Public Health Practice-Driven Research to Improve HIV Prevention in the United States

BACKGROUND: The evidence-practice gap in HIV prevention and the care continuum in the United States often reflects a mismatch between the perspectives of researchers and public health practitioners. The traditional research paradigm of sequential progress from efficacy research to implementation in practice and widespread scale-up is not well-aligned with the reality of health department program implementation.

SETTING: This article focuses on public health practice carried out by state and local health departments in the United States and the research intended to inform it.

METHODS AND RESULTS: In this narrative review, we discuss approaches to HIV prevention and care continuum research that are shaped by and responsive to public health practice implementation priorities and what is needed to promote productive and successful university-health department research partnerships. We review research methods of particular relevance to health departments to evaluate the effectiveness of HIV prevention and care continuum interventions and how these approaches diverge from traditional research approaches. Finally, we highlight the roles of federal agencies in supporting practice-driven HIV implementation research.

CONCLUSIONS: Health departments are key stakeholders, consumers, and generators of the evidence base for public health practice. High-impact research to improve HIV prevention and the care continuum is informed by health department priorities and current practice from the start. Long-term, equitable relationships between universities and health departments are crucial to advance practice-driven research.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:82 Suppl 3

Enthalten in:

Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) - 82 Suppl 3(2019) vom: 08. Dez., Seite S279-S285

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dombrowski, Julia C [VerfasserIn]
Irvine, Mary [VerfasserIn]
Nash, Denis [VerfasserIn]
Harriman, Graham [VerfasserIn]
Golden, Matthew R [VerfasserIn]

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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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Date Completed 05.06.2020

Date Revised 01.12.2020

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/QAI.0000000000002194

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM303667168