatively new approach to HIV testing that, with increasing licensure in
many countries, is an impending intervention. Considering such current or near‐future …

Quality data for evidence-based decision making become a growing concern globally.
Available information needs to be disseminated on time and used for decision making …

Even though prior research has investigated the relationship between same‐sex partnership
recognition policies and health outcomes, the impact of same‐sex marriage laws on …

Introduction Federally Qualified Health Centers may increase access to HIV prevention,
care, and treatment for at-risk populations. Methods A pooled cross section of ZIP Code …

ABSTRACT Background: The Data to Care (D2C) strategy uses multiple sources of
complementary data on HIV clients and related services to identify individuals with gaps in …

Algorithms are regularly used to identify persons living with diagnosed human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV)(PLWDH) in Medicaid data. To our knowledge, there are no …

The widespread creation of learning health care systems (LHSs) will depend upon the use
of standards for data and knowledge representation. Standards can facilitate the reuse of …

Since its identification in 1981, when HIV infection was called the gay plague and there were
demands for branding and quarantine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …

This dissertation has two chapters that broadly fall in the fields of health and public
economics. The first paper explores the effect an innovation in HIV/AIDS treatment of the …