¶ … 2010 Commentary on the 2008 CDC HIV / AIDS Surveillance Report illustrates a central resource for addressing the HIV / AIDS epidemic in America. At first blush, the Commentary appears to accurately summarize and provide access to uniformly collected, examined and reported data from all 50 States and many cities within them. However, more careful review of these supposedly linked sources shows that there is a great deal of room for improvement in achieving uniform collection and treatment of data. The 2010 Commentary on the 2008 CDC HIV / AIDS Surveillance Report (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010) explains the data sources, methods of collection, review & organization of collected data and uses of data, along with changes in the periodic Surveillance Report issued by the Centers for Disease Control. The Centers for Disease Control act as the primary official source, not only for periodic raw data, but also for trends in HIV infection rates over a period of years (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010). Through references to the 2008 Surveillance Report, and by click-through, to state-by-state surveillance reports, the 2010 Commentary offers an overarching explanation of HIV trends while allowing review of pinpointed data. At first glance, the Commentary is encouraging, for it appears to allow access to State and City data sources that are equally well-organized. Unfortunately, that encouragement quickly gives way to disappointment, as actually using the Commentary's provided links quickly shows the differences in data collection and reporting among the four "hot spot" cities of: New York, NY; Baltimore, MD; Washington, DC; and San Francisco, CA. In an attempt to find...
New York City's reported Surveillance gave general male/female and adequate data by risk but grouped ages from 13 -- 19 and from 20-29.
The primary method used by the program will be an advertising campaign that addresses the need for behavioral change by the delivery of a personal message to the target audience, which has been shown to be highly effective in other areas (Singh, 2010). It will also encourage HIV testing and informed status among sexual partners. It will discourage the sharing of needles among IV drug users. The program will
In this regard, Hackl and her colleagues emphasize, "Women who share their HIV or AIDS diagnosis with family or friends risk stigmatization (including reactions of fear, shock, and blame), isolation (as a result of others' fears of casual transmission and the possibility of desertion), and potential loss of self-esteem (lack of confidence and self-blame)" (p. 53). The alternative to sharing their diagnosis is also not viable: "Keeping the diagnosis of
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