Estimating the Return of Persons Living With HIV/Aids to New Orleans

Methods for Conducting Disease Surveillance in the Wake of a Natural Disaster

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ID11030884
AuthorsWilliam T Robinson (Debbie Wendell and Joseph Foxhood are with the Louisiana Office of Public Health–HIV/AIDS Program, New Orleans. William T. Robinson, DeAnn Gruber, M. Beth Scalco, and Amy Zapata are with the Louisiana Office of Public Health–HIV/AIDS Program, New Orleans, and the Louisiana State University–Health Sciences Center, New Orleans.), Debbie Wendell (Debbie Wendell and Joseph Foxhood are with the Louisiana Office of Public Health–HIV/AIDS Program, New Orleans. William T. Robinson, DeAnn Gruber, M. Beth Scalco, and Amy Zapata are with the Louisiana Office of Public Health–HIV/AIDS Program, New Orleans, and the Louisiana State University–Health Sciences Center, New Orleans.), DeAnn Gruber (0000-0001-9535-5821, Debbie Wendell and Joseph Foxhood are with the Louisiana Office of Public Health–HIV/AIDS Program, New Orleans. William T. Robinson, DeAnn Gruber, M. Beth Scalco, and Amy Zapata are with the Louisiana Office of Public Health–HIV/AIDS Program, New Orleans, and the Louisiana State University–Health Sciences Center, New Orleans.), Joseph Foxhood (Debbie Wendell and Joseph Foxhood are with the Louisiana Office of Public Health–HIV/AIDS Program, New Orleans. William T. Robinson, DeAnn Gruber, M. Beth Scalco, and Amy Zapata are with the Louisiana Office of Public Health–HIV/AIDS Program, New Orleans, and the Louisiana State University–Health Sciences Center, New Orleans.), M Beth Scalco (Debbie Wendell and Joseph Foxhood are with the Louisiana Office of Public Health–HIV/AIDS Program, New Orleans. William T. Robinson, DeAnn Gruber, M. Beth Scalco, and Amy Zapata are with the Louisiana Office of Public Health–HIV/AIDS Program, New Orleans, and the Louisiana State University–Health Sciences Center, New Orleans.), Amy Zapata (Debbie Wendell and Joseph Foxhood are with the Louisiana Office of Public Health–HIV/AIDS Program, New Orleans. William T. Robinson, DeAnn Gruber, M. Beth Scalco, and Amy Zapata are with the Louisiana Office of Public Health–HIV/AIDS Program, New Orleans, and the Louisiana State University–Health Sciences Center, New Orleans.)
Year2008
Volume98
Issue4
Pages666-668
Publication date2008-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2007.110080
PMID18309138
PMCIDPMC2376993
OpenAlexW2109802366
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited4

Hurricane Katrina disrupted HIV/AIDS surveillance by invalidating the New Orleans, La, surveillance and population data on persons living with HIV/AIDS. We describes 2 methods—population return and HIV surveillance data—to estimate the return of the infected population to New Orleans. It is estimated that 58% to 64% of 7068 persons living with HIV/AIDS returned by summer 2006. Although developed for HIV planning, these methods could be used with other disease surveillance programs

Disease · Environmental health · Geography · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Natural disaster · Pathology · Wake · Data-Driven Disease Surveillance · Disaster Management and Resilience · Engineering · Medicine · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research · Virology · Gerontology