Optimizing HIV Partner Services for Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men Previously Diagnosed With HIV: A Modeling Study.

Background: HIV Partner Services (HIV-PS) is a vital strategy for identifying and linking individuals to treatment and prevention; however, its population-level impact has been limited. This study investigated the potential impact of expanding HIV-PS to include previously diagnosed individuals and a broader sexual partner network in reducing HIV incidence among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM).

Methods: Stochastic network models were used to simulate HIV and bacterial sexually transmitted infection transmission within male same-sex partnerships in Atlanta.

Impact of Depression at HIV PrEP Initiation on Sustained PrEP Care Engagement Among US Gay and Bisexual Men.

Background: The effectiveness of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in preventing HIV depends on consistent use, particularly during periods of increased risk. Depression, which disproportionately affects gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM), may hinder sustained PrEP engagement. This study examines how depression impacts consistent PrEP use among GBMSM in the first 18 months after initiating oral PrEP.

Derivation of a risk-adjusted model to predict antibiotic prescribing among hospitalists in an academic healthcare network.

Background: Among inpatients, peer-comparison of prescribing metrics is challenging due to variation in patient-mix and prescribing by multiple providers daily. We established risk-adjusted provider-specific antibiotic prescribing metrics to allow peer-comparisons among hospitalists.

Methods: Using clinical and billing data from inpatient encounters discharged from the Hospital Medicine Service between January 2020 through June 2021 at four acute care hospitals, we calculated bimonthly (every two months) days of therapy (DOT) for antibiotics attributed to specific providers based on patient billing dates.

Prevalence and Correlates of COVID-19 Vaccine Information on Family Medicine Practices' Websites in the United States: Cross-sectional Website Content Analysis.

Background: Primary care providers are regarded as trustworthy sources of information about COVID-19 vaccines. Although primary care practices often provide information about common medical and public health topics on their practice websites, little is known about whether they also provide information about COVID-19 vaccines on their practice websites.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and correlates of COVID-19 vaccine information on family medicine practices' website home pages in the United States.

Reductions in inpatient fluoroquinolone use and postdischarge infection (CDI) from a systemwide antimicrobial stewardship intervention.

Objective: To determine the impact of an inpatient stewardship intervention targeting fluoroquinolone use on inpatient and postdischarge infection (CDI).

Design: We used an interrupted time series study design to evaluate the rate of hospital-onset CDI (HO-CDI), postdischarge CDI (PD-CDI) within 12 weeks, and inpatient fluoroquinolone use from 2 years prior to 1 year after a stewardship intervention.

Setting: An academic healthcare system with 4 hospitals.

Determinates of infection (CDI) testing practices among inpatients with diarrhea at selected acute-care hospitals in Rochester, New York, and Atlanta, Georgia, 2020-2021.

Objective: We evaluated the impact of test-order frequency per diarrheal episodes on difficile infection (CDI) incidence estimates in a sample of hospitals at 2 CDC Emerging Infections Program (EIP) sites.

Design: Observational survey.

Setting: Inpatients at 5 acute-care hospitals in Rochester, New York, and Atlanta, Georgia, during two 10-workday periods in 2020 and 2021.

Homeless Shelters: HIV Testing During the Atlanta Tuberculosis Outbreak (2008-2018).

People experiencing homelessness are at increased risk of tuberculosis (TB) and HIV. We examined the impact of integrating HIV testing and mandatory TB screening on HIV test uptake (HTU) during a multishelter TB outbreak in Atlanta, Georgia (2008-2018). Overall HTU was low; however, the intervention led to a reversal of declining HTU trend (rate ratio = 1.

Association between having a regular healthcare provider and pre-exposure prophylaxis use among men who have sex with men: a cross-sectional survey.

Healthcare providers whom people see regularly (e.g., primary care providers [PCPs]) are likely to interact with individuals at risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Characteristics and Risk Factors for Mortality by Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic Waves in Fulton County, Georgia: A Cohort Study March 2020-February 2021.

Background: We examined differences in mortality among coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the first, second, and third waves of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study of COVID-19 cases in Fulton County, Georgia, USA, reported to a public health surveillance from March 2020 through February 2021. We estimated case-fatality rates (CFR) by wave and used Cox proportional hazards random-effects models in each wave, with random effects at individual and long-term-care-facility level, to determine risk factors associated with rates of mortality.

Characteristics and Risk Factors for Hospitalization and Mortality among Persons with COVID-19 in Atlanta Metropolitan Area.

Background: We present data on risk factors for severe outcomes among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the southeast United States (U.S.).

Health Care-Seeking Behaviors and Perceptions of Provider-Initiated Discussion of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Among PrEP-Naïve HIV-Negative Men Who Have Sex With Men in Atlanta, Georgia.

Background: Given high rates of HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States, there is a need to more effectively leverage the health care system to bolster promotion of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to at-risk MSM.

Methods: Using data collected from a 2018 venue-based cross-sectional survey, we examined factors associated with health care-seeking behaviors, discussing PrEP with a provider, and barriers to PrEP uptake among MSM. Associations between outcomes and respondents' sociodemographic characteristics and sexual behaviors were assessed using log binomial regression.

Willingness to Discuss and Screen for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in Pharmacies Among Men Who Have Sex With Men.

Objective: To determine the willingness to discuss and be screened for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in pharmacies among MSM.

Methods: Led by Georgia's Fulton County Board of Health, this study surveyed individuals who attended 2 Atlanta-based Gay Pride events in 2018. This analysis was limited to those who identified as men who have sex with men (MSM) who were not HIV positive and reported never using PrEP.