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31. Notes from the Field: HIV Infection Investigation in a Rural Area — West Virginia, 2017 - Resources
Date: Mar 2018

Reports on an investigation by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources that began with 10 cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection identified in 3 counties during January-July 2017. Describes how the investigation broadened to 15 counties based on injection drug use and sexual contacts. Identifies risk reduction and treatment options available in these counties and discusses strategies undertaken to limit further transmission of HIV.

...HIV. --- Notes from the Field: HIV Infection Investigation in a Rural Area — West Virginia, 2017 Reports...

32. Individual and Neighborhood Predictors of Mortality among HIV-Positive Latinos with History of Injection Drug Use, Florida, 2000–2011 - Resources
Date: Sep 2015

Examines individual and neighborhood predictors of mortality in HIV-positive Latinos with a history of injection drug use (IDU) in Florida. Provides demographic and other information on individuals age 13 and older diagnosed with HIV, with data for those with and without a history of IDU. Offers zip code-level characteristics, including rural/urban location. Includes implications for targeting prevention strategies in rural areas.

...HIV-Positive Latinos with History of Injection Drug Use, Florida, 2000–2011 --- Examines individual and neighborhood...

33. What Is 'Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S.'? - Resources
Reviewed: Feb 2026

Provides an overview of the plan to end the HIV epidemic in the U.S. that includes background information, goals, and discussion of the 3 different phases of the plan, one of which includes a focus on the 7 states with disproportionately higher HIV diagnoses located in rural areas. Details key strategies of the plan and anticipated challenges.

...HIV Epidemic in the U.S.'? --- Provides an overview of the plan to end the HIV...

34. Developing FAITHH: Methods to Develop a Faith-Based HIV Stigma-Reduction Intervention in the Rural South - Resources
Date: Sep 2018

Provides an overview of a pilot test of a faith-based intervention to address HIV-related stigma in rural Alabama. Discusses the factors that contribute to HIV stigma among African-Americans in the South.

...HIV-related stigma in rural Alabama. Discusses the factors that contribute to HIV stigma among...

35. An Exploratory Study of Mental Health and HIV Risk Behavior among Drug-Using Rural Women in Jail - Resources
Date: Mar 2015

Examines HIV risk behaviors and mental health conditions through face-to-face interviews with 136 women incarcerated in three rural Kentucky county jails within Appalachia. Includes data and statistics on substance use and HIV risk behaviors for women with anxiety, depression, or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

...HIV Risk Behavior among Drug-Using Rural Women in Jail --- Examines HIV risk behaviors and mental...

36. New SASI Analysis: In the Deep South, Significant Percentages of People Most Impacted by HIV Live Outside Large Urban Areas Demonstrating a Need for Increased Federal Resources - Resources
Date: Dec 2018

Examines HIV data in the Deep South to help identify targets for federal funding, focusing on underserved groups in rural areas and small cities. Analyzes Black and Latino populations, drug injection users, men who have sex with men, women, and people aged 13-24 living with HIV. Identifies 6 states where a higher proportion of these groups live outside large, urban areas. See additional links for state-specific reports.

...HIV Live Outside Large Urban Areas Demonstrating a Need for Increased Federal Resources --- Examines HIV...

37. Care Outcomes Among Black or African American Persons with Diagnosed HIV in Rural, Urban, and Metropolitan Statistical Areas — 42 U.S. Jurisdictions, 2018 - Resources
Date: Feb 2021

Examines HIV care outcomes among Black people with diagnosed HIV infection living in rural (less than 50,000 population), urban (50,000–499,999 population), and metropolitan (500,000 population or more) areas.

...HIV in Rural, Urban, and Metropolitan Statistical Areas — 42 U.S. Jurisdictions, 2018 --- Examines HIV care...

38. Rural Residence and Adoption of a Novel HIV Therapy in a National, Equal-Access Healthcare System - Resources
Date: Jan 2013

Reports the results of a study examining the use of raltegravir, the first HIV integrase inhibitor, in Veterans Affairs (VA) patients. Provides rural versus urban participant characteristic statistics by AIDS defining illness, substance abuse, and more. Includes a discussion of barriers to new forms of HIV treatment for rural residents, such as geographic distance, transportation, and limited access to specialists in the field.

...HIV Therapy in a National, Equal-Access Healthcare System --- Reports the results of a study...

39. Health Status of HIV-Infected Women Entering Care: Baseline Medical Findings from the Women of Color Initiative - Resources
Date: Jan 2015

Study of rural and urban clinics examining HIV-infected women of color reporting unhealthy days, limits in activity when entering or re-entering HIV care, and an analysis of demographic and clinical variables associated with limits in activity. Includes demographic information for rural and urban women by activity limits and clinical characteristics.

...HIV-Infected Women Entering Care: Baseline Medical Findings from the Women of Color Initiative --- Study...

40. Findings from the First Year of a Federally Funded, Direct-to-Consumer HIV Self-Test Distribution Program — United States, March 2023–March 2024 - Resources
Date: Jun 2024

Reports on people who ordered and used a direct-to-consumer HIV self-test through the Together TakeMeHome HIV self-test distribution program. Also provides data on related testing and services used by those requesting the self-test. Includes data by participant location for metropolitan, micropolitan, and noncore areas.

...HIV self-test through the Together TakeMeHome HIV self-test distribution program. Also provides data...