Citation
Zalla, Lauren C.; Edwards, Jessie K.; Cole, Stephen R.; Rudolph, Jacqueline E.; Breger, Tiffany L.; Virkud, Arti V.; Johnson, Anna S.; & Hall, H. Irene (2021). Demographic Trends in US HIV Diagnoses, 2008-2017: Data Movies. American Journal of Public Health, 111(4), 529-532. PMCID: PMC7958054Abstract
In this editorial, we introduce the data movie as a tool for investigating and communicating changing patterns of disease using the example of HIV in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently tracks all new HIV diagnoses through the National HIV Surveillance System. Understanding what these data tell us is critical to the goal of ending the HIV epidemic in the United States.1 However, summarizing trends across multiple population characteristics simultaneously—for example, exploring how the age distribution of new diagnoses varies by geographic region and how that relationship has changed over time—can be difficult. Because data movies allow us to visualize complex relationships more easily than large tables or paneled figures, they can help us take full advantage of our increasingly rich national surveillance data.URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2020.306131Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2021Journal Title
American Journal of Public HealthAuthor(s)
Zalla, Lauren C.Edwards, Jessie K.
Cole, Stephen R.
Rudolph, Jacqueline E.
Breger, Tiffany L.
Virkud, Arti V.
Johnson, Anna S.
Hall, H. Irene
Article Type
EditorialPMCID
PMC7958054Continent/Country
United States of AmericaState
NonspecificRace/Ethnicity
WhiteBlack
Asian
Hispanic/Latinx