Georgia HIV Behavioral Surveillance Project
- Availability of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs
- Access to Substances
- Naloxone
- Prescription Drugs
- Consequences
- HIV diagnoses attributed to injection drug use
- Other Drugs
- Substance Use
- Treatment
- Substance Use Prevalence
- Alcohol
- Prescription Drugs
- Individual Risk Factors
- Overdoses
- Individual Protective Factors
- Substance Use Knowledge
- Naloxone
Notes:
Atlanta Metro area (29 counties, 140 cities)
Current Data Format
PDF fact sheets and reports available on Georgia HIV Surveillance Data website
Comparable to National Dataset?
Yes - 22 National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System (NHBS) project sites.
Data Owners
Strategic Data Need
Surveillance system for behavioral risk factors for HIV (e.g., sexual behaviors, drug use), access to and utilization of prevention services and strategies (e.g., HIV testing, condom use, PrEP), monitor prevalence and trends in HIV infections.
Strengths
Qualitative methods (key informants, focus groups, observation and intercepts, ethnographer), respondent-driven sampling, incentives, HIV counseling
Limitations
Annual rotating cycles don't track injection drug use annually (rotate with MSM, IDU, HET), respondent-driven sampling.
Citation
Georgia HIV Surveillance Data, Georgia Department of Public Health. Available at https://dph.georgia.gov/epidemiology/georgias-hivaids-epidemiology-section/georgia-hiv-surveillance-data