Open AccessVulnerabilities Associated with Post-disaster Declines in HIV-testing: Decomposing the Impact of Hurricane Sandy
Author(s) -
Erin Thomas,
Linda I. Ekperi,
LeBlanc Tt,
Mph Adams Ee,
Wilt Ge,
Molinari Na,
Eric G. Carbone
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
plos currents
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.282
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 2157-3999
DOI - 10.1371/currents.dis.e735c842bab99a2f564cc9a502394bbe
Subject(s) - medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , relative risk , storm , generalized estimating equation , demography , environmental health , statistics , mathematics , immunology , geography , meteorology , confidence interval , sociology
Using Interrupted Time Series Analysis and generalized estimating equations, this study identifies factors that influence the size and significance of Hurricane Sandy's estimated impact on HIV testing in 90 core-based statistical areas from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2013.