HIV/Aids Surveillance Data for New York City West Indian–Born Blacks

Comparisons With Other Immigrant and US-Born Groups

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ID11037591
AutoresHoffman (0000-0002-1870-4853, New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute), Susie Hoffman (Susie Hoffman is with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, and the Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. Yusuf Ransome is with the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health. At the time of the study, Jessica Adams-Skinner was with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies. Cheng-Shiun Leu is with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies and the...), Yusuf Ransome (0000-0003-4170-2001, Susie Hoffman is with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, and the Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. Yusuf Ransome is with the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health. At the time of the study, Jessica Adams-Skinner was with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies. Cheng-Shiun Leu is with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies and the...), Jessica Adams-Skinner (Susie Hoffman is with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, and the Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. Yusuf Ransome is with the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health. At the time of the study, Jessica Adams-Skinner was with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies. Cheng-Shiun Leu is with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies and the...), Jessica Adams‐Skinner (New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute), Cheng-Shiun Leu (Susie Hoffman is with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, and the Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. Yusuf Ransome is with the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health. At the time of the study, Jessica Adams-Skinner was with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies. Cheng-Shiun Leu is with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies and the...), Cheng‐Shiun Leu (0000-0002-0301-8316, New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute), Arpi Terzian (0000-0001-8956-4010, Susie Hoffman is with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, and the Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. Yusuf Ransome is with the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health. At the time of the study, Jessica Adams-Skinner was with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies. Cheng-Shiun Leu is with the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies and the...)
Año2012
Volumen102
Número11
Páginas2129-2134
Fecha de publicación2012-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2012.300672
PMID22994194
PMCIDPMC3477934
OpenAlexW2033508084
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas29

Objectives. Although the risk of HIV among New York City West Indian–born Black immigrants often is assumed to be high, population-based data are lacking, a gap we aimed to address. Methods. Using 2006–2007 HIV/AIDS surveillance data from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and population data from the US Census American Community Survey 2007, we compared the rate of newly reported HIV diagnoses, prevalence of people living with HIV/AIDS, and distribution of transmission risk categories in West Indian–born Blacks, 2 other immigrant groups, and US-born Blacks and Whites. Results. The age-adjusted rate of newly reported HIV diagnoses for West Indian–born Blacks was 43.19 per 100 000 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 38.92, 49.10). This was higher than the rate among US-born Whites (19.96; 95% CI = 18.63, 21.37) and Dominican immigrants and lower than that among US-born Blacks (109.48; 95% CI = 105.02, 114.10) and Haitian immigrants. Heterosexual transmission was the largest risk category in West Indian–born Blacks, accounting for 41% of new diagnoses. Conclusions. Although much lower than in US-born Blacks, the rate of newly reported HIV diagnoses in West Indian–born Blacks exceeds that among US-born Whites. Additional work is needed to understand the migration-related sources of risk

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