Maximizing AIDSVu For Your Needs

The AIDSVu website provides a wealth of data and resources that can help you learn and educate others about HIV in the United States. The suggestions below are provided to help you consider how you can maximize the data and resources available on AIDSVu to best meet your needs.

Choose the category that best matches your expertise or role, and read on for ideas about how you can use AIDSVu in the work you do each day or to learn more about HIV.

Researcher, Policymaker, Health Department, Community-Based Organization, Funder or Advocate

AIDSVu’s interactive maps can be a resource to better understand the U.S. HIV epidemic across geographic levels, and to assist with planning processes, resource allocation, presentations, grant writing and review, etc.
AIDSVu slide sets can be used to develop presentations that highlight the geography of HIV in the U.S. and to support focused HIV awareness days.
Slide sets are also available as PDFs for insertion into presentations, grant proposals and reports, policy documents, conference materials/collateral, etc.
AIDSVu’s HIV Testing Locator and HIV Treatment Locator can be used to refer individuals and partners to testing and treatment services. It is important to note that AIDSVu’s HIV testing and treatment locators are not exhaustive resources. The data source for AIDSVu’s HIV testing locator is CDC’s National Prevention Information Network and the data source for AIDSVu’s HIV treatment locator is the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Ryan White HIV/AIDS Medical Care Provider database.
Testing and treatment sites can also be overlaid on AIDSVu’s interactive maps to better understand where resources are located in relationship to where people with HIV are living. State profile pages can be a resource to better understand HIV and STD morbidity in a state, including late HIV infection diagnoses, HIV prevalence rate ratios by race/ethnicity, and STD rates and national rankings.
AIDSVu’s display of social determinants of health data alongside HIV prevalence data can be a resource to better understand the association between HIV and poverty, income inequality, education, health insurance coverage, and household income.
State health department contacts and website links that are displayed on state profile pages can be a resource to learn about how the health department is supporting HIV prevention and treatment services.

Health Care Provider

AIDSVu’s interactive maps can be a resource to help you better understand the HIV epidemic locally and to educate patients about HIV risk in their community. High-resolution map views can be downloaded and printed to be used as discussion tools with patients.
AIDSVu’s HIV Testing Locator and HIV Treatment Locator can be used to refer patients for testing and treatment services. It is important to note that AIDSVu’s HIV testing and treatment locators are not exhaustive resources. The data source for AIDSVu’s HIV testing locator is CDC’s National Prevention Information Network and the data source for AIDSVu’s HIV treatment locator is the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Ryan White HIV/AIDS Medical Care Provider database.
HIV testing and treatment sites can also be overlaid on AIDSVu’sinteractive maps.
AIDSVu’s display of HIV transmission category data on our interactive maps and state profile pages can help you obtain a better understanding of the predominant modes of HIV transmission in your state and incorporate this information into patient education and discussions about risk behaviors for HIV transmission.
AIDSVu’s display of NIH-funded HIV Prevention, Vaccine and Treatment Trials Sites allows you to identify and refer patients to HIV prevention and treatment clinical trials in the local community.
State health department contacts and website links displayed on state profile pages can be a resource to learn about how the health department is supporting HIV prevention and treatment services.

Public

AIDSVu’s interactive maps can help you learn about the U.S. HIV epidemic, particularly about how prevalent the disease is at the local level.
AIDSVu’s HIV Testing Locator and HIV Treatment Locator can be used to find places to get tested and treated for HIV in local communities. It is important to note that AIDSVu’s HIV testing and treatment locators are not exhaustive resources. The data source for AIDSVu’s HIV testing locator is CDC’s National Prevention Information Network and the data source for AIDSVu’s HIV treatment locator is the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Ryan White HIV/AIDS Medical Care Provider database.
AIDSVu’s HIV Resources page provides internet resources and hotlines that can be accessed to learn more about HIV/AIDS and associated research, prevention and treatment services.
AIDSVu’s display of NIH-funded HIV Prevention, Vaccine and Treatment Trials Sites allows you to identify opportunities to get involved in HIV prevention and treatment clinical trials in the local community.

Have you found AIDSVu valuable in ways that aren't mentioned above? Do you think others could benefit from hearing how you’re using the site? Send us an email at info@aidsvu.org to tell us about it.