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A federal program which helps persons admitted into the U.S. as refugees to become self-sufficient after their arrival.
Universal caseload, or task-based processing, is a different way of handling public assistance cases.
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MDHHS and partners support a continuum of prevention services. The continuum is inclusive of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention activities. Visit this page to learn more.
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The National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) is a multisite project funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). NHBS was established to monitor selected behaviors and use of prevention services among populations overburdened with HIV infection. NHBS operates through activities designed to monitor HIV risk behaviors to assist in prevention education, service initiatives, and allocation of prevention resources. Nationally, data is collected in 22 metropolitan areas that have the highest prevalence of HIV cases.
Case surveillance provides basic information about people who have tested positive for HIV. Behavioral surveillance provides information for those who are at high risk but not yet infected. This helps to better anticipate the populations in which HIV rates are likely to increase in the future. NHBS informs decisions about where researchers and practitioners should focus resources for prevention efforts. At the individual level, participants can benefit from HIV prevention counseling, knowledge of HIV status, and referrals for additional HIV risk information and care.
Michigan has participated in numerous HIV surveillance activities and interview studies since 1986. Prior to National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS), Michigan participated in the HIV Testing Survey (HITS) where we interviewed STI clients, persons who inject drugs (PWID) via street intercepts, and men who have sex with men (MSM) in gay bars.
After HITS, Detroit was one of three sites selected to do a pilot for the PWID cycle (formerly IDU cycle) of NHBS. We successfully tested 2 recruitment methodologies: respondent-driven sampling (RDS) and targeted-driven sampling (TDS). Our shared experience was instrumental in choosing the sampling method that would be used for all sites during data collection for the IDU1 cycle.
In 2004, we received funding to participate in NHBS. Under the name of Project ASK, we successfully interviewed and collected data from PWID's for the first cycle of NHBS. In 2005, we also participated in the High-Risk Area (HRA) pre-pilot for the heterosexually active persons at increased risk for HIV infection (HET) cycle to explore strategies for identifying HRAs.
In 2016, Detroit was one of five cities that participated in a pilot study exploring a subset of women who exchange sex for drugs or money (WES). All participants were recruited using RDS. Ways in which women find exchange sex partners were identified and helpful to prevention programs in tailoring their focus on women at increased risk for HIV.
The NHBS occurs in multiple cycles with each year targeting populations overburdened with HIV infection:
NHBS recruitment methodologies vary according to cycles.
NHBS activities are anonymous and include:
NHBS is an anonymous project. Participants' responses and test results are labeled with a project number. Only the NHBS project staff and CDC will have access to the interview and testing data with no participant identifiers.
More information on NHBS: CDC National HIV Behavioral Surveillance
If you would like to request data regarding NHBS or additional aggregate outcome data on people with HIV or affected by STIs in Michigan that is not available on our Data & Statistics page, please use SHOARS to submit a data request.
For detailed instructions on how to register for SHOARS and submit a data request, visit: Michigan.gov/SHOARS. If there are any questions or concerns regarding this process, reach out to MDHHS-SHOARS-SUPPORT@michigan.gov.
If you have questions about NHBS or the data presented here, please contact Michigan NHBS at mdhhs-nhbsdetroit@michigan.gov or 517-335-1716.