Open AccessRecent Changes in Prevention Funding to Areas With High Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Sexually Transmitted Disease Rates
Author(s) -
Austin M. Williams,
Harrell W. Chesson
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0000000000000849
Subject(s) - medicine , ethnic group , sexually transmitted disease , gerontology , demography , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , syphilis , political science , sociology , law
We examined changes in federal sexually transmitted disease funding allocations to areas with high racial/ethnic disparities in sexually transmitted diseases after the implementation of a funding formula in 2014. The funding formula increased prevention funding allocations to areas with high relative racial/ethnic disparities. Results were mixed for areas with high absolute disparities.