Data Visualization Promotes Sound Public Health Practice: The AIDSvu Example

AIDS Education and Prevention : Official Publication of the International Society for AIDS Education
Ronald O Valdiserri, Patrick S Sullivan

Abstract

The ability to depict surveillance and other complex health-related data in a visual manner promotes sound public health practice by supporting the three core functions of public health: assessment, policy development, and assurance. Further, such efforts potentiate the use of surveillance data beyond traditional public health audiences and venues, thus fostering a "culture of health." This practice report provides several recent examples of how data from AIDSVu-an interactive map of the U.S. showing the impact of HIV at national, state, and local levels-has been used to: fine tune the assessment of HIV-related disparities at a community level, educate and empower communities about HIV and its consequences, and better target HIV interventions to reach underserved, vulnerable populations.

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Apr 17, 2019·Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA·Betty BekemeierAnne M Turner
Jun 10, 2019·Current HIV/AIDS Reports·Patrick S SullivanAaron J Siegler
Aug 20, 2020·Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz·Lukas ReitzleThomas Ziese
Aug 27, 2019·Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS·Steffanie A StrathdeeJohn W Ayers
Dec 23, 2021·Archives of public health = Archives belges de santé publique·Martin ThissenThomas Ziese

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