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State health department outlines HIV behavioral surveillance pilot for Lowell region
Summary
Massachusetts Department of Public Health officials told the Lowell Board of Health about a CDC‑funded National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) pilot focused on people who inject drugs, describing anonymous interviews, rapid testing with warm handoffs to care, and a sampling goal of roughly 300 interviews this cycle.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health briefed the Lowell City Board of Health on an NHBS (National HIV Behavioral Surveillance) pilot that would focus in this region on people who inject drugs and other high‑risk groups.
“My name is Shauna Honafrey. I’m an epidemiologist with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health,” said Honafrey, who presented the project alongside Justin Hinchi, the state’s project coordinator. The presenters said the NHBS work uses a standardized interviewer‑administered survey and a qualitative component to understand behaviors, service access and barriers that may put people at risk for HIV.
The presenters said the state’s pilot is one…
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