Recent Findings from G. Carter and Co-Researchers Yields New Information on HIV/AIDS (HIV Screening and the Affordable Care Act)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at AIDS Weekly -- Research findings on Immune System Diseases and Conditions - HIV/AIDS are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting originating in Bloomington, Indiana, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "Men continue to bear disproportionate accounts of HIV diagnoses. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care act aims to address health care disparities by recommending preventative services, including HIV screening, expanding community health centers, and increasing the healthcare workforce."

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research, "This study examined the decision making of physician and primary care health providers to provide HIV screenings. A quasi-experimental design was used to estimate the effects of the Affordable Care Act on provider-initiated HIV screening. The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey was used to examine HIV screening characteristic from two time periods: 2009 and 2012. Logistic regression indicated that patient and provider characteristics were associated with likelihood of being prescribed HIV screening. Non-Hispanic Black men were more likely to be prescribed HIV screening compared to non-Hispanic White men (odds ratio [OR]=12.33, 95% confidence interval [CI; 4.42, 34.46]). Men who see primary care providers were more likely to be prescribed HIV screening compared to men not seeing a primary care provider (OR=5.94, 95% CI [2.15, 16.39]). Men between the ages of 19 and 22 were more likely to be prescribed HIV screening compared to men between the ages of 15 and 18 (OR=6.59, 95% CI [2.16, 20.14]). Men between the ages of 23 and 25 were more likely to be prescribed HIV screening compared with men between the ages of 15 and 18 (OR=10.13, 95% CI [3.34, 30.69]). Health education programs identifying men at increased risk for contracting HIV may account for the increased screening rates in certain populations."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "Future research should examine age disparities surrounding adolescent and young men HIV screening."

For more information on this research see: HIV Screening and the Affordable Care Act. American Journal of Men's Health, 2016;11(2):233-239. American Journal of Men's Health can be contacted at: SAGE Publications, USA , 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA. (Sage Publications - www.sagepub.com/; American Journal of Men's Health - jmh.sagepub.com)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting G. Carter, 1 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States. Additional authors for this research include C. Owens and H.C Lin (see also Immune System Diseases and Conditions - HIV/AIDS).

The publisher of the American Journal of Men's Health can be contacted at: SAGE Publications, USA , 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA.

Keywords for this news article include: Indiana, HIV/AIDS, Bloomington, RNA Viruses, Retroviridae, United States, Vertebrate Viruses, Primate Lentiviruses, North and Central America, Diagnostics and Screening, Immune System Diseases and Conditions, Viral Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Conditions.

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